Patient Care category: 3822 books
Social Support, Health, and Illness
A Complicated Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2011
When a person faces serious illness, having the support of one's partner can help protect against the full ravages of disease, and even hasten recovery. However, too much support can have grave clinical consequences for sufferers and exact a heavy emotional and financial toll on caregivers. Social...
DEATH BY JOY
An Escorted Journey
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
The true story of one woman’s choice to find joy in dying, and her unforgettable discoveries along the way.
DEATH BY JOY: An Escorted Journey is the companion book to James Cribb’s profoundly moving documentary film.
“This is an astonishing film which I think will set a precedent...
AIDS in Europe
New Challenges for the Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2002
Major changes in the nature and dynamics of the AIDS epidemic over the last few years are reflected in changing epidemiological trends as well as in the progress made in biomedical research and treatment. AIDS in Europe brings together papers from leading social science researchers to look at the...
Muscular Dystrophy and Other Neuromuscular Diseases
Psychosocial Issues
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Here is a thoughtful new book for professionals who assist persons afflicted with neuromuscular disorders to help them and their families adapt to lifestyle changes accompanying the onset of these disorders. Health care professionals provide strategies to maintain the psychosocial well-being of children...
Disability Advocacy Among Religious Organizations
Histories and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Gain insight into the importance of advocacy for the disabled within various religious and secular organizations
You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Romans 13:9) Through the years, religious organizations have worked to fulfill this biblical mandate. Disability Advocacy Among Religious...
by Alexander Mauskop
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Headache pain is widespread: 70% of Americans report suffering from headaches; 12% of those experience migraine pain. Aiming to supply clinicians with the information they need to care for headache patients, this second edition covers the most current information on headache classification, diagnostic...
Families and Health
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Promote culturally competent social work practice with families of many traditions!
This broad-ranging book highlights the enormous importance of the family in enhancing individuals’ health and in safeguarding mental health. Families and Health offers an international scope and a multicultural...
Chronic Pain
An Integrated Biobehavioral Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
"Chronic Pain: An Integrated Biobehavioral Approach...offers in a single volume the most comprehensive and in-depth view of the field currently available. Drs. Flor and Turk share their collective knowledge and professional insights accumulated over three decades of extraordinary contributions to the...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Moral Agendas for Children's Welfare examines the roles played by politics, religion, ethics, aesthetics, law and science in identifying children's needs and rights and critically analyses existing child welfare policies.
Five sections cover the following Agendas:
* Philosophical and Psychoanalytical
*...
A History of AIDS Social Work in Hospitals
A Daring Response to an Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Explore the in-hospital evolution of social work with HIV/AIDS patients!
A History of AIDS Social Work in Hospitals: A Daring Response to an Epidemic presents first-hand historical perspectives from frontline hospital social workers who cared for HIV/AIDS patients during the epidemic’s beginning...
The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making
Making Choices for Those Who Can't
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
This award-winning book guides families and professionals who are making decisions for those with varying degrees of mental capacity. (New 2nd edition includes 40 bonus pages from The Caregiver’s Path Workbook.) Viki adaptable system for making choices comes as much from her heart as from her extensive...
by Philip Burnard, Paul Gill
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Good communication is an essential part of delivering effective nursing care. Nursing students work in a variety of multicultural settings and therefore it is imperative that they fully understand their own cultural context and that of others.
This text illustrates the important differences...
Modern Medicine
Lay Perspectives And Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Do lay people view modern medicine as a fountain of hope or a font of despair? What are their experiences of modern medical care and technology, and how do their views and experiences differ across different social groups? Combining theoretical insights with a range of qualitative and ethnographic...
Hospital Policy in the United Kingdom
Its Development, Its Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Harrison and Prentice aim to provide a source of reference and reflection for those who are concerned with the planning of hospitals themselves or who are concerned with the health care delivery system as a whole. The authors set out a detailed framework for analyzing hospital services in relation...