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Botanical Medicines - The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements, Second Edition (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition): Dennis J.... Botanical Medicines - The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements, Second Edition (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)
Dennis J. McKenna, Kenneth Jones, Kerry Hughes, Virginia M. Tyler
R3,159 Discovery Miles 31 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Answer patients'questions about botanical supplements quickly and easily This informative book is a compendium of detailed scientific research on 34 of the most popular dietary supplements used in North America and Europe. Its coverage of pharmacological studies on the main medicinal plants used in clinical practice and sold in pharmacies in the Western world is more extensive than any other publication of monographic reviews available. The way Botanical Medicines: The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements, Second Edition. is organized (standardized topic formats are used in each monograph) makes it easy for you to locate relevant information quickly and to compare corresponding sections between different entries. This book is an invaluable tool for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care professionals who need detailed, scientifically accurate information on appropriate use, safety, dosages, and similar issues related to botanical dietary supplements. Each entry in Botanical Medicines: The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements, Second Edition. covers botanical data (classification and nomenclature, common names, geographic occurrence, and botanical characteristics), plus: history and traditional uses chemistry therapeutic applications pre-clinical studies clinical studies recommended dosages safety profiles (including toxicology) side effects and contraindications drug interactions and special precautions safety recommendations during pregnancy and lactation This extensively referenced volume includes appendixes with information on the major provisions of DSHEA (the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994) and on the criteria and procedures for assessing the quality of botanical products.

Core Surgical Training Interviews - An A-Z Guide (Paperback): Sukhpreet Singh Dubb Core Surgical Training Interviews - An A-Z Guide (Paperback)
Sukhpreet Singh Dubb
R1,004 Discovery Miles 10 040 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

1.The Core Surgical Training interview has a format much closer to that of an exam than any 'traditional' job interview - this book covers the key aspects of this exam- interview. 2. Candidates using this book to revise and practice their answers to the common interview questions/scenarios will score the highest. 3. Easy to use A-Z format assists easy memorization of key facts.

Finding Information in Science, Technology and Medicine (Paperback, 3rd edition): Jill Lambert, Peter A. Lambert Finding Information in Science, Technology and Medicine (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Jill Lambert, Peter A. Lambert
R2,105 Discovery Miles 21 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This practical guide to the basic structure of Science, Technology, and Medicine (STM) information provides strategies and techniques for successful research results using both print and electronic media. Describing terms in a clear and accessible language and providing examples and directions on how to locate and access information, this book will prove valuable to anyone with a serious interest in the field.
Coverage includes:
* How information is communicated
* Searching the Web
* Using libraries * Using bibliographic databases
* Obtaining and organizing information
* Keeping up to date
* The future Each chapter ends with a summary of the key points.

Phenomenology of Practice - Meaning-Giving Methods in Phenomenological Research and Writing (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Max Van... Phenomenology of Practice - Meaning-Giving Methods in Phenomenological Research and Writing (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Max Van Manen
R3,795 Discovery Miles 37 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Max van Manen offers an extensively updated edition of Phenomenology of Practice: Meaning-Giving Methods in Phenomenological Research and Writing to provide an eloquent, accessible, and detailed approach to practicing phenomenology. Phenomenology of practice refers to the meaning of doing phenomenology on experiences that are of significance to those in professional practice such as psychology, health care, education, and in contexts of ordinary living. A special feature of this update is the role of examples, anecdotes, stories, and vignettes, and the singularity of fictionalized empirical fragments in making the unknowable knowable. Accordingly, the various chapters are enriched with many intelligible examples of phenomenological essays and excursions on ordinary and extraordinary topics. These examples show that a phenomenological method can be engaged to explore virtually any lived experience or event. Max van Manen provides penetrating portrayals of depthful insights by brilliant phenomenologists. He identifies and distinguishes a variety of phenomenological orientations that are alive and current today. This book is relevant to scholars, students, and motivated readers interested in the originary meanings and methods of phenomenological human science enquiry. Max van Manen's comprehensive work is of significance to all concerned with the interrelation between being and acting, thoughtfulness and tact, in human sciences research and the phenomenology of everyday life.

The Sociomaterial Construction of Users - 3D Printing and the Digitalization of the Prosthetics Industry (Hardcover): David... The Sociomaterial Construction of Users - 3D Printing and the Digitalization of the Prosthetics Industry (Hardcover)
David Seibt
R4,059 Discovery Miles 40 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the intricate connections that link the current digitalization of manufacturing to our daily lives and identities as members of highly technologized societies. Based on extensive research on the prosthetics industry in Germany, the USA, Canada, and Haiti, the author demonstrates the socio-material construction of users, examining the ways in which the introduction of 3D printing changes how artificial limbs are designed, manufactured, distributed and used. Addressing questions surrounding the capacity of flexible production to afford greater diversity of user roles, and the likelihood of 3D printing allowing for open-source hardware and the democratization of production, the author presents a theory of digitalization that sheds light on the dynamics of industrial transformation and the future of use. An empirically grounded and conceptually informed study, The Socio-Material Construction of Users will appeal to researchers in the fields of sociology, science and technology studies and organization studies, as well as readers interested in 3D printing and the digitalization of society.

Perspectives on Supervision (Paperback): David Campbell, Barry Mason Perspectives on Supervision (Paperback)
David Campbell, Barry Mason
R1,151 Discovery Miles 11 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This reader-friendly and stimulating volume, indispensable to anyone interested in supervision from a systemic perspective, emerged from a conference organised jointly by the Institute of Family Therapy and the Tavistock Clinic in London. It is focused on developments within supervisions and reflects the increasing need for clinical supervisors in advanced level family training courses. The central theme of the book is the application of systemic thinking to the field of supervision. The complexities of topics involved in this area are fully engaged by the many contributors. The book is organised into four main sections, each ending with a useful and unifying commentary from the editors.

Community Occupational Therapy Education and Practice (Hardcover): Beth Velde, Margaret Prince Wittman Community Occupational Therapy Education and Practice (Hardcover)
Beth Velde, Margaret Prince Wittman
R3,909 Discovery Miles 39 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

OT practice is moving from the medically based model into the community--don't be left behind!This unique and timely book sets forth the vital concepts of nontraditional community-based (rather than the traditional medical model) occupational therapy practice. It illuminates issues related to HIV/AIDS, homelessness, aging, disease, and much more, and points the way toward future research and practice techniques. In addition to defining the current state of the art in community practice, Community Occupational Therapy Education and Practice examines what it will take to prepare practitioners to be effective in nontraditional settings. Community Occupational Therapy Education and Practice: discusses ways to help OT students and faculty increase their cultural competence describes a university-designed demonstration program used to prepare graduates to work in community-based settings surveys students and faculty from a community-based program serving elderly African Americans explores cooperation between occupational therapists and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society examines ways that occupational therapists can help to facilitate international adoptions chronicles the development of a community-based return-to-work program for people with AIDS, and studies a program providing OT services to homeless individuals living in an emergency shelter in Florida You'll also find a thorough description of the Pizzi Holistic Wellness Assessment tool for helping clients self-assess their health and well-being, a thoughtful look at the quality-of-life issues vital to OT practice, and much, much more!

The Breast Cancer Book - A Trusted Guide for You and Your Loved Ones (Paperback): Kenneth D. Miller, Melissa Camp The Breast Cancer Book - A Trusted Guide for You and Your Loved Ones (Paperback)
Kenneth D. Miller, Melissa Camp; As told to Kathy Steligo
R729 R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Save R104 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A comprehensive, down-to-earth guide for anyone diagnosed with breast cancer. Being diagnosed with breast cancer can be scary and confusing. There are medical terms to learn, options to consider, and important decisions to make, all while trying to carry on with work, family, and life. The Breast Cancer Book can't reverse a diagnosis or make breast cancer disappear, but every page can inform and empower you or your loved ones, no matter where you are in the breast cancer experience. Written by three trusted experts-an oncologist, a breast surgeon, and a two-time breast cancer survivor-this multidisciplinary book walks you through everything you need to know about breast cancer so that you can make the best decisions about diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care. In plain, easy-to-understand language that illuminates all the facets of this disease, the authors draw on their professional experience and the most current scientific knowledge to * describe the risk factors for breast cancer; * explain the various tests used to detect cancer; * clarify the full range of treatment options, from surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation to newer combination therapies; * provide insight from experts in genetics, radiation oncology, and breast reconstruction; * present inspirational true stories of breast cancer survivors; and * simplify complex concepts with detailed graphics, tables, illustrations, and photographs. A crash course on breast cancer that will help get you or anyone you love through the physical and emotional challenges of the disease, The Breast Cancer Book will also help readers communicate with their cancer team. Packed with information, this compassionate guide is the most up-to-date book available.

Complementary Therapies in Geriatric Practice - Selected Topics (Hardcover): Ann Burkhardt, Jodi Carlson Complementary Therapies in Geriatric Practice - Selected Topics (Hardcover)
Ann Burkhardt, Jodi Carlson
R2,580 Discovery Miles 25 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Use these techniques to promote the wellness of your elderly clients This book explores current trends in alternative therapy and geriatric rehabilitation and the use of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) techniques in physical and occupational treatment sessions with older adults. According to editor Ann Burkhardt, "Rehabilitation and the complementary medicine movement are intrinsically compatible since they both tend to view people holistically-as more than the sum of their component parts. Each philosophy emphasizes quality of life and empowers people to participate in life change and health enhancement."In addition to describing the science behind alternative and complementary therapies and discussing indications and contraindications, Complementary Therapies in Geriatric Practice presents a number of different therapeutic approaches, including: energy therapies Tai Chi mental rehearsal incorporating spirituality into occupational therapy practice occupational therapy as a means to wellness for the elderlyBy providing information about these topics and more, Complementary Therapies in Geriatric Practice will help you expand the possibilities of your geriatric rehabilitation practice and bring about more positive outcomes for your patients

Complementary Therapies in Geriatric Practice - Selected Topics (Paperback): Ann Burkhardt, Jodi Carlson Complementary Therapies in Geriatric Practice - Selected Topics (Paperback)
Ann Burkhardt, Jodi Carlson
R1,014 Discovery Miles 10 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Use these techniques to promote the wellness of your elderly clients!This book explores current trends in alternative therapy and geriatric rehabilitation and the use of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) techniques in physical and occupational treatment sessions with older adults. According to editor Ann Burkhardt, "Rehabilitation and the complementary medicine movement are intrinsically compatible since they both tend to view people holistically-as more than the sum of their component parts. Each philosophy emphasizes quality of life and empowers people to participate in life change and health enhancement."In addition to describing the science behind alternative and complementary therapies and discussing indications and contraindications, Complementary Therapies in Geriatric Practice presents a number of different therapeutic approaches, including: energy therapies Tai Chi mental rehearsal incorporating spirituality into occupational therapy practice occupational therapy as a means to wellness for the elderly By providing information about these topics and more, Complementary Therapies in Geriatric Practice will help you expand the possibilities of your geriatric rehabilitation practice and bring about more positive outcomes for your patients!

Domestic Abuse Across the Lifespan - The Role of Occupational Therapy (Hardcover): Christine Helfrich Domestic Abuse Across the Lifespan - The Role of Occupational Therapy (Hardcover)
Christine Helfrich
R1,125 Discovery Miles 11 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Domestic abuse has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Are you prepared to work with the people whose lives it has changed?Domestic Abuse Across the Lifespan: The Role of Occupational Therapy reframes the problem of domestic violence, taking it out of the home and into the practice of occupational therapy. It identifies the effects of all types of domestic abuse (spousal, child, elder, etc.) as well as frameworks to address dysfunction that has occurred secondary to the abuse. This book shows that the effects of domestic abuse are indeed in the realm of occupational therapy practice, and that just as occupational therapists would consider other environmental concerns (i.e. kitchen and bathroom safety), they must also consider abuse and its effects.Domestic Abuse Across the Lifespan: The Role of Occupational Therapy provides you with: definitions and illustrative examples of each type of domestic violence risk factors for becoming a victim or an abuser an examination of the occupational therapist's role with victims of abuse reasons why women may decide to refuse intervention a discussion of the connection between victim advocacy and occupational therapy a case study detailing the clinical findings and treatment of a six-month-old infant with shaken baby syndrome who received in-patient occupational therapy a case study of a child witness of domestic abuse and the use of the Occupational Therapy Psychosocial Assessment of Learning (OT PAL) in measuring the psychosocial aspects of his performance in a nontraditional classroom setting a checklist for occupational therapists who encounter elder abuse and a case study that illustrates its use . . . and much more!The number of people whose lives are scarred by domestic abuse is vast and growing every day. Occupational therapists working in many different settings will encounter children, adults, elders, and individuals with disabilities who have experienced intimate violence and abuse. Domestic Abuse Across the Lifespan: The Role of Occupational Therapy is the tool to help you help them.

Solutions for the Treatment Resistant Addicted Client - Therapeutic Techniques for Engaging Challenging Clients (Hardcover):... Solutions for the Treatment Resistant Addicted Client - Therapeutic Techniques for Engaging Challenging Clients (Hardcover)
Nicholas A. Roes
R3,031 Discovery Miles 30 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Help addicts to better their lives, even though they oppose treatment!This useful volume, the result of more than ten years of work in researching and refining the techniques most likely to lead to positive client outcomes, offers field-tested methods for dealing with the most challenging addicted client types. These include hopeless clients, clients considered to be in denial, and those who are in treatment not because they desire it, but because of a mandate from an outside authority. The techniques you'll find in Solutions for the "Treatment-Resistant" Addicted Client have proven to be successful with even the most difficult clients.The techniques you will learn in this book avoid generating resistance on the part of the client and are easily integrated into any treatment model. You'll also find case studies, practice worksheets, and suggestions for therapeutic tasks to assign to your clients.Solutions for the "Treatment-Resistant" Addicted Client will teach you: why treating even the most challenging clients with respect is vital to successful therapy why the concept of the client's "treatment readiness" is a myth; it is you, the therapist, who must be "ready" for the most challenging client! how to give your therapeutic message greater impact and break out of unproductive patterns of relating to your clientsAnd the book's final section, presented in Q&A format, addresses: practical applications of the techniques discussed theoretical frameworks for the interventions suggested ethical concerns relating to dealing with clients who don't want treatment Alcohol and drug counselors, probation/parole officers, social workers, and other mental health professionals who work with addicted clients will find this book an invaluable aid in their work. Students preparing to enter these careers, as well as those preparing for certification as alcohol or drug abuse counselors, also need the information found here. Solutions for the "Treatment-Resistant" Addicted Client is must reading for anyone dealing with this extraordinarily difficult population.

Collected Papers - Through paediatrics to psychoanalysis (Hardcover): D. W. Winnicott Collected Papers - Through paediatrics to psychoanalysis (Hardcover)
D. W. Winnicott
R8,906 Discovery Miles 89 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1958 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

An Introduction to Medical Sociology (Hardcover): David Tuckett An Introduction to Medical Sociology (Hardcover)
David Tuckett
R6,877 Discovery Miles 68 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1976 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Community as Doctor - New perspectives on a therapeutic community (Hardcover): Robert N. Rapoport Community as Doctor - New perspectives on a therapeutic community (Hardcover)
Robert N. Rapoport
R5,961 Discovery Miles 59 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1960 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Medicine in Metamorphosis - Speech, presence and integration (Hardcover): Martti Siirala Medicine in Metamorphosis - Speech, presence and integration (Hardcover)
Martti Siirala
R5,962 Discovery Miles 59 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1969 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Reflections on the Nude (Hardcover): Adrian Stokes Reflections on the Nude (Hardcover)
Adrian Stokes
R5,948 Discovery Miles 59 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1967 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

The Moral Distress Syndrome Affecting Physicians - How Current Healthcare is Putting Doctors and Patients at Risk (Paperback):... The Moral Distress Syndrome Affecting Physicians - How Current Healthcare is Putting Doctors and Patients at Risk (Paperback)
Eldo Frezza, MD, MBA, FACS
R1,013 Discovery Miles 10 130 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The rise of suicide and burnout among physicians has brought a new disease to the healthcare provider, which we previously thought only affected the soldier: moral distress syndrome, second only to moral injury. In this book we introduce the concept of moral distress syndrome, which includes any or all of the following: depression, PTSD, risk of suicide, divorce, emotional detachment, and the inability to build healthy relationships and empathy. While veterans can report to veteran hospitals for treatment, the physician cannot find treatment or support without fear of losing their license, their hospital privileges, and their job. Therefore, they are stuck dealing with the issue themselves, along with their family or their circle of friends. To raise decisive awareness of the problems related to moral distress, we wrote this book. This book is designed around physicians talking to other physicians about their moral distresses in a safe space. It brings all the aspects of the moral distress syndrome in a format familiar to the physician: grand rounds with a magistral lecture, where the audience asks the question and directly participates on the subject. The reader will feel like part of the audience and may want to ask their own questions as the book progresses. The format of the book is divided into three parts. In the first part, the research, data, and a crude number of problems are given: moral distress syndrome, PTSD, burnout, suicide, divorce rates, emotional detachment, legal distress syndrome, physicians leaving medicine, and the feeling of being a hamster in a wheel. In the second part, we embellish on real life experiences of physicians to highlight the pain and depth of the moral distress they feel. We share stories around the character-their family, love life, divorce, etc.-to show the individual person behind the doctor. In the third part, we focus on society and physician suffering and the birth of moral distress. This part focuses on the physician's empathy as a way to point out his problems, weaknesses, and issues, and find possible solutions for him and other physicians facing the same issues. At the end of the third part, we discuss how it is the responsibility of physicians, patients, and society as a whole to heal in the face of moral injury, as recommended by the American Medical Association. We finish with the search for good friends and safe spaces, the cornerstones for the healing process. Structure of the Chapters. To make it easier to follow the material, at the beginning of each chapter we outline the points discussed, as a speaker outlines the material, summarizing it in the first slide of each topic. We hope that this way the readers can focus on the issues quickly throughout the book. This book is formatted as a business novel and therefore the characters and situations are drawn from liberally. As well as reading like a novel, the reader can read each chapter separately and still understand the points.

Frightful Stages: From the Primitive to the Therapeutic - From the Primitive to the Therapeutic (Hardcover): Robert B... Frightful Stages: From the Primitive to the Therapeutic - From the Primitive to the Therapeutic (Hardcover)
Robert B Marchesani, Mark Stern
R3,188 Discovery Miles 31 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Face stage fright and self-doubt with new courage The experience of awe has rarely been considered by psychologists, but this extraordinary book makes up for that neglect. Frightful Stages explores all the shades of that strange emotion from reverence to terror. At its heart, awe is the condition of human suffering in situations that require you to act in all the senses of that deceptively simple word, whether on stage or off, whether in the presence of many or alone.Frightful Stages provides a multifaceted view of the semiotics of awe. It deals with its manifestations in film, on stage, in poetry, in ordinary lives as well as in the more extraordinary ones, including Bessie Smith, Carl Van Vechten, Barbra Streisand, Federico Fellini, Thomas Merton, and John Ashbery. This unprecedented book delineates the experience of awe in moments of stage fright, performance anxiety, and everyday interpersonal relations. Frightful Stages takes place on and off stage, before the curtain and behind, in the audience and on the screen. It explores the mysterious experience of awe in a multitude of contexts, including: Thomas Merton's psychoanalytic showdown with Gregory Zilboorg the chronic tensions between Apollonian reason and Dionysian instinct in myth, psychoanalysis, creation, and performance the ill-fated encounter between the greatest of all blues singers and a brilliant, self-loathing literary critic the moment of awe in experiential psychotherapy as seen by both the analyst and client the differences and similarities between stage fright and social phobia the intricate interrelationships between pernicious envy, emotional awkwardness, and fear a personal diary chronicling one man's crisis of panic, anguish, and self-doubt the complexities of feeling, offering, and accepting reverence in the psychotherapeutic relationshipFrightful Stages gives clinicians and lay readers a variety of approaches from the analytic to the unanalytic, from the psychodynamic to the humanistic. It will appeal to a diverse audience, including therapists, clients, social theorists, cultural anthropologists, performers, and writers. Additionally, this book is intended to help artists deal with creative blocks, therapists cope with their own terrors, and all helping professionals understand bizarre phenomena.

Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare (Hardcover): Graham Scrambler Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare (Hardcover)
Graham Scrambler; Edited by Caroline Carlisle, Tom Mason, Caroline Watkins, Elizabeth Whitehead
R4,517 Discovery Miles 45 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Whilst those in healthcare might like to think that they work to reduce stigma and social exclusion of others, this book reveals many strategies by which healthcare professionals contribute to increasing these conditions. Written by practitioners, some of whom have themselves been stigmatised, the book exposes the hidden processes of prejudice and the dogma of ideology that permeate contemporary healthcare. Engaging with the realities of stigma through a grassroots approach, topics covered include: * hearing * sight * sexuality * HIV and AIDS * drug use * teenage pregnancy * breastfeeding * old age. Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare provides practical solutions to problems, recommendations for training and a blueprint for the future. It will prove a valuable reference for all those wanting to deal with the issues of stigmatisation.

Professionalism and Ethics in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Paperback): Ethan B. Russo, Fernando Ania, John Crellin Professionalism and Ethics in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Paperback)
Ethan B. Russo, Fernando Ania, John Crellin
R1,277 R1,068 Discovery Miles 10 680 Save R209 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gain a better understanding of the complex issues that will decide the future of health care!This is the first book of its kind in the rapidly growing field of complementary and alternative medicine. It addresses quality-of-care concerns and also focuses on the goals of many practitioners: to secure a firm place for their practice in health care systems and to establish levels of integration. Professionalism and Ethics in Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a unique textbook, but is also an essential resource for practitioners of complementary, alternative, and conventional medicine as well as the general public.This volume is divided into three parts. The first looks at a range of current concerns over complementary and alternative medicine, many of which raise ethical issues relating to quality of care. The next section, focusing on professionalism, indicates how practitioners must respond to the public's concerns, especially in light of the public's rising expectations of standards of care among all practitioners. The third part is comprised of case histories plus commentaries suitable for private study or classroom discussion.In this valuable book you will find: an examination of current issues in complementary/alternative medicine and bioethics explorations of other approaches to ethical dilemmas including "bottom-up" ethics such as consequentialism and social utilitarianism plus feminist ethics, virtue ethics, and more informed discussion of public expectations of professional roles and responsibilities case histories that illustrate ethical issues explanations of the Hippocratic Oath and complementary and alternative medicine codes an examination of the power structure within health care systems and much, much more!Growing from a course on ethics and law at the Homeopathic College of Canada in Toronto, Professionalism and Ethics in Complementary and Alternative Medicine will benefit everyone who is concerned with quality care and integrated medicine.

A Study of Doctors - Mutual selection and the evaluation of results in a training programme for family doctors (Hardcover):... A Study of Doctors - Mutual selection and the evaluation of results in a training programme for family doctors (Hardcover)
Michael Balint
R3,899 Discovery Miles 38 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1966 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Community Occupational Therapy Education and Practice (Paperback): Beth Velde, Margaret Prince Wittman Community Occupational Therapy Education and Practice (Paperback)
Beth Velde, Margaret Prince Wittman
R1,463 Discovery Miles 14 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

OT practice is moving from the medically based model into the community--don't be left behind!This unique and timely book sets forth the vital concepts of nontraditional community-based (rather than the traditional medical model) occupational therapy practice. It illuminates issues related to HIV/AIDS, homelessness, aging, disease, and much more, and points the way toward future research and practice techniques. In addition to defining the current state of the art in community practice, Community Occupational Therapy Education and Practice examines what it will take to prepare practitioners to be effective in nontraditional settings. Community Occupational Therapy Education and Practice: discusses ways to help OT students and faculty increase their cultural competence describes a university-designed demonstration program used to prepare graduates to work in community-based settings surveys students and faculty from a community-based program serving elderly African Americans explores cooperation between occupational therapists and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society examines ways that occupational therapists can help to facilitate international adoptions chronicles the development of a community-based return-to-work program for people with AIDS, and studies a program providing OT services to homeless individuals living in an emergency shelter in Florida You'll also find a thorough description of the Pizzi Holistic Wellness Assessment tool for helping clients self-assess their health and well-being, a thoughtful look at the quality-of-life issues vital to OT practice, and much, much more!

Public Health Approach to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention & Management (Paperback): Dorairaj Prabhakaran, K. Srinath Reddy,... Public Health Approach to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention & Management (Paperback)
Dorairaj Prabhakaran, K. Srinath Reddy, Shuchi Anand
R1,536 Discovery Miles 15 360 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Key Features: 1. Covers existing and emerging issues in cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention. 2. Has a multi-disciplinary approach in content and audience. 3. Connects with health systems and relevant sustainable development goals 4. Provides case studies for enabling readers to understand and apply evidence-based solutions to key public health issues. 5. Has inputs from globally renowned public health experts.

Evidence-Based Assessment Framework for Assistive Technology - The Mpt and Match-Aces Assessments (Hardcover): Susan A. Zapf Evidence-Based Assessment Framework for Assistive Technology - The Mpt and Match-Aces Assessments (Hardcover)
Susan A. Zapf
R3,172 Discovery Miles 31 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Provides an international focus to assistive technology assessment and service delivery Utilizes an evidence-based assessment process Introduces the reader to the MPT and MATCH-ACES assessment model and process Discusses the use of the assessment in case scenarios represented by eight different countries Explores the use of outcome measures to establish a standard process to measure effectiveness in AT use

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