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Additional Contributor Is John Bassett Moore. Product details Format Paperback | 170 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 9mm | 236g Publication date 18 May 2013 Publisher ...

The Bhagavad-Gita is the Gospel of Hinduism, and one of the great religious classics of the world. Its simple, vivid message is a daily inspiration in the lives of millions throughout the world and has been so for countless generations. Here is a distinguished translation that can be read by every person, not as an archaic monument to an ancient culture, but as a living contemporary message that touches the most urgent personal and social problems. Product details Format Paperback | 176 pages Dimensions 108 x 173 x 11mm ...

Instructor Resources: Test bank; presentation PowerPoint slides, answer guides to discussion questions, exercises, and assignments, and resource lists. The field of population health examines a diverse range of environmental, physical, and cultural conditions that occur within populations; considers the health outcomes influenced by these conditions; and seeks the development of policies and interventions to improve health and minimize health inequities in an efficient and affordable manner. Population Health: Principles and Applications for Management provides the building blocks for taking a population health approach, which represents a new way of promoting health, preventing disease, and navigating public health and healthcare challenges in an ever-changing environment. The book explains the key principles, skills, and applications of public health; describes how a healthcare administrator can use epidemiology, the basic science of public health, to understand and address the needs...

This book has been a long time in the making. The computerization activi ties described in these pages began in 1977 at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), but we devoted most of our focus and efforts to building and then implementing the extensive hospital information system known as the Decentralized Hospital Computer System (DHCP) throughout VA. Deliv ering the product has been our primary goal. We spent relatively little time documenting or describing our experiences or lessons learned. Except for some presentations at national meetings and a relatively few publications, almost none of which were in the standard trade journals read by Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and equivalent top managers in the private and nonprofit sectors, VA's accomplishments remained a well-kept secret. In 1988, Helly Orthner encouraged VA staff to consider writing a book, but the press of day-to-day activities always seemed to take precedence, and the book languished on the back burner. ...

Offering a broad description of qualitative research, this book facilitates the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in organizational research. It examines the methods and tactics for both generating and testing management theories, including guidelines for deciding whether to use qualitative methods and overviews of four specific research designs. It describes how qualitative data is collected and analyzed and when and how to quantitatively analyze qualitative data. The author articulates the critical roles for reliability and validity and in the final chapter offers conclusions and recommendations for writing articles that report qualitative studies. Product details Format Paperback | 208 pages ...

Much attention is currently focused on the role of dietary fat in food intake regulation and obesity. Expert papers in this volume discuss the properties and effects on food intake of several fat substitutes and replacers. Metabolic and sensory factors that contribute to preferences for high-fat foods and the propensity to develop obesity are also addressed. In closely related papers the effects of dietary carbohydrates, including reduced-energy bulking sweeteners, on glucose and insulin metabolism are considered. Further papers cover the influence of genetic background, regional adipose tissue distribution and exercise on energy metabolism in humans, while others focus on diet and brown and white adipose tissue metabolism. Product details Format Hardback | 272 pages ...

In recent years biocompatible polymers for injuries and wounds have seen advances and innovations that have outpaced the growing field's literature. In this book Dr. Jan W. Gooch, a National Research Council Research Associateship Award recipient, reveals how innovative polymer technology can be applied to the common combat and trauma wounds associated with damaged soft tissue and bleeding. The scope of his investigation spans four distinct devices for wounds, liquid and particulate barrier dressings for soft tissue wounds, sutureless tissue adhesives, antibacterial nanoemulsions, one-hand operated and automatic tourniquets for the battlefield. Product details Format Paperback | 184 pages ...

Effective management of long-term conditions is an essential part of contemporary nursing policy and practice. Systematic and evidence-based care which takes account of the expert patient and reduces unnecessary hospital admissions is vital to support those with long-term conditions/chronic diseases and those who care for them. Reflecting recent changes in treatment, the nurse's role and the patient journey and including additional content on rehabilitation, palliative care, and non-medical prescribing, this fully updated new edition highlights the key issues in managing long-term conditions. It provides a practical and accessible guide for nurses and allied health professionals in the primary care environment and covers: - the physical and psychosocial impact of long-term conditions - effective case management - self-management and the expert patient - behavioural change strategies and motivational counselling - telehealth and information technology - nutritional and medication ma...

Modern medicine is now in a position to make advanced prognoses that chart the entire course of illness and recovery. Paradoxically, this is coupled with a new dimension of uncertainty for the patient, i.e. coming to terms with discovering they have an increased risk of a particular disease and deciding what appropriate steps to take. In this publication, renowned experts in their fields discuss these issues. The certainty and uncertainty of one's fate are discussed from both methodological and epidemiological perspectives, using examples of diseases for which treatment and prognosis have dramatically changed. Despite profound insights into the human genome, personalized genetically tailored medicine still lies in the future. Religious, spiritual and philosophical dimensions are discussed, as are the ways in which they may help people cope with these new insights into their future, e.g. the promise of an afterlife. This publication aims to bridge the different fields dealing with t...

This book offers readers a comprehensive biomaterials-based approach to achieving clinically successful, functionally integrated vasculogenesis and myogenesis in the heart. Coverage is multidisciplinary, including the role of extracellular matrices in cardiac development, whole-heart tissue engineering, imaging the mechanisms and effects of biomaterial-based cardiac regeneration, and autologous bioengineered heart valves. Bringing current knowledge together into a single volume, this book provides a compendium to students and new researchers in the field and constitutes a platform to allow for future developments and collaborative approaches in biomaterials-based regenerative medicine, even beyond cardiac applications. Product details Format Paperback | 323 pages ...

Obtain the latest guidelines on safe and effective sedation for infants, children, and adolescents. Invasive and noninvasive procedures are a common and necessary component in the management of infants, children, and adolescents with acute and chronic diseases. As technology continues to expand, there are an increasing number of techniques that require sedation outside of the operating room. Authored by experts in a variety of specialties, Procedural Sedation for Infants, Children, and Adolescents is a comprehensive guide for the initial design and implementation of a procedural sedation program and a tool to educate pediatric health care professionals on medications used for sedation, associated adverse events, and treatment of these adverse events. Contents include: Pre-sedation evaluation Documentation and parental instructions Monitoring for procedural sedation Medications Specific clinical scenarios Non-pharmacologic interventions Topical and local anesthetic agents Quality...

The 8th edition of Swanson's Family Medicine Review continues this bestselling resource's long tradition as the most effective review tool available! Case histories and multiple-choice questions equip you with the most current developments and information in family medicine, offering all the assistance you need to maximize your preparation for the ABFM exam. Stay up-to-date in the area of treatment and management with enhanced discussions throughout. Equips readers with the information needed to confidently prepare for the American Board of Family Medicine exam. Includes nearly 2,500 case-based questions and answer rationales, newly updated to reflect the most current developments in practice. Expert Consult eBook download included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to answer questions interactively and check your answers on any electronic platform. Chapter Summaries offer a quick review of the concepts-great for last-minute exam preparation. Open-end...

"A finger smashed in a car door and a missed geology examination at the University of Utah led Wallace Stegner to a special assignment about Clarence E. Dutton, thence to John Wesley Powell, and finally in 1954 to publication of what is arguably the single best nonfiction book dealing with the American West. "Beyond the Hundredth Meridian" remains in print fifty-two years after its initial appearance. Not many books have survived that length of time and thrived, despite competing works on the same subject. This combination of biography, history, and environmental primer written with the flair and the technical skill of a novelist who could masterfully evoke scenes and sustain a gripping factual narrative sprang from "Clarence Edward Dutton: An Appraisal." Seldom has such a classic book had such a humble beginning. Stegner was a young English instructor at the University of Utah when he produced the Dutton essay. He was ambitious and desperate for recognition,...

A true story of one man's life from riches to rags to riches In this compelling memoir, neurosurgeon Ronald (Yisrael) Bernstein was raised as an orthodox Jew by loving parents in the suburbs of Chicago. He went from the hallowed halls of the University of Chicago during the Viet Nam war era to a neurosurgical residency and professorship at Northwestern University. Eventually he settled in the Southwest where he had a thriving medical practice and became the owner of a hospital. In his climb to prestige and riches, Dr. Bernstein accumulated the American dream: an attractive wife, three beautiful children, exotic cars, and a mansion by the time he was fifty years old. But only a few short years later everything came crashing down when he was falsely accused of malpractice in a widely publicized lawsuit. Although the case was eventually settled out of court, the damage was done. That was the final impetus to permanently move to Israel. He was supposed to be in Haifa living in a comfor...

A journey began to unfold when Tadashi Kanzawa turned heads at the local zoo in Japan. Dozens of animals began falling to the ground and entering a comfortable slumber before the waving of his hand. Kanzawa has since been featured on television shows and news channels throughout the world: at one point even becoming a "Stan Lee's Superhuman" when featured on the History Channel. Traveling through Japan, Russia, and even Africa, Kanzawa writes about his experiences with each of the animals he encounters. However, at the heart of the seemingly miraculous is not magic, but a greater understanding. Tadashi does not claim to be unique and is instead on a greater mission to use what he has learned to help awaken the healing nervous system in others to promote health and eliminate sickness in the aging societies of the modern world. Similar to how he relaxes animals from a distance, Tadashi explains that through the study of Kiryo, one's nervous system can be further vitali...

Youth today need refuge, some sort of safe place. This book gives them a place to turn when they have problems to solve. With Biblical guidance and a bit of conventional wisdom, the reader will be challenged to consider the options they have in life; learning that it is not always easy to take the easy way out. After making the biggest mistake of his life, David doesn't know if he'll ever be in his parent's good graces again...Jamal wanders the streets alone as he tries to figure out how to survive as a homeless teen ...Laura needs to escape from her abusive boyfriend, but needs someone else's help to do it...Amanda may be able to help her brother find their long-lost mother... This book is a compilation of short stories and poems for multicultural youth of today. Teens will find stories that represent situations that they or their friends are going through. As they deal with their issues they may face concerns that this book addresses. They may wonder where they sho...

ENLIST YOUR CHILD TODAY AND BE DIAPER FREE FOREVER! Are you trying to figure out the best way to potty train your child, but don't know how? No time to do research? I'm a Mom who spent hours researching the internet and various books looking for some "magical" potty training method. Much to my disappointment, there isn't one!! After spending a lot of money on texts and downloadable guides, I decided to combine a few different methods of training as taught by the "experts".....and it worked on my 20 month old daughter! More times than I can count I've been asked by friends and other moms about just how I trained my daughter at such a young age....so I decided to write it all down in a concise and step-by-step manner. The result is what I now call The Potty Boot Camp! If you have done much research about toilet training, you probably have heard of the "Train in a day" method, the "Naked and $75" method, the "Timer Method...

"Babyhood" begins on an airplane, with Paul and wife blissfully unencumbered by children. They are seated across from the young parents (graying before his eyes) of a terrorizing 2-year-old and a screeching infant. This sobering reality manages magically to pale in a transcendent moment of the baby's bliss, uncomplicated by drool or colic, and the two decide: Now. Well, more or less now. First they try to get pregnant, making expeditions to the bookstore to case out the shelves of baby books; then there are the bouncy reflections on who is, after all, cut out to parent (I don't know if, for example, Mozart actually had kids, but certainly there is no record of him ever leaving the office early to coach Peewee Soccer League). Later comes the account of sibling rivalry between the newborn and the family dog, and why women make better moms than men. "Babyhood" is a thought-provoking exploration of the important questions of when and why to have children, many ...