Medical / Allied Health Services

Cooperative Reference: Social Interaction in the Workplace

by Linda S Katz

Expert advice for more effective teamwork in the library!

Cooperative Reference: Social Interaction in the Workplace addresses the need for reference librarians to work together to keep the system running smoothly....

Education for Occupational Therapy in Health Care: Strategies for the New Millennium

by Patricia Crist & Marjorie Scaffa

Learn the best new approaches from the world’s leading OT educators!This timely book presents the most effective, innovative approaches to teaching the next generation of occupational therapists and occupational...

Community Occupational Therapy Education and Practice

by Beth Velde & Margaret Prince Wittman

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...

Cybercrime: Security and Surveillance in the Information Age

by Brian D. Loader & Douglas Thomas

Cybercrime focuses on the growing concern about the use of electronic communication for criminal activities and the appropriateness of the countermeasures that are being adopted by law enforcement agencies,...

Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions

by Eric A. Coleman

Learn how to ensure quality and safety for vulnerable older adults Transitional care is crucial to older adults with complex care needs who are moving between different locations or different levels of care....

Principles of Social Work Practice: A Generic Practice Approach

by Molly R Hancock

Principles of Social Work Practice is the first textbook to deal exclusively and thoroughly with the significant principles of social work practice and methods that integrate these principles into the common...

Social Work Health and International Development

by Serge Dumont & Myreille St-Onge

Sharpen your social work in health care knowledge and skills

Social Work, Health, and International Development: Compassion in Social Policy and Practice presents leading international experts from a range of...

Disability Issues for Social Workers and Human Services Professionals in the Twenty-First Century

by Jean A Pardeck & John W Murphy

Examine issues of vital importance to you and your disabled clients—today and in the years to come!

This groundbreaking text provides you with up-to-date, authoritative information that will prove to be of critical...

Movement Sciences: Transfer of Knowledge into Pediatric Therapy Practice

by Robert J Palisano

Discover new perspectives and recent research findings to apply to the children and families on your caseload

With Movement Sciences: Transfer of Knowledge into Pediatric Therapy Practice, you will explore...

The Clinical Management of Elder Abuse

by Georgia J Anetzberger

Learn to detect elder abuse—and provide the help that your neglected or abused elderly clients need!

Even to clinicians experienced in managing difficult client situations, elder abuse is perplexing, complex,...

Group Work: Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency

by Timothy Kelly B

Explore the latest research and practice information in group work!Group Work: Strategies for Strengthening Resiliency is a collection of research and information presented at the Twentieth Annual International...

The Mutual-Aid Approach to Working with Groups: Helping People Help One Another, Second Edition

by Dominique Moyse Steinberg

Discover a unique resource on the “what,” “why,” and “how” of mutual aid in group settings!

While an impressive body of professional literature attests to the central role of mutual aid in social work...

The Nutritionist: Food, Nutrition, and Optimal Health

by Robert Wildman

Use this valuable book to make better food/diet/nutrition supplement choices for your clients (and yourself)!The Nutritionist provides an overview of the basic concepts involved in nourishing the human body...

Religion and Aging: An Anthology of the Poppele Papers

by Derrell R. Watkins

Find solace and wise counsel in these classics of spiritual gerontology!In these days, when so many people live beyond the Biblical threescore and ten, the spiritual questing and questioning of the aged demands...

Preventing AIDS: Community-Science Collaborations

by R Dennis Shelby, Benjamin Bowser & Shiraz Mishra

Learn how to create professional collaboration between HIV/AIDS researchers and community organizations for the benefit of all!

This book is designed to help frontline prevention organizations answer two questions...

Aggression and Adaptation: The Bright Side to Bad Behavior

by Todd D. Little, Philip C. Rodkin & Patricia H. Hawley

Aggression and Adaptation raises thought provoking questions about interpersonal functioning within social groups. The reader may find him/herself entertaining thoughts about the nature of goodness as the chapters...

Issues in Medical Law and Ethics

by Derek Morgan

Thirty years ago, English jurist Patrick Devlin wrote: "Is it not a pleasant tribute to the medical profession that by and large it has been able to manage its relations with its patients ... without the aid...

Evidence-Informed Nursing: A Guide for Clinical Nurses

by Robert Mc Sherry, Maxine Simmons & Pamela Abbott

This introductory text to evidence-based practice provides nurses and other health professionals with a clear idea of why they should use research information as a basis for high-quality patient care and how...

Health and Lifestyles

by Mildred Blaxter

What is a `healthy' lifestyle? Which is more significant: the social circumstances in which people live, or lifestyle habits such as exercise or smoking?

Health and Lifestyles is the first description of a large...

Policing Sexual Assault

by Jeanne Gregory & Sue Lees

Policing Sexual Assault provides a detailed account of current police practice in the UK in response to sexual assault. The authors use case studies and interviews to find out why when the number of rape cases...