Kate Fitzgerald has had leukemia since she was 2 years old, and her family conceived their next child, Anna, in hopes that her genetic makeup could be used to help Kate stay alive. Now Kate is 16, and Anna 13. Kate is getting worse, and Anna's parents want her to donate a kidney as one last chance for her sister. After years of surgery, trauma, ...
The text builds from a history of the field, through research methods, and then on to contemporary issues (living with chronic illness, behaviours affecting health and more). This book should be of interest to undergraduates of health psychology.
This best-selling, ability-based text, with a complete learning package, has been thoroughly updated and expanded to provide comprehensive coverage of the theory and skills required for working as a nursing assistant in acute care, long-term care, or home health care setting. The inviting, four-colour design, with screened procedures, additional ...
Jerome Groopman shares what he has learned from 30 years of practicing medicine about hope and how it functions in sick people--and how difficult it is for a doctor to walk the line between optimism and false hope. The patients he writes about range from the hopeless to those in severe denial, and include himself as he writes about his own ...
Reflecting contemporary practice, this text explains the general roles and responsibilities of the nursing assistant, showing how these roles correspond to the performance of procedures and interaction with other health care professionals. This edition includes new chapters on comfort, rest and sleep; personal care and grooming; and persons and ...
Ideal for shorter, more focused courses, this concise text provides coverage of the concepts and skills that are essential for becoming a nursing assistant. It clearly and logically presents the responsibilities of the nursing assistant in a readable, highly visual format that appeals to learners of all levels.
The vibrant Judy studies the human body in her third grade class, and takes a turn as a nurse, doctor, classroom zucchini surgeon, and tonsillitis-suffering patient. Of course she must take the "Hippo oath" and "swear to the Hippo guy" to do her "doctor best." Judy's usual sense of humor and unique ways of expressing herself are much in evidence, ...
With one of the most well known and lovely opening sentences in all of children's literature ("In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines"), MADELINE is an unforgettable picture book about a truly unforgettable character. This story, the first in a series of books about Madeline, introduces ...
For Nursing Assisting Courses.Helping future and current nursing assistants, patient care assistants, and home health aides understand and appreciate the scope of the work and duties they will be expected to master and perform, this leading text/reference covers the basics of providing care to a variety of patients as it keeps pace with recent ...
This text provides an in-depth look at how experiences associated with death, dying, and bereavement shape and are shaped by human life and culture. The authors integrate classical and contemporary material, present task-based approaches for individual and family coping, and offer practical guidelines for constructive communication, all of which ...
What would Christmas be without "A Christmas Carol"? Charles Dickens's famous ghost story is as much a part of the season as plum pudding and mistletoe. This edition of the Dickens classic is part of the Norton "Annotated Series", and delves into the engrossing story of the book's publication, when it first captivated Victorian England. It ...
Long hailed as one of the founders of mind-body medicine, Dr. Dossey directs readers' attention to simple sources of healing that are available everywhere.
In an intimate, inspirational book, the author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Peace, Love & Healing provides readers with healthy ways to respond to life's challenges and difficulties, answers the questions he is most commonly asked, and addresses the most common concerns we all have about illness and survival.
With 30 years of providing counseling and support for people living with cancer, the Cancer Lifeline offers this new cookbook, featuring 100 easy-to-make and healthful recipes from the nation's top chefs.
Borrowing from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's beautiful sonnet, popular inspirational author McDaniel presents a collection of stories that introduces three young couples who believe in the strength and power of love.
Advice for helping children ages 3 to 19 through the crisis of a parent's serious illness. Covers such topics as what to tell a child about the illness; how children of different ages react; how to recognize early-warning signs of stress in artwork, play, and sleep patterns, eating habits and schoolwork; when and where to get professional help; ...
Sixteen-year-old Carley enjoys her work as a hospital volunteer--especially after she begins assisting handsome 17-year-old Kyle Westin who was blinded, perhaps temporarily, when a chemistry experiment exploded. As time passes, Carley and Kyle become true friends and Carley's feeling start to turn romantic. However, she fears that if Kyle regains ...
For undergraduate courses in Sociology of Health and Illness, Medical Sociology, Medical Anthropology, Urban Studies, Social Medicine, and Nursing. This text presents a critical, holistic interpretation of health, illness, and human bodies that emphasizes power as a key social-structural factor in health and in societal responses to illness. It ...
Helps students learn to cope with encounters with death, dying and bereavement. The authors integrate classical and contemporary material, present task-based approaches for individual and family coping, and included four substantial chapters devoted to death- related issues faced by children, adolescents, adults and elderly.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of basic patient care skills for all health care workers. KEY TOPCIS: " Such skills as patient positioning and transfer, range of motion exercises, vital signs and aseptic techniques are emphasized. A new format with clearly organized objectives, case studies and review questions add to the step-by-step ...
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