Ginseng and Aspirin: Health Care Alternatives for Aging Chinese in New York
ISBN: 9780801486517 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying array of specialists, practitioners, and clinics from which to choose, and are forced to make decisions regarding drugs and treatments about which they may know very little. For immigrants, finding their way can be difficult especially for those to whom Western medicine is itself unfamiliar.In this engaging, accessible, and detail-rich book, Zibin Guo narrates elderly Chinese immigrants' response to contemporary American medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes...
Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying array of specialists, practitione...
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151,97 zł |
Health Communication in Practice: A Case Study Approach
ISBN: 9780805847581 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Health Communication in Practice: A Case Study Approach offers a comprehensive examination of the complex nature of health-related communication. This text contains detailed case studies that demonstrate in-depth applications of communication theory in real-life situations. With chapters written by medical practitioners as well as communication scholars, the cases included herein cover a variety of topics, populations, contexts and issues in health communication, including: *provider-recipient communication and its importance to subsequent diagnosis and...Health Communication in Practice: A Case Study Approach offers a comprehensive examination of the complex nature of health-related communi... |
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354,66 zł |
Narratives, Health, and Healing: Communication Theory, Research, and Practice
ISBN: 9780805850314 / Angielski / Twarda / 534 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume explores how narratives are used in the social construction of wellness and illness. It is intended for scholars and advanced students in health communication and applied health disciplines.
This volume explores how narratives are used in the social construction of wellness and illness. It is intended for scholars and advanced students in ...
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709,42 zł |
Narratives, Health, and Healing : Communication Theory, Research, and Practice
ISBN: 9780805850321 / Angielski / Miękka / 534 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This distinctive collection explores the use of narratives in the social construction of wellness and illness. Narrative as an area of study in communication has been gaining popularity in recent years, and its application in the health area has become particularly strong. The emphasis of Narratives, Health, and Healing is on what the process of narrating accomplishes--how it serves in the health communication process where people define themselves and present their social and relational identities. Organized into four parts, the chapters included here examine health narratives in...
This distinctive collection explores the use of narratives in the social construction of wellness and illness. Narrative as an area of study in commun...
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288,78 zł |
A Death Retold: Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship
ISBN: 9780807857731 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight--she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type. In the following weeks, Jesica Santillan's tragedy became a portal into the complexities of American medicine, prompting contentious debate about new patterns and old problems in immigration, the hidden epidemic of medical error, the lines separating transplant "haves" from "have-nots," the right to sue, and the challenges posed by "foreigners" crossing borders for medical...
In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight--she had r...
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202,91 zł |
Rehabilitating Bodies: Health, History, and the American Civil War
ISBN: 9780812237481 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rehabilitating Bodies Health, History, and the American Civil War Lisa A. Long "This is a fascinating, wide-ranging, and original book, and the first to examine the mutual constitution of bodies and historical meaning in the Civil War era."--Thomas Lutz, University of Iowa This cleverly-written volume offers a fresh and sophisticated analysis of Civil War writing and of American medical and historical discourse."--American Literary Realism "Theoretically sophisticated and historically provocative, Rehabilitating Bodies successfully lays bare 'the theoretical connection between...
Rehabilitating Bodies Health, History, and the American Civil War Lisa A. Long "This is a fascinating, wide-ranging, and original book, and the first ...
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339,51 zł |
Do You Really Need Surgery?: A Sensible Guide to Hysterectomy and Other Procedures for Women
ISBN: 9780813533933 / Angielski / Miękka / 171 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A user-friendly guide to gynaecologic surgery. The authors' guiding principle is that each woman for whom any kind of surgery is recommended should be well-informed about the indications, the risks and the expected results. Only with such knowledge can a woman make a sensible decision for herself.
A user-friendly guide to gynaecologic surgery. The authors' guiding principle is that each woman for whom any kind of surgery is recommended should be...
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94,27 zł |
Children of Color: Research, Health and Public Policy Issues
ISBN: 9780815322887 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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886,78 zł |
Families and Their Health Care After Homelessness: Opportunities for Improving Access
ISBN: 9780815331469 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work offers an understanding of the relationship between family homelessness and health care use. For the majority of poor families who become homeless, the experience is temporary; yet little is known about these families after they are no longer homeless. Studies have shown that families living in shelters have difficulty accessing mainstream health care providers. This research documents the barriers these families continue to face after they are no longer homeless. Providing an overview of the literature on homelessness and health care, this book presents detailed descriptions of...
This work offers an understanding of the relationship between family homelessness and health care use. For the majority of poor families who become ho...
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734,76 zł |
Aids, Communication, and Empowerment: Gay Male Identity and the Politics of Public Health Messages
ISBN: 9781560239079 / Angielski / Miękka / 141 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. AIDS, Communication, and Empowerment examines the cultural construction of gay men in light of discourse used in the media s messages about HIV/AIDS--messages often represented as educational, scientific, and informational but which are, in fact, politically charged. The book offers a compelling and substantive look at the social consequences of communication about HIV/AIDS and the reasons for the successes and failures of contemporary health communication. This analysis is important because it provides a reading of health communication from a marginal perspective, one that has often been...
AIDS, Communication, and Empowerment examines the cultural construction of gay men in light of discourse used in the media s messages about HIV/AIDS--...
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263,45 zł |
Alternative Health Care
ISBN: 9781566396783 / Angielski / Miękka / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An account of the growing presence of alternative medicine in American society. Beginning with the basic premises of alternative medicine, Goldstein's book examines the clinical, economic and political realities of the broad range of alternative care options and practices available and explains why alternative medicine has become a viable choice.
An account of the growing presence of alternative medicine in American society. Beginning with the basic premises of alternative medicine, Goldstein's...
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149,30 zł |
The First Year: Scleroderma: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
ISBN: 9781569244395 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sclerodermaa chronic autoimmune condition that causes hardening, thickening, or tightening of the skin and attacks the heart, lungs, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tractis extraordinarily difficult to diagnose and can take a huge toll on the psychological well-being of the individual. From the first moment of her diagnosis, author Karen Gottesman took charge and educated herself on every aspect of her condition. Now, as a "patient-expert," she guides those newly diagnosed step by step through their first year with scleroderma. She provides crucial information about the nature of the disease,...
Sclerodermaa chronic autoimmune condition that causes hardening, thickening, or tightening of the skin and attacks the heart, lungs, kidneys, and gast...
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81,55 zł |
The First Year: Ibs (Irritable Bowel Syndrome): An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
ISBN: 9781569245477 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Like the other titles in the -First Year- series, The First Year--IBS offers two distinct advantages. First, it is written by a patient-expert, Heather Van Vorous, who has managed her IBS for more than fifteen years and knows firsthand what's required to manage her condition. Second, it guides readers through their first seven days following diagnosis, then the next three weeks of the first month, and finally the next eleven months of their first year, offering answers and advice to guide those with IBS into their new lifestyle. Starting with the day of diagnosis, Van Vorous provides...
Like the other titles in the -First Year- series, The First Year--IBS offers two distinct advantages. First, it is written by a patient-expert,...
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77,26 zł |
Seeing Without Glasses: A Step-By-Step Approach to Improving Eyesight Naturally
ISBN: 9781582700892 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This report on the excavations at Atlantic House, London, describes and illustrates important new evidence of Roman London's western cemetery. The cemetery was established in the late 1st century AD, following land reclamation along the River Fleet, and abandoned in the 4th century. A total of 19 inhumation burials and 29 cremations were identified at the site, with the majority dating from the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Two timber coffins were rare survivals, and these were lifted and removed for conservation and display at the Museum of London. A rectangular pit lined with timber stakes may...
This report on the excavations at Atlantic House, London, describes and illustrates important new evidence of Roman London's western cemetery. The cem...
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77,09 zł |
ADHD: The Great Misdiagnosis
ISBN: 9781589790476 / Angielski / Miękka / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ADHD label had been rampantly overused on children with completely different problems when the controversial first edition of ADHD was praised by practitioners and parents alike as a timely book whose message was long overdue. This new edition includes a complete revision of the chapter on medication, detailing when to use certain drugs and the side effects that can be expected, and including a thorough review and update of older medications. Special problems for teenagers with ADHD are addressed, including sexual relationships, pregnancy, substance abuse, driving, and general teen...
The ADHD label had been rampantly overused on children with completely different problems when the controversial first edition of ADHD was praised by ...
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Tales from the Scale: Women Weigh in on Thunder Thighs, Cheese Fries, and Feeling Good...at Any Size
ISBN: 9781593373283 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Tales From The Scale, author Erin J. Shea--creator of the immensely popular "Lose the Buddha" weight-loss blog--puts together the best rants of some of the most prominent diet bloggers online today, creating a raw, real, and radically different look at losing weight.
In Tales From The Scale, author Erin J. Shea--creator of the immensely popular "Lose the Buddha" weight-loss blog--puts together the best rants of som...
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72,96 zł |
The Sociology of the Caring Professions
ISBN: 9781857289039 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text discusses the role of the caring professions and reforms in the welfare state, assessing the impact on organizational roles and relationships. It includes more on the concept of caring than the previous edition and includes pressing contemporary themes to the late 1990s such as managerialism, training and education, the skills mix, control and legal relationships, the new nursing and gender and care. The book should be of value to those studying sociology, social policy, nursing and social work.
This text discusses the role of the caring professions and reforms in the welfare state, assessing the impact on organizational roles and relationship...
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238,11 zł |
Slim Chance Fat Hope: Society's Obsession with Thinness
ISBN: 9789812387387 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Slimming and dieting has become such a fixation among Singaporeans that manufacturers and distributors of weight-reducing products are laughing all the way to the bank. However, the recent spate of controversies surrounding slimming pills is no laughing matter. This book is a collection of articles accessible to anyone who wants to know more about the phenomenon, its consequences and related topics. Its purpose is not to champion the "ideal" of being slim, but rather to provide a platform for meaningful discussion and for educating the general public about a healthier way of living. Written...
Slimming and dieting has become such a fixation among Singaporeans that manufacturers and distributors of weight-reducing products are laughing all th...
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187,49 zł |
Real or Not? Health Scams and Beauty Fallacies Exposed
ISBN: 9789812562777 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. - This book is the first in the market that features essays from a well-researched scam busting column on health fantasies with a local slant
- The wide readership of The Straits Times and the scrutiny of doctors and scientists on these essays attest to their rigor and well-argued nature - This book will attract readers from most parts of Asia, given the rising affluence and a consumerist culture fascinated with beauty treatments and health matters. - This book is the first in the market that features essays from a well-researched scam busting column on health fantasies with a local slant
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Dangerous Legal Drugs
ISBN: 9789962636151 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,11 zł |