Mohrman and Heller's cardiovascular physiology by Harris, David M.

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Top 300 Prescription Drug Challenge.

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Katzung's pharmacology examination & board review by Kruidering-Hall, Marieke, Katzung, Bertram G., Tuan, Rupa Lalchandani, Vanderah, Todd W.

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Guarding the golden door : American immigration policy and immigrants since 1882 by Daniels, Roger

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Pain management and sedation emergency department management

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Clinical pharmacokinetics handbook by Bauer, Larry A.

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Blood, guns, and testosterone : action films, audiences, and a thirst for violence by Donovan, Barna William, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…The need for speed : the appeal of fast-paced story telling -- Mirror image : finding a personal, social, and moral identity in the action film -- Man talk : managing the modern male identity (crisis) in the genre -- The opposition : men with a challenge -- managing a well-deserved "crisis" -- What women want : women talk about modern masculinity in the action film -- Bloody fun : the appeal of watching violence -- Conclusions: I'll be back? The future of action and masculinity in popular culture.…”
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Beyond tea and tissues : protecting and promoting mental health at work by Milner, Karen (College teacher), Ancer, Judith

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Mental illness: fact, fiction, stigma and stereotypes -- Sad, worried, bewildered and bizarre - psychiatric conditions -- Some we love, some we hate - Personality disorders at work -- Workplaces gone wild: destructive behaviors in organisations -- When bad things happen: difficult life experiences and the workplace -- Walking the high wire: strategies for managing a mental health crisis -- The healthy organisation -- Thriving --Appendix 1: Psychiatric medications commonly used in South Africa -- Appendix 2: Resource list: South Africa -- Appendix 3: Aspects of South African labour law with specific reference to mental health / by C. …”
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Learning from SARS : preparing for the next disease outbreak : workshop summary

Table of Contents: “…SARS: Emergence, Detection, and Response -- Political Influences on the Response to SARS and Economic Impacts of the Disease -- Microbiology, Ecology, and Natural History of Coronaviruses -- Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Other Technologies to Control SARS -- Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak -- Appendix A: Agenda: Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak -- Appendix B: Clinical Guidance on the Identification and Evaluation of Possible SARS-CoV Disease Among Persons Presenting with Community-Acquired Illness -- Appendix C: In the Absence of SARS-CoV Transmission Worldwide -- Appendix D: Selected Bibliography -- Appendix E: Glossary and Acronyms -- Appendix F: Forum Member, Speaker, and Staff Biographies.…”
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Banzai Babe Ruth : Baseball, Espionage, & Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan by Fitts, Robert K., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Recurring Japanese Characters; Prologue; Part 1 "When I say I'll do something, I bet my life on it."; Appendix 3. …”
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Psychiatric medication issues for social workers, counselors, and psychologists

Table of Contents: “…Jenkins -- Ethical dilemmas of practicing social workers around psychiatric medication : results of a national study / Joseph Walsh [and others] -- Obtaining informed consent when a profession labels itself as providing treatment for mental illness / Jill Littrell -- Complementary practices and herbal healing : a new frontier in counseling practice / Sophia F. …”
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The Washington manual of echocardiography

Table of Contents: “…Pulmonic ValveTricuspid Valve Disorders -- Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves -- Infective Endocarditis -- Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade -- Diseases of the Great Vessels: Aorta and Pulmonary Artery -- Congenital Heart Disease -- Cardiac Masses -- Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Illness -- Transesophageal Echocardiography -- Index…”
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Spirituality Health and Wholeness. by Lamberton, Henry

Table of Contents: “…Berk -- Spirituality and coping with trauma / Brenda Cole, Ethan Benore, Kenneth Pargament -- Faith, illness, and meaning / Siroj Sorajjakool, Bryn Seyle -- Spiritual care : basic principles / James Greek -- Spiritual care of the dying and bereaved / Carla Gober -- Health, wholeness, and diversity : intercultural engagement in health care / Johnny Ramirez-Johnson -- Working with difficult patients : spiritual care approaches / Leigh Aveling, Siroj Sorajjakool, Regnald Pulliam.…”
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Coping and complaining : attachment and the language of dis-ease by Wilkinson, Simon R.

Table of Contents: “…1. 'I'm ill; you're sick' -- 2. Genes, brain and the internal milieu: Our limits and resources -- 3. …”
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First among Friends : George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism. by Ingle, H. Larry

Table of Contents: “…As Like an Apple as an Oyster; 9. Out of the North All Ill Comes Forth; 10. I Thank God and my Cunning; 11. …”
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Adversarial justice : America's court system on trial by Kubicek, Theodore L., 1919-

Table of Contents: “…The premise -- The American theory of law -- The goal is winning -- Results of system -- Necessity of correcting system -- The difficulties in changing the system-- The theory -- The subordination of truth -- The results -- Adversarial justice explained -- Application of adversarial system -- Public discontent with system -- Codes of ethics and the ABA rules -- Professionalism vs. officers of the court -- The ethics non-solution -- The lawyer's image -- The attorney-client relationship and privileges -- Perceived ills -- Prosecutors vs. defense attorneys--The problems -- Discovery -- Restrictions on evidence -- Witnesses -- Plea-bargaining : the illusion of justice -- The role of the judges -- Judicial neglect-- Judicial activism -- Jury formation -- The jurors' viewpoint -- The perception of jurors -- Necessity of reform -- Position of the bar -- The public's perception.…”
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Missionary Discourses of Difference : Negotiating Otherness in the British Empire, 1840-1900. by Cleall, Dr Esme

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on Terminology; Introduction: Difference and Discourse in the British Empire; Part I: Families and Households: Difference and Domesticity; 1 Representing Homes: Gender and Sexuality in Missionary Writing; 2 Re-Making Homes: Ambiguous Encounters and Domestic Transgressions; Part II: Sickness and the Embodiment of Difference; 3 Pathologising Heathenism: Discourses of Sickness and the Rise of Medical Missions; 4 Illness on the Mission Station: Sickness and the Presentation of the 'Self'; Part III: Violence and Racialisation.…”
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Breaking down barriers to care : treatment of tobacco dependence in vulnerable populations by Snyder, John E.

Table of Contents: “…Tobacco dependence treastment and culture -- Tobacco dependence treatment and female gender -- Tobacco dependence treatment in adolescents and young adults -- Tobacco dependence treatment in older adults -- Tobacco dependence treatment and patient race and ethnicity -- Tobacco dependence treatment and patient sexual orientation -- Tobacco dependence treatment and patient native language -- Tobacco dependence and cultural barriers: conclusions -- Tobacco dependence and systematic barriers -- Tobacco dependence treatment in the urban poor -- Tobacco dependence treatment and the rural poor -- Tobacco dependence treatment in the illiterate -- Tobacco dependence treatment in those with comorbid mental illness -- Tobacco dependence treatment in the under- and uninsured -- Tobacco dependence treatment and systematic barriers: conclusions.…”
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Families in later life : emerging themes and challenges

Table of Contents: “…Lima -- Elderly men on ageing families / Oscar Ribeiro -- Reinventing family caregiving : a challenge to theory and practice / Daniela Figueiredo -- Quality of life, family role and chronic illness in elderly people institutionalized and living at home / Carlos F. …”
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A Band of Misfits : Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants by Baggarly, Andrew (Journalist)

Table of Contents: “…All Decks on Hand; 16. High Noon; 17. I'll Say It Now; 18. Fully Healed; 19. Nailed It; Back Cover.…”
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A community of writers : Paul Engle and the Iowa Writers' Workshop

Table of Contents: “…Preface; The Writer and the Place; Paul Engle, Impresario; Recollections of the Iowa Writers' Workshop; Some Recollections; Paul at Stone City; A Miranda's World; My Time; When Literary Life Was Still Piled Up in a Few Places; A Crisis of Sorts; Dear Hualing; "I'll Make Your Career"; Engle's Workshop; He Made It Possible; Every Shut-Eye Ain't Asleep; A Tale of Two Fathers; The Fellowship; Thank You, Paul; "Next Year You Can See for Yourself"; New World Symphony; Mentors, Fomenters, and Tormentors; Mentors, Fomenters, and Tormentors; Far from the Ocean: Robert Lowell at Iowa, 1953.…”
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Frances Tustin : the Borderlands Of Autism And Psychosis. by Spensley, Sheila

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Growing up in the bosom of the church; Chapter 2 Professional development; Chapter 3 The discovery of autism and the search to understand it; Chapter 4 Unnatural children; Chapter 5 Encapsulation and entanglement; Chapter 6 Mental cataclysm and black holes; Chapter 7 The frontiers of consciousness; Chapter 8 Of objects: concrete, sensory and transitional; Chapter 9 The keeper of the keys; Chapter 10 Mental handicap and mental illness.…”
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Rhyming Reason : the Poetry of Romantic-Era Psychologists. by Faubert, Michelle

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface: Psychologist-Poets, Disciplinary Power and the Modern Subject; Introduction: Romantic-Era Psychologist-Poets and the Historical Context of Early British Psychology; 1 Erasmus Darwin, James Beattie and Nathaniel Cotton as Pre-Romantic Psychologist-Poets; 2 The Human Touch: Thomas Bakewell, Andrew Duncan Sr, John Ferriar and Moral Management; 3 Thomas Trotter, William Perfect and Thomas Beddoes: Nervous Illness and Social Hygiene.…”
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50 great myths of popular psychology : shattering widespread misconceptions about human behavior

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The wide world of psychomythology -- Brain power : myths about the brain and perception -- From womb to tomb : myths about development and aging -- A remembrance of things past : myths about memory -- Teaching old dogs new tricks : myths about intelligence and learning -- Altered states : myths about consciousness -- I've got a feeling : myths about emotion and motivation -- The social animal : myths about interpersonal behavior -- Know thyself : myths about personality -- Sad, mad, and bad : myths about mental illness -- Disorder in the court : myths about psychology and law -- Skills and pills : myths about psychological treatment.…”
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Food the key concepts by Belasco, Warren James

Table of Contents: “…-- Health costs : food-borne illness -- Health costs : fatness -- Confronting the externalities -- Chapter summary -- 6. …”
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Transition to Palliative Care

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to Palliative Care (1:02) -- Deciding on Hospice Programs (2:03) -- Informing Palliative Patients (2:32) -- Treating Palliative Patients (2:44) -- Palliative Pain Management (2:53) -- Communicating in Palliative Care (2:30) -- Palliative Emotional Support (1:38) -- Terminally Ill Patient Response (1:46) -- End of Life Behavioral Changes (1:47) -- Alternatives to Palliative Home Care (1:48) -- Psychological Symptoms of Dying (1:13) -- Process of Dying (1:56) -- Working in Palliative Care (0:48) -- Credits: Transition to Palliative Care: Effective Palliative Care (0:57)…”
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Spirituality, health, and wholeness : an introductory guide for health care professionals

Table of Contents: “…Berk -- Spirituality and coping with trauma / Brenda Cole, Ethan Benore, Kenneth Pargament -- Faith, illness, and meaning / Siroj Sorajjakool, Bryn Seyle -- Spiritual care : basic principles / James Greek -- Spiritual care of the dying and bereaved / Carla Gober -- Health, wholeness, and diversity : intercultural engagement in health care / Johnny Ramirez-Johnson -- Working with difficult patients : spiritual care approaches / Leigh Aveling, Siroj Sorajjakool, Regnald Pulliam.…”
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Learning from SARS : preparing for the next disease outbreak : workshop summary

Table of Contents: “…SARS: Emergence, Detection, and Response -- Political Influences on the Response to SARS and Economic Impacts of the Disease -- Microbiology, Ecology, and Natural History of Coronaviruses -- Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Other Technologies to Control SARS -- Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak -- Appendix A: Agenda: Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak -- Appendix B: Clinical Guidance on the Identification and Evaluation of Possible SARS-CoV Disease Among Persons Presenting with Community-Acquired Illness -- Appendix C: In the Absence of SARS-CoV Transmission Worldwide -- Appendix D: Selected Bibliography -- Appendix E: Glossary and Acronyms -- Appendix F: Forum Member, Speaker, and Staff Biographies.…”
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Essentials of health, culture, and diversity : understanding people, reducing disparities by Edberg, Mark Cameron, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…The relationship of etiology to morality in cultural beliefs and practices related to health -- Culture, healers, and the institutions of health -- Sociocultural ecologies of disease and illness -- Culture, subculture, and constructions o health risk -- The dimensions of culture in a sampling of current public health challenges -- A primer on research strategies to obtain cultural information -- Incorporating cultural knowledge in health promotion interventions, with selected examples -- Wrapping up. …”
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Pediatric critical care

Table of Contents: “…Toxidromes and Their Treatment -- Bites and Stings -- Heat Injury -- Accidental Hypothermia -- Drowning -- Burn and Inhalation Injuries -- Evaluation, Stabilization, and Initial Management After Multiple Trauma -- Child Abuse and Neglect -- Thoracic Injuries in Children -- Abdominal Trauma in Pediatric Critical Care -- Principles of Drug Disposition in the Critically Ill Child -- Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Actions: From Receptors to Effectors -- Adverse Drug Reactions and Drug-drug Interactions -- Airway Management -- Organ System Considerations that Affect Anesthetic Management -- Anesthesia Principles and Operating Room Anesthesia Regimens -- Neuromuscular Blocking Agents -- Sedation and Analgesia -- Malignant Hyperthermia.…”
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The song of Tibet

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Twin Falls Idaho

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Making senses of the past : toward a sensory archaeology

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Entre corps et psyché les addictions

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Making senses of the past : toward a sensory archaeology

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Prison life of Jefferson Davis by Craven, John Joseph, 1822-1893

Table of Contents: “…. -- Mr. Davis seriously Ill. -- Restrictions on Correspondence with his Wife. -- Clement C. …”
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Social Work Visions from Around the Globe : Citizens, Methods, and Approaches. by Metten, Anna

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Social Work Visions from Around the Globe: Citizens, Methods, and Approaches -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PART I: CITIZENS' NEEDS AND PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH -- Introduction: Women's and Men's Needs as a Challenge for Gender-Sensitive Services -- Opening Remarks, 1 July 2001, Tampere -- Understanding the Interconnections Between Ethnicity, Gender, Social Class and Health: Experiences of Minority Ethnic Women in Britain -- Psychosocial Problems and Coping Patterns of HIV Seropositive Wives of Men with HIV/AIDS -- Rehabilitation of the Wandering Seriously Mentally Ill (WSMI) Women: The Banyan Experience -- Time to Father -- Disabled Children and Their Families in Ukraine: Health and Mental Health Issues for Families Caring for Their Disabled Child at Home -- Parents as Advocates: Stories of Surplus Suffering When a Child Is Diagnosed and Treated for Cancer -- The Long-Term Psychosocial Effects of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment on Children and Their Families -- Coping and Resilience of Children of a Mentally Ill Parent -- CITIZENSHIP AND PARTICIPATION OF USERS: The Experience of Urban Aboriginals with Health Care Services in Canada: Implications for Social Work Practice -- Participation and Citizenship of Elderly Persons: User Experiences from Finland -- Mental Homelessness: Locked Within, Locked Without -- PART II: SOCIAL WORK METHODS IN HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH -- Introduction: Part II -- INCREASING CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN SERVICES: MANAGING DIVERSITY: Cultural Competence in Psychosocial and Psychiatric Care: A Critical Perspective with Reference to Research and Clinical Experiences in California, US and in Germany -- Cultural and Ethical Issues in Working with Culturally Diverse Patients and Their Families: The Use of the Culturagram to Promote Cultural Competent Practice in Health Care Settings.…”
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The Shift : How Seeing People As People Changes Everything. by White, Kimberly

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Selected poems of Garcilaso de la Vega : a bilingual edition by Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1503-1536

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