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Behavioral Economics Strategies for Health Professionals
Examines dietary choices and obesity through a multidisciplinary lens of biological, psychological, and social factors. It integrates the basic concepts of behavioural economics, which blends psychological and economic knowledge to understand human behaviour, with public health concerns, to increase understanding of how individual choices can be ......
Most people see aggression between siblings as an unavoidable, normal and ultimately harmless aspect of child development, yet it can often cause social adjustment and behavioral problems, some of which may be severe and even precursors to other forms of violence. This volume addresses a significant void in family studies and child development ......
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is sometimes dismissed as an 'all in your head' illness, as there are no tests or other physical signs to diagnose it. This sheds new light on this condition and its symptoms from a trusted source - nurses. Logically organized and clearly written, it provides individuals, their families, friends, caregivers and healthcare ......
Wandering behavior is among the most frequent, problematic, and dangerous phenomena associated with dementia and in the health care community. This book is designed to address the range of wandering behaviors of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
Considering that seventy-four million baby boomers will be the next generation of assisted living residents, there is a great need to create, sustain, and evaluate quality in these settings. Whereas most books focus on quality of care, this is the only volume to explicitly delve into the lives of those who inhabit assisted living facilities, ......
A one-stop resource for core discipline practitioners who provide mental health services to the geriatric population, Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Older Adults presents strategies for integrating cognitive behavioral therapy skills and therapies into various healthcare settings for aging patients.
2011 AJN Book of the Year Winner in Gerontologic Nursing! Sleep medicine texts have been available for decades, [but]...this is the first Sleep Nursing text to fill an important gap from a nursing perspective.--Nurse Education in Practice This book is unique in that it examines sleep and sleep disorders from a nursing perspective...It is a ......
Presents a multitude of variables that potentially affect the results of neuropsychological tests. Following a general discussion of neuropsychological constructs known to impact performance on neuropsychological tests, this title presents an empirical approach to assessment.
How do public health policy, programs and ethics respond to the aging population? This title introduces key topics central to this discussion. It includes chapters that focus on financing preventive care, on long-term care, chronic disease in older adults, and ethical issues.
