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Children need more than just good schooling: they require safe
lives, good health, and sufficient resources to live and grow
successfully in their community. This book makes this vital
connection, as society must promote a quality education, available
health services, and financial equity and opportunity for all.
Palliative Care Within Mental Health: Ethical Practice explores the
comprehensive concerns and dilemmas that occur surrounding people
experiencing mental health problems and disorders. Working beyond
narrow, stereotypical definitions of palliative care as restricted
to terminal cancer patients, this balanced and thought-provoking
volume examines the many interrelated issues that face the
individual, families, and caregivers, setting the groundwork for
improved, ethical relationships and interventions. Chapters by
experts and experienced practitioners detail the challenges,
concerns, and best practices for ethical care and responses in a
variety of individual and treatment contexts. This is an essential
and thoughtful new resource for all those involved in the
fast-developing field of palliative mental health.
Ethics in Mental Health-Substance Use aims to explore the
comprehensive concerns and dilemmas occurring from mental health
and substance use problems, and to inform, develop, and educate by
sharing and pooling knowledge, and enhancing expertise, in this
fast developing region of ethics and ethical care and practice.
This volume concentrates on ethical concerns, dilemmas, and
concepts specifically interrelated, as a collation of problem(s)
that directly or indirectly affect the life of the individual and
family. Whilst presenting a balanced view of what is ethically best
practice today, this title challenges concepts and stimulates
debate, exploring all aspects of the development in treatment,
intervention and care responses, and the adoption of research-led
best practice.
Ethics in Mental Health-Substance Use aims to explore the
comprehensive concerns and dilemmas occurring from mental health
and substance use problems, and to inform, develop, and educate by
sharing and pooling knowledge, and enhancing expertise, in this
fast developing region of ethics and ethical care and practice.
This volume concentrates on ethical concerns, dilemmas, and
concepts specifically interrelated, as a collation of problem(s)
that directly or indirectly affect the life of the individual and
family. Whilst presenting a balanced view of what is ethically best
practice today, this title challenges concepts and stimulates
debate, exploring all aspects of the development in treatment,
intervention and care responses, and the adoption of research-led
best practice.
In education we are working on behalf of a truly noble cause: the
lives of our students. We need a system for working together that
is worthy of the work and one that harnesses the idealistic visions
and inherent energies that brought us to education in the first
place. Becoming A Great School prepares you to create that system.
The authors challenge top-down leadership as a vestige of the past
which fails to fully engage today's teaching professionals. They
explain why the following structures are essential to school
revitalization: an intrinsically-motivated, energized workforce
functioning smoothly together as a team; a clear focus which
inspires cohesion and a sense of purpose; and a process which
gradually renews the school's educational systems piece-by-piece.
The outcome is what American education needs: stronger,
revitalized, more effective, extraordinary schools - and it is all
accomplished from within. Ken, Nels and Joe reveal the quality
management principles and collaborative leadership skills that led
to amazing results for them, while detailing the practices
necessary for educators to achieve the same outcomes in their
schools. Become the leader you imagined yourself to be while
creating the school you always wanted to work in.
This book features extensive lists of printed resources on 35 years
of rockabilly performers, ranging from Charlie Feathers, Carl
Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley to Shakin' Stevens, The
Cramps, Robert Gordon, and The Stray Cats. The bibliographic survey
includes biographies, historical studies, concert and record
reviews, discographies, and articles from magazines such as Guitar
Player, Goldmine, Now Dig This, Record Collector, and New
Kommotion. More than 220 rockabilly singers and instrumentalists
are included. With author index and bibliography. Should be of
value to audio librarians, popular culture researchers, rock music
enthusiasts, record collectors, and teachers of music, sociology,
and American studies.
The Mental Health-Substance Use series provides clear guidance for
professionals on this complex and increasingly recognised field. It
concentrates on the concerns, dilemmas and concepts that impact on
the life and well-being of affected individuals and those close to
them, as well as the future direction of practice, education,
research, services, intervention, and treatment. This volume is
primarily about caring for individuals and families who turn to
professionals at a time when their lives are unmanageable alone,
but is also concerned with the care that these professions extend
to their own members. It contends that these issues are closely
interrelated, with appropriate communication and support being key
to both. Its chapters draw from a variety of theories and
treatments to provide practical advice on the challenge of
providing appropriate care tailored to a wide scope of individuals
and families. The volumes in this series are designed to challenge
concepts and stimulate debate, exploring all aspects of the
development in treatment, intervention and care response, and the
adoption of research-led best practice. They are essential reading
for mental health and substance use professionals, students and
educators.
Panacea or revolution? 'Evidence-based medicine' and
'cost-effectiveness' have become buzz-phrases for a wide variety of
initiatives and planning processes which aim to give patients
treatments that will benefit them. On the surface this seems a
reasonable idea, but there are underlying currents which cast doubt
on the process and reveal methodological problems, which must be
understood if the concepts are to be properly used. Assuming no
prior knowledge of the field, and written in the clear,
straightforward manner the author uses in the highly successful
Health Economics for the Uninitiated, this book is a short
practical guide on how to use these concepts, and how to avoid
their pitfalls. It will appeal to doctors, nurses, health service
managers, patient organizations, academics and students of health
care. It will provide essential support to those working in health
care companies, and in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment
industry.
Palliative Care Within Mental Health: Ethical Practice explores the
comprehensive concerns and dilemmas that occur surrounding people
experiencing mental health problems and disorders. Working beyond
narrow, stereotypical definitions of palliative care as restricted
to terminal cancer patients, this balanced and thought-provoking
volume examines the many interrelated issues that face the
individual, families, and caregivers, setting the groundwork for
improved, ethical relationships and interventions. Chapters by
experts and experienced practitioners detail the challenges,
concerns, and best practices for ethical care and responses in a
variety of individual and treatment contexts. This is an essential
and thoughtful new resource for all those involved in the
fast-developing field of palliative mental health.
This handbook provides a practical and systematic approach to the acquisition, interpretation, and reporting of physiologic responses to exercise. Pulmonologists, cardiologists, and sports physicians, as well as respiratory therapists and other allied health professionals will find this book an indispensable resource when learning to select proper instruments, identify the most appropriate test protocols, and integrate and interpret physiologic response variables. The final chapter presents clinical cases to illuminate useful strategies for exercise testing and interpretation. Useful appendices offer laboratory forms, algorithms and calculations, as well as answers to FAQs. A glossary of terms, symbols, and definitions is also included. Handbook of Exercise Testing and Interpretation: A Practical Approach offers clearly defined responses (both normal and abnormal) to over thirty performance variables including aerobic, cardiovascular, ventilatory, and gas-exchange variables. Practical, portable, and easy-to-read, this essential guidebook can be used on its own or together with a more detailed book on the subject.
Thinking about God is historical thinking and that in two senses:
the idea of God has a history, and those who think about God think
through an historically formed mind. The task of the theologian, is
not the attempt to move outside his historicity - such an attempt
constitutes a fallacy and not a virtue - but to accept its
implications and limitations. Methodologically this means that the
theologian must point to the historical perspectives that underlie
the idea of God in its development and, in his own constructive
thought, must work self-consciously with an historical perspective
informed by the psychological and cosmological understanding of his
own time. This book centers on that idea which traditionally has
been associated with the very godness of God - the idea of divine
abso luteness - and puts certain historical, logical, religious
and, finally, cosmological questions to it. The roots of that idea
lie in Greek thought, which entered Christian theology via the
early church is much indication, particularly in Patristic fathers;
even so, there trinitarian thought, that the Biblical heritage is
pushing theological thlnking towards a social or relative concept
of divine being (ch. 1)."
This book is your go-to reference on how to achieve PCI compliance.
With more than 400 PCI requirements, the updated PCI Data Security
Standard (PCI DSS) v4.0 does not detail the specific documentation
that a PCI auditor—known as a Qualified Security Assessor
(QSA)—needs to know. This book is the first reference to detail
the specific documentation needed for every PCI requirement. The
authors provide real-world examples of complying with the 12 main
PCI requirements and clarify many of the gray areas within the PCI
DSS. Any merchant or service provider that stores, processes, or
transmits credit card data must comply with the PCI Data Security
Standard. PCI DSS 1.0 was first published in 2004, yet many of
those tasked with PCI compliance still encounter difficulties when
trying to make sense of it. PCI DSS version 4 was published in
March 2022, and at 360 pages, it has numerous additional
requirements, leaving many people struggling to know what they need
to do to comply.PCI DSS v4.0 has a transition period in which PCI
DSS version 3.2.1 will remain active for two years from the v4.0
publication date. Although the transition period ends on March 31,
2024, and may seem far away, those tasked with PCI compliance will
need every bit of the time to acquaint themselves with the many
news updates, templates, forms, and more, that PCI v4.0 brings to
their world. What You’ll Learn Know what it takes to be PCI
compliant Understand and implement what is in the PCI DSS Get rid
of cardholder data Everything you need to know about segmenting
your cardholder data network Know what documentation is needed for
your PCI compliance efforts Leverage real-world experience to
assist PCI compliance work Who This Book Is
For                                                Â
Compliance managers and those tasked with PCI compliance,
information security managers, internal auditors, chief security
officers, chief technology officers, and chief information
officers. Readers should have a basic understanding of how credit
card payment networks operate, in addition to basic security
concepts.Â
To provide useful and meaningful information, long-term ecological
programs need to implement solid and efficient statistical
approaches for collecting and analyzing data. This volume provides
rigorous guidance on quantitative issues in monitoring, with
contributions from world experts in the field. These experts have
extensive experience in teaching fundamental and advanced ideas and
methods to natural resource managers, scientists, and students. The
chapters present a range of tools and approaches, including
detailed coverage of variance component estimation and quantitative
selection among alternative designs; spatially balanced sampling;
sampling strategies integrating design- and model-based approaches;
and advanced analytical approaches such as hierarchical and
structural equation modelling. Making these tools more accessible
to ecologists and other monitoring practitioners across numerous
disciplines, this is a valuable resource for any professional whose
work deals with ecological monitoring. Supplementary example
software code is available online at
www.cambridge.org/9780521191548.
There is no doctrine which distinguishes Lutheranism from the vast
world of Protestantism more than the teaching of the Lord's Supper.
The contention that Christ's body and blood are in, with, and under
the Eucharistic elements in central to Lutheran identity. In this
work, Henry Immanuel Schmidt defends the historic Lutheran teaching
on this subject against some who claimed the name Lutheran, but
adopted a Reformed view of the Supper. He deals with topics such
as: The words of institution, the text of 1 Corinthians 11, the
communication of attributes from Christ's divinity to his humanity,
and the nature of figurative language in Scripture. This work is
essential reading for anyone interested in learning about, or
defending the Lutheran view of Holy Communion.
The Source And Course Of Ancient Craft Masonry Among Prince Hall
Freemasons In New Jersey In The Nineteenth Century.
Mit zunehmender UEberalterung der Bevoelkerung kommt den Problemen
der psychiatrischen Alterspathologie eine standig wachsende
Bedeutung zu. Deshalb ist diesem Thema erstmals im Rahmen der
Psychiatrie der Gegenwart ein eigener Band gewidmet, der alle
Aspekte der Alterspsychiatrie (Gerontopsychiatrie) umfassend
abhandelt. Die Alterspsychologie, die Klinik, das Demenzproblem,
die Psychotherapie, die Pharmakotherapie, aber auch
Versorgungsprobleme und Fragen der Sterbehilfe werden von
kompetenten Fachleuten nach dem heutigen Kenntnisstand dargestellt.
Mit den Grundlagen und Methoden der Psychiatrie schlieBt die 2.
Auflage der Psychiatrie der Gegenwart abo Vieles gabe es angesichts
dieses SchluBpunktes zu bedenken, manches hat die vier Herausgeber
im Laufe der Jahre beschiiftigt, hat ihnen AnlaB zu ausgiebigen
Gesprachen gegeben. Autoren sagten zu und sagten ab, neue
Perspektiven eroffneten sich und muBten entsprechend gewiirdigt
werden. Dankbar gedenken wir der Vorganger, H.W. GRUHLE t, W.
MAYER- GROSS t, R. JUNG, M. MULLER. Das Ziel blieb bis zuletzt
dassel be: Die Psychiatrie der Gegenwart solI kein Handbuch im
klassischen Sinn sein, solI keine liickenlose Darstellung des
gesam- ten psychiatrischen Wissens bieten. Sie strebt auch nicht
bibliographische Voll- standigkeit an. So spiegelt denn die Auswahl
der Themen, ihre Gewichtung nach Seitenzahl vorwiegend das wider,
was die vier Herausgeber fUr besonders wichtig und neu erachteten.
Am Ende dieser 2. Auflage angelangt, konnte es verlockend sein,
sich im Riickblick ein Urteil iiber die Fortschritte der
Psychiatrie im Zeitraum von 15 J ahren' zu bilden. Dies auf
beschranktem Platz darzustellen, wiirde jedoch den Rahmen eines
Vorwortes sprengen. Und gerade hier wiirden sich wohl die
unterschiedlichen Meinungen der Herausgeber offenbaren, wiirde der
Kon- sensus, der sich in der Themen- und Autorenwahl
herauskristallisiert hatte, kaum mehr moglich. So solI denn nur im
Rahmen der Grundlagen und Methoden der Psychiatrie, deren erster
Band hier vOrliegt und deren zweiter unmittelbar folgt, auf gewisse
Unterschiede gegeniiber der 1. Auflage hingewiesen werden.
The book brings together the most up-to-date knowledge and
expertise covering the whole topic of alcohol. It presents the
practical skills needed to offer ethical intervention and treatment
and implement ethical person-centered care. It is a practice-based
text that aims to improve ethical relationships, responses, care
and practice necessary to be effective in interventions and
treatment with those experiencing alcohol use and health problems.
The focus is on combining the principles and philosophy of alcohol
prevention and intervention, in hospital and community. Each
chapter provides self-assessment exercises, reflective practice
exercises, key points and a "to learn more" section, and develops a
theoretical framework, before broadening to include application in
care and practice. This work will appeal to a wide readership, from
professionals working within the mental health care and practice
environment to mental health students.
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