the facts on file encyclopedia of health and medicine

The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Health And Medicine

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: James Chambers, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> On File Inc, NA

The Facts on File Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hine, Robert, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, Cell biology is one of ong>theong> most fascinating and fast-moving areas in all of contemporary biosciences. It has crucial relevance to many applied fields

The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hendrickson, Robert, PUBLISHER: Checkmark Books, ong>Theong> ong>Factsong> On File Writer's Library includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, and oong>theong>r indispensable resources for writers, students, and serious readers. From ong>theong> origins of words and phrases to ong>theong> meanings of literary terms, ong>theong> collection provides comprehensive information in a clear, accessible style that is sure to satisfy researchers and browsers alike. ong>Theong>se books will be reached for again and again. This entertaining compendium traces ong>theong> origins and development of more than words and phrases, including slang, proverbs, animal and plant names, place names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign-language expressions, and phrases from literature.

Encyclopedia of World Writers: 19th and 20th Centuries

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Diamond, Marie Josephine, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, Encyclopedia of World Writers: 19th and 20th Centuries covers ong>theong> most important writers outside of ong>theong> U.S., Britain, and Ireland in ong>theong> last two centuries. An ideal companion to ong>Factsong> On File's Timetables of World Literature (see left), this comprehensive one-volume guide contains insightful, A-to-Z entries on approximately 300 writers--primarily novelists, poets, dramatists, and short-story writers--whose works are anthologized in textbooks or assigned in high school English courses. Entries range in length from 200 to words and include a biographical sketch, synopses of major works, and a brief bibliography. Coverage includes ong>theong> major French, Russian, German, and oong>theong>r European writers as well as those from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

The Encyclopedia of Insects

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Toole, Christopher, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, Twenty contributors, many of ong>theong>m ong>theong> world's leading experts in ong>theong>ir specialties, fully cover ong>theong> awesome variety of insects and ong>theong>ir land-dwelling relatives, including ong>theong>ir evolution and classification, common physical features, life cycles, reproduction, and much more.

Researching the People's Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, G. / Popay, Jennie / Williams, Gareth, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Researching ong>theong> People's Health" examines two related issues: ong>theong> role of social research in ong>theong> rapidly changing world of health services, and ong>theong> relationship between lay and expert knowledge in public health and health care. ong>Theong> book examines ong>theong>se issues against ong>theong> background of long-term transformations in patterns of health and illness and rapid changes in ong>theong> strategic management and commissioning of health services. In doing so ong>theong> book makes a contribution to ong>theong> continuing and urgent debates on ong>theong> assessment of health needs, ong>theong> organization and delivery of health care, and ong>theong> politics of health service organization and funding.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Marine Science

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Charton, Barbara / Tietjen, John, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, Here is a comprehensive, authoritative, easy-to-use dictionary of nearly terms covering ong>theong> entire range of marine phenomena.

Jewish Values in Health and Medicine

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meier, Levi, PUBLISHER: University Press of America, This book integrates ong>theong> foundations of ong>theong> values of ong>theong> Jewish heritage with ong>theong> actual experiences of patients. Through clinical guidelines and anecdotes, ong>theong> reader will gain insight into complex issues involving life, death, pain, suffering, illness and health as ong>theong>y affect patients, health care providers and family members. ong>Theong> book discusses contemporary issues such as AIDS, hospice and Baby M based on ong>theong> value system of ong>theong> Jewish heritage. It is unique in that it combines ong>theong> personal reflections of patients with expert discussions of psychological and medical aspects of ong>theong>se issues. Includes a contribution by ong>theong> winner of ong>theong> Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.

A Sociology of Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wainwright, David, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), A Sociology of Health offers an authoritative and up-to-date introduction to ong>theong> key issues, perspectives, and debates within ong>theong> field of medical sociology. ong>Theong> book aids readers' understanding of how sociological approaches are crucial to understanding ong>theong> impact that health and illness have on ong>theong> behavior, attitudes, beliefs, and practices, of an increasingly health-aware population.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Modern Allusions

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cole, Sylvia, PUBLISHER: Checkmark Books, ong>Theong> ong>Factsong> On File Writer's Library includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, and oong>theong>r indispensable resources for writers, students, and serious readers. From ong>theong> origins of words and phrases to ong>theong> meanings of literary terms, ong>theong> collection provides comprehensive information in a clear, accessible style that is sure to satisfy researchers and browsers alike. ong>Theong>se books will be reached for again and again. This dictionary explains ong>theong> current meanings and original contexts of more than allusions drawn from history, literature, art, and mass culture over ong>theong> past millennium. Eminently useful and fun to browse, this is an essential resource for writers, students, and readers alike.

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine: An Illustrated

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Porter, Mike / Abraham, Charles / Porter, M., PUBLISHER: Churchill Livingstone, This valuable text integrates sociology and psychology to focus on how each impact and affect medicine. Presented in a highly visual double-page spread format with over 170 high-quality illustrations, this resource includes discussion of ong>theong> life cycle, society and health, preventing illness and promoting health, and much more.

World History Series: History of Medicine

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yount, Lisa, PUBLISHER: Lucent Books, ong>Theong> profession of medicine has existed almost since ong>theong> beginning of human history. Only after healing joined forces with science, however, did physicians make much progress in learning to prevent and heal injury and disease. Halting though it has been, ong>theong> progress of medicine has also been marked by thrilling discoveries about how ong>theong> human body functions and ong>theong> forces that threaten health, leading to ong>theong> amazing achievements that characterize medicine today.

Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Porter, Dorothy, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Health, Civilization and ong>theong> State" examines ong>theong> social, economic and political issues of public health provision in historical perspective. Focusing on Britain, Continental Europe and ong>theong> United States, Dorothy Porter provides a comprehensive outline of ong>theong> development of public health care from ong>theong> ancient world to ong>theong> modern state. Covering a broad range of historical issues, ong>theong> book includes discussion of: pestilence, public order and morality in pre-modern times; ong>theong> Enlightenment and its effects; health care centralization in Victorian Britain; localization of health care in ong>theong> United States; population issues and family welfare; ong>theong> rise of ong>theong> classic welfare state; and current attitudes towards public health as we approach ong>theong> twenty-first century.

Who Was Who in the American Revolution

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Purcell, L. Edward, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, Containing over entries, this is ong>theong> first one-volume reference to examine ong>theong> lives and careers of ong>theong> men and women of ong>theong> Revolution. ong>Theong> book covers ong>theong> full spectrum of historical figures, including regular army and military generals, naval commanders, significant civilians, Loyalists, French allies, diplomats, and more.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Cliches

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ammer, Christine, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, While dictionaries define cliches as trite phrases or expressions that convey popular or common ideas

Nursing for Public Health: Population Based Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lindsay / Craig, Pauline M. / Lindsay, Grace, PUBLISHER: Churchill Livingstone, As ong>theong> largest group of health care professionals, nurses have a growing influence on ong>theong> health of ong>theong> population. This is a key book in making ong>theong> transition from individualised care to population-based care. It provides a greater understanding of health care policy and gives a comprehensive overview of health policy, economics, and epidemiology using an evidence-based approach. Determinants of health, measures of health, and health promotion are examined. ong>Theong> issues of communicable diseases, screening, minority groups and purchasing, and commissioning of health services are also addressed. This book is ong>theong> first comprehensive text on public health nursing at this level and will be ofinterest to health visitors, district nurses, school nurses and practice nurses, as well as senior student nurses and nurse managers in secondary and tertiary care.

Chambers Mini Dictionary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Editors of Chambers / Chambers, Editors Of, PUBLISHER: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, ong>Theong> Chambers Super-Mini Book of ong>Factsong> is ong>theong> most up-to-date mini encyclopedia available. ong>Theong> over ong>factsong> covering 240 fields of interest incorporate significant recent world events, such as political changes and sports results. ong>Factsong> arranged in tables, lists and charts for quick reference. Mini biographies of over prominent people, with details of ong>theong>ir achievements. Attractive and easy to use two-color design with icons to mark sections.

Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tovey, Philip / Chatwin, John / Broom, Alex, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Drawing on comparative fieldwork in ong>theong> UK, Pakistan and Australia, this book provides ong>theong> first systematic assessment of pathways and access to CAM and how it is used in health practice and by individuals with cancer. Giving fresh and invaluable insights into how differing health and societal structures influence ong>theong> use complementary and alternative medicine, ong>theong> book explores: ong>theong> empirical, ong>theong>oretical, and policy context for ong>theong> study of CAM/TM and cancer ong>theong> history and character of ong>theong> eight support groups in which fieldwork took place in ong>theong> UK, Australia and Pakistan ong>theong> nature and structure of patient support groups' history, affiliation and evolution how groups function on a day-to-day basis ong>theong> extent to which what is being offered in ong>theong>se CAM-oriented groups is in any way innovative and challenging to ong>theong> ong>theong>rapeutic and organisational mainstream ong>theong> value of sociological work in ong>theong> field which is not tied to immediate and narrow policy objectives. This is an essential resource for those studying complementary and alternative medicine sociologically, to those involved in ong>theong> provision of cancer care on a day-to-day basis, and to those looking to establish a more informed (evidence-based) policy.

Public Health at the Crossroads: Achievements and Prospects

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Beaglehole, Robert / Bonita, Ruth, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book, both an introduction to public health as a discipline and a critique of its development over recent times, reviews epidemiological and demographic trends internationally. It provides an overview of major health trends; a summary of ong>theong> current state of ong>theong> world's health; a review of recent estimates of ong>theong> global burden of disease; and an examination of ong>theong> pattern of modern epidemics, ong>theong> impact of disability, and ong>theong> causes of premature death in rich and poor countries alike. With examples drawn from diverse geographical and medical areas, this text challenges clinicians and public health practitioners at all levels. ong>Theong> authors argue for an inclusive vision of public health based on ong>theong> application in public policy of improved epidemiological understanding of ong>theong> causes of disease.

Tobacco Industry and Smoking

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pampel, Fred C., PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, ong>Theong> U.S. Surgeon General views smoking as ong>theong> nation's number one public health problem

Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Allaby, Michael / Garratt, Richard, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> on File, From ong>theong> Introduction: ong>Theong> weaong>theong>r we experience today is different from that of ong>theong> Little Ice Age of ong>theong> 17th century and of ong>theong> Middle Ages...Today, though, ong>theong>re are fears that ong>theong> climate may be changing faster than it has done for thousands of years and that ong>theong> gases we release into ong>theong> air, from our cars, factories, domestic fires, power stations, farming, and forest clearance may be accelerating that change...If we are to make informed decisions about climate change and ong>theong> possibility that our activities may be partly responsible for it, we need to know something of ong>theong> way ong>theong> atmosphere works, of how our weaong>theong>r is produced.-Michael Allaby For most of history

Healthy Aging, Healthy Treatment: The Impact of Telling

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Peake, Thomas H. / Peake, Tom H., PUBLISHER: Praeger, Human stories are ong>theong> core of identity and meaning. This book is an invitation to ong>theong> engaging and reforming power of telling stories. It is also an invitation to heal ong>theong> story of health care for older adults by improving ong>theong> communication between professionals in medicine, psychology, and religion. At any age ong>theong> process of genuinely listening and expressing hopes and fears is an intimacy rarely matched in human interaction. Life stories can be told, revised, and rewritten through psychoong>theong>rapy and improved by a health care which integrates ong>theong> best of medicine, religion, and psychology. This book invites health care reform by renewing old principles. Through clinical experience, research, and listening to seniors and ong>theong>ir families, life stories can be retold to promote healthy treatment and healthy aging. This book will be of interest to students and professionals in psychology, medicine, nursing, religion, and social work.

VITAL HEALTH STATISTICS SERIES 21, NO. 3

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: CENTERS FOR DISEASE, PUBLISHER: LIGHTNING SOURCE UK LTD, ong>Theong> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a United States federal agency under ong>theong> Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in ong>theong> Greater Atlanta area in Georgia. It works to protect public health and safety by providing information to enhance health decisions and it promotes health through partnerships with state health departments and oong>theong>r organizations. ong>Theong> CDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease prevention and control (especially infectious diseases), environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention and education activities designed to improve ong>theong> health of ong>theong> people of ong>theong> United States. ong>Theong> CDC writes and distributes hundreds of publications reviewing projects, explaining recent research, detailing new diseases, educating ong>theong> public, and more. ong>Theong>se publications work to spread ong>theong> message and furong>theong>r instill ong>theong> mission for which ong>theong> CDC works. Among ong>theong>se publications include titles like: Disability and Health in ong>theong> United States, Nutrition Monitoring in ong>theong> United States, and ong>Theong> 25th Anniversary of ong>theong> National Health Survey.

Drug Facts and Comparisons : Published by Facts and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: ong>Factsong> & Comparisons, PUBLISHER: ong>Factsong> and Comparisons, Drug ong>Factsong> and Comparisons contains up-to-date, comprehensive information on over Rx and almost OTC items grouped by ong>theong>rapeutic category for ease of comparison. ong>Theong> annual hardbound edition features ong>theong> Color Locator, a full-color section of photos of ong>theong> most frequently prescribed tablets and capsules organized by color for easy visual identification. ong>Theong> book answers questions about action, indications and contraindications; warnings and precautions; interactions between drugs; adverse reactions; administration, dosage, and overdosage, patient information. Comparisons are provided: Of drug to drug; of different dosage forms; name brands are compared to name brands and to generics. ong>Factsong> and Comparisons are also given on Centers for Disease Control biologicals and antiparasitic drugs; IV solutions; ong>theong>rapeutic and diagnostic ophthalmic preparations; diagnostic aids and radiographic contrast media and products, NCI investigational chemoong>theong>rapeutic drugs; combination cancer chemoong>theong>rapy regimens.

Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moalem, Sharon / Prince, Jonathan, PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial, Joining ong>theong> ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change ong>theong> way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every oong>theong>r living thing on earth. Through a fresh and engaging examination of our evolutionary history, Dr. Moalem reveals how many of ong>theong> conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in ong>theong> survival sweepstakes. But "Survival of ong>theong> Sickest" doesn't stop ong>theong>re. It goes on to demonstrate just how little modern medicine really understands about human health, and offers a new way of thinking that can help all of us live longer, healthier lives.

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