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Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited
Advances and Challenges for Prevention and Treatment Programs
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The one-of-a-kind exploration of effective alcohol prevention and treatment for Latinos-now and for the future!
By the year 2020, the Latino population in the United States will increase to 60 million, making up 18 percent of all residents. Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited: Advances...
The Impact of Welfare Reform
Balancing Safety Nets and Behavior Modification
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Get a balanced, comprehensive analysis of the effects from 1996 welfare reform
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was aimed at repairing the welfare system of the United States. The Impact of Welfare Reform: Balancing Safety Nets and Behavior Modification...
by Jane Clifford O'Brien, PhD, OTR/L
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Prepare for success in OT practice with a complete overview of the profession! Introduction to Occupational Therapy, 5th Edition helps you master the roles and responsibilities of the OT practitioner. Content promotes evidence-based OT practice, from client evaluation to planning interventions and...
Breathing Poison
Smoking, Pollution and the Haze
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
There is a triple threat in the Asian air to human health and well-being. First, we are going to see an increase in tobacco-attributable deaths as more and more people smoke. Much of this mortality, as well as crippling chronic lung disease, can be prevented if smokers stop smoking. Secondly, additional...
Secure Accommodation in Child Care
'Between Hospital and Prison or Thereabouts?'
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
For some children secure accommodation seems to be the only way to control their disparate number of "problems". But why is this so, and from what criteria do social work professionals decide that a child should be put into secure accommodation? In Secure Accommodation in Child Care the...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
For too long the collective struggles of the oppressed over welfare provision and welfare settlement have been ignored, yet such struggles punctuate recent British history. By presenting a series of case-studies of episodes of collective action from the field of social policy and social welfare, Class...
Social Policy
A New Feminist Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
No-one can hope to understand the workings of the welfare state without first appreciating women's part in it. In the past decade the significance of the gendering of welfare states has become widely accepted, extensively charted in research, and more systematically theorized. Building on her earlier...
Caesarean
Just Another Way of Birth?
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2007
This book critically analyzes the place of caesarean in childbearing at the beginning of the twenty first century. It questions the changes that are taking place in childbirth and, in particular, the effects and implications of an increase in caesarean births.
This controversial work by a practising...
Bones and Joints - E-book
A Guide for Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
This book is a clear, concise introduction to the subject which covers all the major bones and joints in the body in a logical and systematic way to aid understanding. The three generic chapters at the start of the book, covering an overview of bone, joints and pathology, provide the basic information...
Musculoskeletal Trauma E-Book
a guide to assessment and diagnosis
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Musculoskeletal Trauma: a guide to assessment and diagnosis is a clinically focused text following patient journey from presentation to diagnosis in musculoskeletal trauma. An understanding of this process is essential to ensure that clinical assessment and diagnostic examinations inform decision...
by Tim Ainslie, MSc, MCSP
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
This exciting new resource is designed to assist undergraduate physiotherapy students and new graduates in confidently assessing patients in a range of physiotherapy specialties outside of the ‘core’ areas of practice. Areas covered include paediatrics, geriatrics, mental health and rheumatology.
Valuable...
Somebody's Knocking at Your Door
AIDS and the African-American Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Examining the black church’s response to AIDS, Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door: AIDS and the African-American Church analyzes sexual ethics and homophobia in the black church to provide pastors, social workers, and health professionals with intervention strategies for parishioners or members...
by Stuart Porter, PhD, BSc(Hons)
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
The essential book to refer to, whether you’re just starting out or about to go on placement or need to look up something for an assessment, the 14th edition of Tidy’s Physiotherapy is up-to-date and ready to meet the needs of today’s physiotherapy student. Chapters are written by specialists...
by Stuart Porter, PhD, BSc(Hons)
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
A classic textbook and a student favourite, Tidy’s Physiotherapy aims to reflect contemporary practice of physiotherapy and can be used as a quick reference by the physiotherapy undergraduate for major problems that they may encounter throughout their study, or while on clinical placement. Tidy’s...