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Bringing together critical thinking and addiction work, this book offers the tools to think critically and make better decisions. It helps to learn: evaluating critical thinking abilities; the characteristics of a critical thinking professional; how to recognize and avoid fallacies; and the ethics and consequences of using critical thinking.
Helps nurse educators, administrators and graduate students recruit, educate and graduate culturally diverse nurses for a diverse population. This book addresses barriers to success for nursing students from culturally diverse backgrounds in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It analyzes institutionalized racism in nursing education.
Pence and Paymar are right on target again. Their analysis of battering is excellent and their approach...is straightforward, useful and clear. [The book] tells you what to do with abusive men and how to do it well. [The authors] challenge practitioners to do their work in a manner that is compassionate yet never colluding. Accountability and ......
Mild traumatic brain injury can happen to anyone, anytime - in cars, sports, or workplace accidents, falls, or through physical assault, including domestic violence and shaken-baby syndrome. This book provides tools and facts to make the recovery process more intelligible - and to support the wide range of people affected by MTBI.
Provides accurate, current, and comprehensible medical information for epilepsy patients, family members, and anyone involved in patient care. Easy to read, informative, and time-tested, this question-and-answer book helps readers ask better questions to develop a deeper understanding of the nature of this disease.
With all the information written, vetted, and endorsed by the world's most prestigious medical clinic, the book enables sufferers of spinal cord injury to return to an active and productive life within the limits of their disability. Leading experts offer advice on everything from emotional adjustments to skin care to modifying homes and cars.
Written for patients, their families, and caregivers, this will help readers understand what is physically happening to the brain so they can empower their own special skills and talents throughout the disease process. The book is divided into three sections that correspond to the progression of Alzheimer's and the unique challenges encountered at ......
Despite the prevalence of disabling cognitive symptoms among people living with Multiple Sclerosis, there is a dearth of literature on this important topic. Multiple Sclerosis: Understanding the Cognitive Challenges is the first comprehensive discussion of MS-related cognitive dysfunction, including the changes that can occur, their assessment and ......
A Mental Health Practitioner's Guide to New and Traditional Approaches
Explains why hundreds of techniques used by professionals typically sort into six groups. The integrations of these groups forms the core of the book. Smith's findings also reveal that not only can relaxation go beyond stress management, but that different families of relaxation have different effects.
