"Provides students with tools to identify the problems in heath care." "Health Care Ethics "is aclear, accessible text/reference that explores the full range of contemporary issues in health care ethics from a practical wisdom approach. The authors present the fundamental concerns of modern medical ethics--autonomy, beneficence, justice, and confidentiality--and then provide analysis, cases, and insights from professional literature to discuss them. Throughout, the discussion starts with larger issues or concepts and principles and then focuses on specific problems or complications. Learning GoalsUpon completing this book, readers will be able to:

• Identify the problems in health care ranging from end of life issues to testing and research.
• Develop a more well-rounded understanding of cultural traditions that are not a part of the mainstream discussion of American medical ethics.
• Analyze the various views on health care ethics.

How can you tell if you're from a small town? Do you know how to spot a Southerner, or someone from Chicago? Is there such a thing as drinking too much coffee? Do you think nostalgia is what it used to be? Thomas "Sonny" Garrett explores these questions and others in his weekly newspaper column "Odds & Ends." Among his observations and experiences: * Mother Goose's tales would keep Stephen King awake at night. * No matter how much you turn up the brightness, TV doesn't get any smarter. * It's hard to be scared of a hurricane named Fred. * Politicians - can't live without them, .... on second thought, yes, we can. * Life sure was a lot more fun before everything was bad for us. * The older you get, the more personal your relationship with your doctor gets. Along the way, Sonny has met many interesting people, including: * One of Arkansas' best trial lawyers who was a real-life "Matlock." * A service station owner who becomes a victim of the times. * Old soldiers and new warriors who have much in common. * A deputy who truly was a peace officer. These are stories that will make you laugh, make you remember, touch your heart, maybe even bring a tear to your eye. But most of all they will make you feel good.

"Beautiful As A Butterfly," 40 page hardcover, colorful, educational, motivational, character building, and hilarious African-American children's book for second to fifth graders and children with some disabilities. This children s book is personalized, easy reading, excellent for storytelling, and engages the child's participation throughout the story. They will learn about: butterflies in the day to day life of a boy named DJ and his best friend Bobby; responsibility and decision making; their beauty and uniqueness in comparison to a butterfly; the significance of parental/caregivers role; and the meaning of flying higher and higher to become the best that they can be. Arnetha A. Thomas, the author is a retired Master's level Social Worker of Miami Dade County. She is currently the founder/CEO of Solid Rock Enterprise, Inc. a community and school based organization that specializes in conflict resolution and reconciliation. She's a National Restorative Justice Trainer, Kingian Nonviolence Trainer, Peer Mediation Trainer, and Family Mediator; in addition to a license and ordained minister.

"Charles Pettit McIlvaine, who lived from 1799-1873, embodied the evangelical creed of the nineteenth century. A clear-thinking, intellectually rigorous Episcopalian, he exemplified the deep emotional currents of revival and rebirth, of the 'conviction of sin, ' of the need to be born again into new life. An aristocrat by birth and bearing and a bishop by consecration of the Episcopal Church, he knew himself to be a common sinner in God's sight, as much in need of rescue as the folk to whom he ministered." - from the Author's Preface "This valuable work on the great Victorian Evangelical bishop of Ohio brings to life the story of an eminent theologian, revivalist and churchman. McIlvaine ought to be better known in our day. It is a great omission among Episcopalians in North America that he is not. By his many works and contributions he speaks today." - The Late Rev. Dr. Peter Toon, author of 'The End of Liberal Theology' and former president of the Prayer Book Society of the U. S. A.