Download or read book AIDS Sourcebook written by Karen Bellenir and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sourcebook contains "basic consumer health information about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, featuring updated statistical data, reports on recent research and prevention initiatives, and other special topics of interest for persons living with AIDS, including new antiretroviral treatment options, strategies for combating opportunistic infections, information about clinical trials, and more."
Download or read book Handbook of HIV and Social Work written by Cynthia Cannon Poindexter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Handbook of HIV and Social Work "Cynthia Cannon Poindexter has given us a remarkable edited volume that contains much information on HIV that every professional social worker needs to know in order to practice competently in today's complex world."—From the Foreword by Vincent J. Lynch, MSW, PhD, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work "This comprehensive handbook assembles a group of social work scholars and practitioners to participate in, guide, and address many of the unresolved challenges characterizing the HIV debates. This handbook is a valuable and timely addition to the literature."—King Davis, MSW, PhD, The Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy, The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work "This handbook is an outstanding resource for the social work professional working to ensure equal access to care, treatment, and resources for all persons living with and/or affected by HIV."—Evelyn P. Tomaszewski, MSW, Project Director, NASW HIV/AIDS Spectrum: Mental Health Training and Education of Social Workers Project "This book is an excellent, up-to-date guide on HIV. It is an indispensable resource for all those who work with HIV and all its complications."—Leon Ginsberg, MSW, PhD, Dean Emeritus, University of South Carolina School of Social Work and Editor, Administration in Social Work The most current knowledge on the HIV pandemic in a thorough, diverse, and accessible volume This invaluable book draws on a distinguished roster of HIV advocates, educators, case managers, counselors, and administrators, assembling the most current knowledge into this volume. Handbook of HIV and Social Work reflects the latest research and its impact on policy and practice realities, with topics including: History, Illness, Transmission, and Treatment Social Work Roles, Tasks, and Challenges in Health Care Settings HIV-related Community Organizing and Grassroots Advocacy The Impact of HIV on Children and Adolescents HIV-affected Caregivers
Download or read book The Chinese Way to Healing written by Misha Ruth Cohen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese Way to Healing: Many Paths to Wholeness is an essential guide to achieving total health in mind, body and spirit. By showing you the powerful benefits of Chinese Medicine-particularly acupuncture, massage, nutrition, meditation and herbs-along with other healing arts as adjunct therapies, this book can help you take control of your healing process and maintain or restore wholeness and harmony in all aspects of your life. This book offers comprehensive healing plans for a wide range of ailments including digestive problems, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, gynecological problems, PMS, menopause, and more. These plans combine Chinese dietary guidelines with Western medicine, plus various other Eastern and Western healing therapies. Includes: Basics of Chinese medicine How to evaluate a Chinese medicine practitioner Acupuncture and Moxibustion Qi Gong: Chinese exercise and meditation Case histories: profiles in healing Chinese medicine dietary practices Chinese herbal therapy
Download or read book AIDS Information Sourcebook written by Harold Robert Malinowsky and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1991 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and expanded third edition, featuring a new glossary of nearly 500 AIDS-related terms, is intended to provide health-care professionals, public information facilities and librarians with details of more than 900 AIDS-related organizations
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Download or read book HIV and AIDS Sourcebook Eighth Edition written by James Chambers and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2022-05-01 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides consumer health information about transmission, testing, stages, and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with facts about prevention, related complications, and tips for living with HIV/AIDS.
Download or read book The New Chinese Medicine Handbook written by Misha Ruth Cohen and published by Fair Winds Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Chinese Medicine Handbook is an essential guide to achieving total health in body, mind, and spirit. Explore the powerful benefits of Chinese medicine--particularly acupuncture, massage,nutrition, meditation and herbs--along with other Eastern healing arts. This practical guide totraditional Chinese medicine can help you take control of your healing process and maintain or restore wholeness and harmony in all aspects of your life. Dr. Misha Ruth Cohen, an internationally–recognized practitioner, lecturer, leader and mentor in the field of Chinese medicine, offers comprehensive healing plans for a wide range of ailmentsincluding digestive problems, stress, anxiety, depression, cancer support, liver health, gynecological problems, PMS, fertilitymenopause, and more. This comprehensive guidebook combines Chinese dietary guidelines with Western medicine, plus various other Eastern and Western healing therapies including: -Basics of Chinese medicine -Acupuncture and moxibustion -Qi Gong: Chinese exercise and meditation -Dietary practices -Chinese herbal therapy The New Chinese Medicine Handbook keeps esoteric information to "need to know" basics and shows you how to use Chinese medicine for different conditions from pain to infertility to various illnesses like cancer and diabetes. Take the first steps to natural healing remedies and a longer, healthier life.
Download or read book The Patient as Victim and Vector written by M. Pabst Battin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is jointly written by four authors at the University of Utah with expertise in bioethics, health law, and infectious disease. In collaboration they attempt to develop a normative framework sensitive to situations of disease transmission- situations in which the patient is not only a victim but a vector; i.e. vulnerable to disease but also a threat to others.
Download or read book The School Services Sourcebook written by Cynthia Franklin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-02 with total page 1248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive sourcebook covers every aspect of school service delivery, arming practitioners with the nuts and bolts of evidence-based practice. Each of the 114 chapters serves as a detailed intervention map, beginning with a summary of the problem area and moving directly into step-by-step instructions on how to implement an evidence-based program with distinct goals in mind and methods to measure the outcome. School-based professionals in need of ready access to information on mental health disorders, developmental disabilities, health promotion, child abuse, dropout prevention, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, group work, family interventions, culturally competent practice, policy, ethics, legal issues, community involvement, accountability, and funding can now find high-quality and easy-to-implement strategies at their fintertips. A concise, user-friendly format orients readers to each issue with a Getting Started section, then moves smoothly into What We Know, What We Can Do, Tools and Practice Examples, and Points to Remember. Quick-reference tables and charts highlight the most important information needed for daily reference, and lists of further reading and Web resources guide readers in gathering additional information to tailor their practice to suit their students' needs. Each chapter has been specifically crafted by leaders in their fields with the ultimate goal of giving school-based practitioners the tools they need to deliver the best mental health and social services possible to students, families, and communities. This is a must-have reference for all school-based social workers, psychologists, counselors, mental health professionals, and educators.
Download or read book Sustainable Development Goals written by Pia Katila and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.
Download or read book Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sourcebook 7th Ed written by James Chambers and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers consumer health information about risk factors, symptoms, testing, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and related complications, along with facts about prevention strategies. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.
Download or read book A Sourcebook for Engaging with Civil Society Organizations in Asian Development Bank Operations written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With their unique strengths and specialized knowledge of their communities and constituencies, civil society organizations (CSOs) have an essential role to play in creating a more prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific. This publication provides guidance on how CSOs can be more effectively engaged in Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations to maximize the benefits for its developing member countries. It provides advice, templates, and tips for ADB staff and country officials to use when designing, implementing, and monitoring ADB-financed operations.
Download or read book Consumer Health Information Source Book written by Alan Rees and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2000-01-27 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can an award-winning source book that helps consumers find health information be improved? Health expert Alan Rees has done just that in his sixth edition by providing practical advice on using the Internet, tips on where to find Spanish-language health pamphlets, and recommendations on what's most important in the world of alternative medicine. The sixty edition provides users with an annotated guide to health-related resources—hotlines, newsletters, pamphlets, Web sites, CD-ROMS, magazines, books, and more! Readers are given a description on each resource and how to best use it.
Download or read book Mental Health Disorders Sourcebook 8th Ed written by James Chambers and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer health information about the signs, symptoms, and treatment of various mental illnesses, and the special mental health concerns of children and adolescents, older adults, and other groups, along with tips for maintaining mental wellness. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.
Download or read book Adolescent Health Sourcebook 5th Ed written by James Chambers and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer health information about the physical, mental, and emotional health and development of adolescents. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.
Download or read book Environmental Health Sourcebook written by Laura Larsen and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides updated information about the effects of the environment on human health.
Download or read book Alternative Cures written by Bill Gottlieb and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When your health is at risk, you want to consider every option. In Alternative Cures, three hundred of America’s top doctors and natural healers–herbalists, nutritionists, homeopaths, and naturopaths–share more than one thousand safe and effective remedies for many health concerns. Inside you’ll discover • a nutrient that blocks the side effects of arthritis drugs • a two-nutrient combo that can help cure chronic fatigue • an herbal “cocktail” that stops common flu symptoms in twenty-four hours • an amino acid that works as well as Viagra • a group of remedies that rein in high blood pressure • a natural hormone cream that rebuilds bones • a home remedy that stops sugar cravings immediately Plus, there are easy-to-follow illustrations of healing exercises and pain-relieving pressure points–along with guidance on when to seek a professional. Alternative Cures provides not only health advice but peace of mind. “A valuable resource of alternative and integrated medicines.” –Elson M. Haas, M.D., author of The False Fat Diet
