Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2024

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The family experience : a reader in cultural diversity

Table of Contents: “…Shifting the center : race, class, and feminist theorizing about motherhood / Patricia Hill Collins -- Black teenage mothers and their mothers : the impact of adolescent childbearing on daughters' relations with mothers / Elaine Bell Kaplan -- Nonfamily living in context : households, the life course, and family values / Frances K. …”

Living with Germs : In Health and Disease. by Playfair, John

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Introduction: Living with Germs; 1 Infection and immunity; 2 The pathogens; 3 Defence and immunity: the old immune system; 4 Sharpening the focus: the new immune system; 5 Communication and collaboration; 6 The pathogens fight back; 7 Getting ill; 8 Immunodeficiency; 9 Controlling pathogens; 10 A look ahead; Glossary and abbreviations; Biographies; Further reading; Index.…”
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Spirituality in Nursing Practice : the Basics and Beyond. by Westera, Doreen, A., Dr., RN, MscN, MEd

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 7: Spirituality in Serious, Life-Threatening, and Chronic IllnessSerious, Life-Threatening Illness and Spirituality; Spiritual Care in Serious and Life-Threatening Illness; Spirituality and Chronic Illness; References; Chapter 8: Spirituality in Mental Health Care; Spirituality/Religion and Mental Health; Mental Illness; Spirituality, Religion, and Mental Illness; Spirituality/Religion in Various Mental Health Conditions; Spiritual Assessment and Spiritual Care in Mental Illness; References; Chapter 9: Spirituality and the Older Adult; The Aging Process and Spirituality.…”
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Principles of Tibetan Medicine. by Bradley, Tamdin Sither

Table of Contents: “…History of Tibetan medicine -- Gso-ba rig-pa : the science of healing -- The theory of Tibetan medicine -- Causative factors of illness -- Human anatomy and physiology -- Common diseases and illnesses -- Methods of diagnosis -- Treatment techniques : Part I -- Treatment techniques : Part II -- Case histories -- The practising physician. final thoughts.…”
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Feminist phenomenology and medicine

Table of Contents: “…-- Phenomenology and Medicine -- Feminist Phenomenology -- Feminist Phenomenology and Medicine in This Volume -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Illness Experience: A Feminist Phenomenological Perspective -- Illness and the Illness Experience -- Illness v. …”
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Social work, health and equality by McLeod, Eileen

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; The state of welfare; Acknowledgements; Inequalities in health: a social work issue; Inequalities in health: oppression in bodily form; Health creation and maintenance; Ill health at home; Ill health and hospitalisation; Facing death; Developing a political presence; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Language, literacy, and cognitive development : the development and consequences of symbolic communication

Table of Contents: “…Preface; PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: VERBAL AND GESTURAL COMMUNICATION AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; PART Ill: NOTATIONAL SYSTEMS AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; PART IV: CONCLUSION; Author Index; Subject Index.…”
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Growing leaders in healthcare : lessons from the corporate world by Lee, Brett D.

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The shaman and the medicine wheel by Eaton, Evelyn, 1902-1983

Alternative medicine : an objective assessment

Affliction : health, disease, poverty by Das, Veena

Table of Contents: “…How the Body Speaks -- A Child Learns Illness and Learns Death -- Mental Illness, Psychiatric Institutions, and the Singularity of Lives -- Dangerous Liaisons: Technology, Kinship, and Wild Spirits -- The Reluctant Healer and the Darkness of Our Times -- Medicines, Markets, and Healing -- Global Health Discourse and the View from Planet Earth -- Conclusion: Thoughts for the Day after Tomorrow.…”
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The Light Crust Doughboys are on the air : celebrating seventy years of Texas music by Dempsey, John Mark, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…-- "If you take Marvin, I'll break up the band" -- "Seems to me I heard a piano player" -- "I'm going back to work for the Doughboys" -- "I'll die with them, if they'll keep me that long."…”
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The Light Crust Doughboys are on the air : celebrating seventy years of Texas music by Dempsey, John Mark, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…-- "If you take Marvin, I'll break up the band" -- "Seems to me I heard a piano player" -- "I'm going back to work for the Doughboys" -- "I'll die with them, if they'll keep me that long."…”
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Philosophy of Science and Psychiatry.

Table of Contents: “…The nature of mental illness 1: is mental illness a myth? -- 3. The nature of mental illness 2: if mental disorders exist, what are they? …”
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Foodborne Infections and Intoxications. by Jr., J. Glenn Morris

Table of Contents: “…Foodborne Disease: Epidemiology and Disease Burden; 1 Estimates of Disease Burden Associated with Contaminated Food in the United States and Globally; Introduction; Estimates of foodborne disease in the United States; Major known pathogens; Estimating illness using the "burden-of-illness pyramid"; Alternative approaches to estimating illnesses; Estimating hospitalizations and deaths.…”
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Dunn & Haimann's healthcare management by Dunn, Rose

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Chronic Pain, Loss, and Suffering : a Clinical Perspective. by Roy, Ranjan

Table of Contents: “…-- 6 Chronic Illness and Sexual Roles -- 7 Old Age, Pain, and Loss -- 8 Chronic Illness and Suicide: The Ultimate Loss -- 9 Grief Therapy -- 10 Epilogue -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.…”
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Rawhide ranger, Ira Aten : enforcing law on the Texas frontier by Alexander, Bob, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…When he got a little older -- We buried him on the side of a road -- We'll do the shooting -- But few honest men in this town -- We opened fire and they returned it -- If you pull it, Jack, I'll kill you -- Curling steel tendrils -- To make a killing, is why I want Aten -- Wild boy among the villains -- Would as soon go to a fight, as a frolic -- Venison is better than no meat at all -- Celebrated Xmas day by killing the two Odles -- He fell like a beef -- I'll break them up on lawyers' fees -- I'll shoot you right through the middle -- Never worked harder in my life.…”
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The Dying Child

Table of Contents: “…Terminally Ill Child (0:39) -- Dying Infant or Toddler (2:19) -- Dying Preschool Age Children (1:36) -- Helping Children Through Pain (1:31) -- Young Children's Anxieties (2:04) -- Children's Concept of Death (1:30) -- School-Age Children's Understanding of Death (2:20) -- Terminally Ill Adolescents (1:47) -- Adolescent's Response to Terminal Illness (2:23) -- Parents' Grief (2:15) -- Helping Parents of Dying Children (1:16) -- Helping Siblings of Dying Children (3:24) -- Hospice (3:24) -- Reassurance (1:09) -- Imminent Death (2:31) -- Summary: The Dying Child (0:31) -- Credits: The Dying Child (0:57)…”
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Food microbiology by Adams, M. R.

Table of Contents: “…The scope of food microbiology -- Micro-organisms and food materials -- Factors affecting the growth and survival of micro-organisms in foods -- The microbiology of food preservation -- Microbiology of primary food commodities -- Food microbiology and public health -- Bacterial agents of foodborne illness -- Non-bacterial agents of foodborne illness -- Fermented and microbial foods -- Methods for the microbiological examination of foods -- Controlling the microbiological quality of foods.…”
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Build and deploy Lambda functions : AWS with Python and Boto3 by Erdoğan, Niyazi

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Szasz under fire : a psychiatric abolitionist faces his critics

Table of Contents: “…Schaler -- An autobiographical sketch / by Thomas Szasz -- The myth of mental illness / R.E. Kendell -- Values-based medicine : Thomas Szasz's Legacy to twenty-first century psychiatry / K.W.M. …”
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The enculturated gene : sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa by Fullwiley, Duana

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the powers of association -- Healthy sicklers with "mild" disease: local illness affects and population-level effects -- The biosocial politics of plants and people -- Attitudes of care -- Localized biologies: mapping race and sickle cell difference in French West Africa -- Ordering illness: heterozygous "trait" suffering in the land of the mild disease -- The work of patient advocacy -- Conclusion: economic and health futures amid hope and despair.…”
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Caught in the speed trap information age overload

Table of Contents: “…Deadlines and Heavy Work Loads (5:33) -- Human Limitations and Illness (5:41) -- Mental Illness and Overwork (4:08) -- Fast-Paced Life in Japan (5:27) -- Overwork and a Daughter's Death (4:42) -- France: Reduced Hours and Increased Fraud (4:13) -- SAS Institute and Healthy Lifestyles (4:39) -- SAS Institute's Benefits (6:20)…”
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Not for ourselves alone. The story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

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American hazardscapes : the regionalization of hazards and disasters

Table of Contents: “…Cutter Hazard, Risk, and Disaster, 2 Evolving Theories and Concepts, 4 Mutual Interests, Divergent Paths, 9 Moving from Theory to Practice, 11 Conclusion, 12 CHAPTER 2 METHODS FOR DETERMINING DISASTER PRONENESS 13 by Arleen A. Hill and Susan L. Cutter Vulnerability and the Potential for Loss, 13 Methods of Assessment, 16 Conclusion, 35 CHAPTER 3 MAPPING AND THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF HAZARDSCAPES 37 by Michael E. …”
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Blogging heroes : interviews with 30 of the world's top bloggers by Banks, Michael A.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 12: John Neff AutoblogChapter 13: Ken Fisher Ars Technica; Chapter 14: Deborah Petersen Life in the Fast Lane; Chapter 15: Joel Comm JoelComm. com; Chapter 16: Brian Lam Gizmodo; Chapter 17: Kristin Darguzas ParentDish; Chapter 18: Chris Grant Joystiq; Chapter 19: Scott McNulty The Unofficial Apple Weblog; Chapter 20: Philipp Lenssen Google Blogoscoped; Chapter 21: Brad Hill Weblogs, Inc.; Chapter 22: Steve Rubel Micro Persuasion; Chapter 23: Rebecca Lieb ClickZ; Chapter 24: Deidre Woollard Luxist; Chapter 25: Gary Lee An Internet Marketing Web Site.…”
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Long is the way and hard : one hundred years of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

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All my days are Saturdays by Pickering, Sam, 1941-

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Witnessing the disaster : essays on representation and the Holocaust

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Postcolonial green : environmental politics & world narratives

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Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War : Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages. by Ambühl, Rémy

Table of Contents: “…Henry IV, Hotspur and Humbleton Hill, 1402The weight of an alliance: Charles V and Charles VII; Charles V and the Franco-Castilian alliance in 1372; Charles VII and the auld alliance, 1419-24; Henry V, a ruthless master; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Status and politics in Lancastrian Normandy; New policies for a new political order; Guerrilla warfare and the status of prisoners of war; Criminal charges against prisoners of war; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The process of ransoming (I); The lure of profits; The game of capture; Rules and circumstances; Words and deeds; The moment of truth.…”
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Interplays between dialogical learning and dialogical self

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Management of the unstable shoulder : arthroscopic and open repair

Table of Contents: “…DeFranco [and others] -- Hill-Sachs injuries of the shoulder : When are these important and how should I manage them? …”
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Conflict Landscapes by Garfi, Salvatore

Table of Contents: “…An Archaeology From Photographs: Imaging the Aragón FrontThe ALBA Harry Randall and Moscow Archive Collections; Mise-en-Scène; Sampling the ALBA Collections -- Selection and Analysis; Images of Field Occupation -- Zones in the Republican Rear; Access to the Rear; Valley Occupation in the Rear; Free Standing Shelters; Looking Inside; Images of Occupation at or Near the Front -- Republican Trenches; Digging-in; Entrenched; Fighting Positions; In-line Entrenched Shelters; Hill Top Locations -- Nationalist Shelters; Conclusion; Chapter 7; History in 'Three Dimensions'…”
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International perspectives on early childhood education and care

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The father and his gift : John Logan Campbell's later years by Stone, R. C. J.

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The Canadian quandary : economic problems and policies by Johnson, Harry G. (Harry Gordon), 1923-1977

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The revolution is for the children : the politics of childhood in Havana and Miami, 1959-1962 by Casavantes Bradford, Anita

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