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This comprehensive guide is designed to help everyone whose days are filled with chronic painthe kind of pain that truly is a disease unto itself. Where does chronic pain come from, and why doesnt it go away? Dr. Steven H. Richeimer, an eminent voice in the field of pain management, answers these and other fundamental questions about chronic pain. ......
The U.S. Government's Sex Education Campaign from World War I to the Internet
This history of the U.S. Public Health Service's efforts to educate Americans about sex makes clear why federally funded sex education has been haphazard, ad hoc, and often ineffectual.Since launching its first sex ed program during World War I, the Public Health Service has dominated federal sex education efforts. Alexandra Lord draws on medical ......
Donald B. Kraybill has spent his career among Anabaptist groups, gaining an unparalleled understanding of these traditionally private people. Kraybill shares that deep knowledge here, in this succinct overview of the beliefs and cultural practices of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites in North America.Found throughout Canada, Central ......
Max Jammer's Concepts of Simultaneity presents a comprehensive, accessible account of the historical development of an important and controversial conceptwhich played a critical role in initiating modern theoretical physicsfrom the days of Egyptian hieroglyphs through to Einstein's work in 1905, and beyond. Beginning with the use of the concept ......
While the scientist works essentially with what he observes, with the measurable properties of nature, the philosopher of science is concerned to formulate the conceptual foundations of the scientific method. In this systematic study, Professor Achinstein analyzes such concepts as definitions, theories, and models, and contrasts his view with ......
As the essays in this volume show, conceptualizing dementia has always been a complex process. With contributions from noted professionals in psychiatry, neurology, molecular biology, sociology, history, ethics, and health policy, Concepts of Alzheimer Disease looks at the ways in which Alzheimer disease has been defined in various historical and ......
Researchers in different disciplines think of Alzheimer disease in different and sometimes conflicting ways as they grapple with complex problems such as its genetic basis, its relationship to aging, the provision of community services, and the ethical problems surrounding the personhood of those suffering from dementia. Such difficulty is ......
Reading Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuo
Conceptions of Chinese Democracy provides a coherent and critical introduction to the democratic thought of three fathers of modern TaiwanSun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuoin a way that is accessible and grounded in broader traditions of political theory.David J. Lorenzo's comparative study allows the reader to understand the ......
Reading Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuo
Conceptions of Chinese Democracy provides a coherent and critical introduction to the democratic thought of three fathers of modern TaiwanSun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuoin a way that is accessible and grounded in broader traditions of political theory.David J. Lorenzos comparative study allows the reader to understand the ......
