Medical / Allied Health Services

Voices From the Field: Group Work Responds

by Albert S Alissi & Catherine C Mergins

Voices From the Field is the book to challenge you from your cozy position of complacency! By simply opening its pages, you will learn about fascinating developments in group work sequences in group care, empowerment...

Child Welfare in the Legal Setting: A Critical and Interpretive Perspective

by Thomas M O'Brien

Explore legal issues that often hinder the work of child welfare practitioners!

Child Welfare in the Legal Setting: A Critical and Interpretive Perspective is a revolutionary study of the child welfare system...

A Companion Volume to Dr. Jay A. Goldstein's Betrayal by the Brain: A Guide for Patients and Their Physicians

by Robert Lecour

Dr. Jay A. Goldstein's Betrayal by the Brain can be a daunting treatise to the layperson as well as a challenge for the physician who is not versed in neurology, psychiatry, immunology, and endocrinology. Here,...

Criminal Justice: Retribution vs. Restoration

by Eleanor Hannon Judah

There are nearly two million inmates in America today. Are there better alternatives to incarceration?

Criminal Justice: Retribution vs. Restoration presents new answers and unconventional suggestions addressing...

Raising Parents: Attachment, Parenting and Child Safety

by Patricia M. Crittenden

This book provides a systematic account of parental behaviour and the means of identifying and addressing inadequate parenting. It is intended for professionals who work with children or adults who were harmed...

Gender and Groupwork

by Marcia Cohen & Audrey Mullender

Thinking about gender can enrich the work of all groupwork practitioners and can make a real difference in people's lives. Based on practice experience in both the UK and the USA, Gender and Groupwork brings...

Contemporary Mental Health, Theory, Policy and Practice

by Barbara Fawcett & Kate Karban

The authors explore theoretical developments and policy and practice initiatives in the complex and changing area of mental health services. They examine the tensions, dilemmas and opportunities now operating,...

Birthing Autonomy: Women's Experiences of Planning Home Births

by Nadine Edwards

Birthing Autonomy brings some balance to the difficult arguments that arise from debates about home births, and focuses on women's views and their experiences of planning home births. It provides an in-depth...

Sleep and Society: Sociological Ventures into the Un(known)

by Simon J. Williams

Exploring the sociological aspects of sleep and their links to current health debates, this unique text discusses why sleep has been so neglected in sociological literature and examines significant modern issues...

The Essence of Play: A practice companion for professionals working with children and young people

by Justine Howard & Karen McInnes

A unique companion to professional play practice!

All play professionals are united in their belief that play is important for children's development - and there are inherent characteristics of play that underpin...

McGraw Hill's Paramedic Flashcards

by Jr. Peter A. DiPrima & Scott S. Coyne

High-yield flashcards cover must-know information for the Paramedic certification exam

McGraw-Hill's Paramedic Flashcards offer a succint, comprehensive, and easy to carry review of the must-know concepts that...

The Art and Science of Motivation: A Therapist's Guide to Working with Children

by Jenny Ziviani & Anne Poulsen

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of methods for working with children with a range of difficulties. It presents a new model for working with these groups to enhance motivation and engagement...

EMS Pocket Drug Guide 2/E

by Patrick Gomella & Leonard Gomella

SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT IN YOUR POCKET, DETAILED ENOUGH TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Essential data on more than 1,000 of the most commonly used prescribed medications and more than 75 drugs most often...

McGraw-Hill's EMT Flashcards

by Jr. Peter A. DiPrima & Scott S. Coyne

More than 300 high-yield flashcards cover must-know information for the EMT certification exam

McGraw-Hill's EMT Flashcards offer a succint, comprehensive, and easy-to-carry review of the essential concepts students...

Physical Therapy Case Files, Acute Care

by Erin Jobst

SHARPEN YOUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND PREPARE FOR REAL-WORLD PRACTICE WITH CLINICAL CASES

New in the authoritative Case Files series, Physical Therapy Case Files: Acute Care gives you case studies that illustrate...

Body Image and Disfigurement Care

by Robert Newell

Intended for health care professionals working with patients who have suffered a threat to body image, whether from trauma, injury, disease, or the developmental process, Body Image and Disfigurement Care:

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Punish and Critique: Towards a Feminist Analysis of Penality

by Adrian Howe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Political economies of punishment 2. 'New histories of punishment regimes 3. The Foucault Effect: from penology to penality 4. Feminist analytical approaches to women's imprisonment...

The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook

by Yael Danieli

Learn intervention strategies to counter the effects of terrorism

In the twenty-first century, terrorism has become an international scourge whose effect devastates individuals, weakens societies, and cripples...

HIV Treatment Adherence: Challenges for Social Services

by Lana Sue Ka'opna & Nathan L. Linsk

Learn the latest social service interventions to promote HIV medication adherence

Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) can significantly improve the health outcomes of people living with HIV. Still, benefits...

Handbook of the Clinical Treatment of Infidelity

by Katherine Milewski Hertlein, Fred P Piercy & Joseph L Wetchler

Help your clients’ relationships survive infidelity!

In the Handbook of the Clinical Treatment of Infidelity, a panel of seasoned experts reflects on issues central to affairs, and on how to help couples heal...