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Reviews information about how older adults successfully experience the aging process and how they feel about and live with chronic illnesses. Questions considered include: How do older adults approach and deal with everyday-life when affected by multiple health problems? And more.
Demonstrates the effective use of any ambulatory setting in medical education. This practical hands-on resource investigates the tools needed from a theoretical framework for teaching, in addition to essential teaching skills, dealing with difficult trainees, setting up a private practice as a setting for teaching, and more.
Product of a collaboration among members of the Behavioral Cooperative Oncology Group of the Mary Margaret Walther Program for Cancer Care Research. Each chapter of this book includes summaries of research on cancer-related behavioral interventions, discussions of the studies summarized, and suggestions for future research.
Presents a fresh view of the development of Orem's theory of self care deficit over a forty-year period, along with its ramifications for nursing education and practice.
Presents a theory of comfort for nurses. This book analyzes the concept of comfort; describes its physical, psychospiritual, environmental, and sociocultural components; evaluates its meaning in different contexts in which health care occurs; and describes how it can be measured. It is useful for clinicians, researchers, educators, and students.
Anxiety disorders are costly, common and debilitating and present challenging problems to practising clinicians. This book compares and contrasts various models and treatment approaches, covering 11 therapies including: contextual family therapy, supportive/expressive and psychodynamic.
Exploring Individual Practice, Organizational Policy and Societal Responses
Based on the acclaimed professional certificate program, Advanced Institute on Victim Studies: Critical Analysis of Victim Assistance, this book identifies core content areas essential for practitioners working with crime victims. Each chapter concludes with an analysis and application section.
Moving beyond simply describing the differences between custodial and noncustodial grandparents, this volume places helping efforts with grandparents in theoretical, empirical, and pragmatic contexts.
Examines the health behaviors of older adults and how these behaviors are affected by societal trends. This volume covers personal attributes affecting health behaviors and health care choices. It is useful for professionals and students interested in the study of health behavior and chronic disease, health economics, and social policy.
