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Care of The Soul In Medicine
ISBN: 9781401925642 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few experiences stir the emotions and throw a person into crisis as illness does. If affects not only the body but also the spirit and soul. Illness is about life and death, fear and hope, love and conflict, spirit and body. And yet, the healthcare system is not structured around these considerations--our doctors and other medical professionals are not trained to deal with the whole person. Care of the Soul In Medicine is Moore's manifesto about the future of healthcare. In this new vision of care, Moore speaks to the importance of healing a person rather than simply treating a...
Few experiences stir the emotions and throw a person into crisis as illness does. If affects not only the body but also the spirit and soul. Illness i...
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Forced to Care
ISBN: 9780674064157 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States faces a growing crisis in care. The number of people needing care is growing while the ranks of traditional caregivers have shrunk. The status of care workers is a critical concern. Evelyn Nakano Glenn offers an innovative interpretation of care labor in the United States by tracing the roots of inequity along two interconnected strands: unpaid caring within the family; and slavery, indenture, and other forms of coerced labor. By bringing both into the same analytic framework, she provides a convincing explanation of the devaluation of care work and the exclusion of... The United States faces a growing crisis in care. The number of people needing care is growing while the ranks of traditional caregivers have shrun... |
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Decision Assessment and Counseling in Abortion Care: Philosophy and Practice
ISBN: 9781442214569 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In today's contentious political environment surrounding abortion, clinicians, counselors and social workers need a clear framework for providing skilled, compassionate decision counseling. They need help working with the hard stuff: "What do I do when my patient asks me if God will forgive her?" or "What do I say when a woman says that she feels like she's killing her baby?" These are the questions asked by clinicians and mental health professionals everywhere; these are also the questions for which this book offers answers. The fields of healthcare and counseling psychology have...
In today's contentious political environment surrounding abortion, clinicians, counselors and social workers need a clear framework for providing skil...
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Guide For Caregivers
ISBN: 9781934879276 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In one out of three households, someone is a caregiver: women and men who give of body, mind and soul to care for the well being of others. These millions need help, more than financial and medical assistance. They need daily, practical help in reviving their spirits and avoiding burnout. Who are these caregivers? They are folks who have lived this tough life and felt the agonies and the boredom, yet they have extended compassion with a gentle word or a tender touch. As caregivers, they know anger, frustration, joy, laughter, purpose, mortality and immortality. This book is drawn from the...
In one out of three households, someone is a caregiver: women and men who give of body, mind and soul to care for the well being of others. These mill...
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Dr. Denmark Said It!
ISBN: 9780970381415 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dr. Denmark Said It , Fifth Edition. Already popular around the US and abroad, this new version is revised and expanded with helpful information on child rearing; updated over the counter medicines which can be substituted for older ones no longer readily available. Dr. Denmrak, America's longest practiced pediatrician - 73 years - methods of baby and child health care best described as holistic, with moderate use of prescriptions only in cases where self treatment is not advised. Helps keep children out of the doctor's office with nutritionally sound advice and healthy living habits.
Dr. Denmark Said It , Fifth Edition. Already popular around the US and abroad, this new version is revised and expanded with helpful information on ch...
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The Troubled Health Dollar: How it Affects the Care That We Receive
ISBN: 9781602649354 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most of us (doctors included) have a limited understanding of the ways health care has changed during the last half century...the progress and struggles, the influence of for-profit corporations, and the rising costs. Why did Obama choose the approach so many are attacking? Will Alzheimer's and its costs overwhelm us? How do we die, and why are our final days so pricey? What is cancer and how are we dealing with it? What about emergency care, sudden death, heart attacks, and strokes? Are transfusions safe? How far have transplants come and where are we heading? What is Type Two Diabetes and...
Most of us (doctors included) have a limited understanding of the ways health care has changed during the last half century...the progress and struggl...
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Making Myself at Home in a Nursing Home: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 9780826518644 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sandra Gaffney entered her first nursing home for long-term care at the unusually young age of fifty. Fourteen years earlier she had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Over the next sixteen years, Gaffney lived in nursing homes in Florida, Virginia, and Minnesota, as the ways she could be close to family changed. She describes her situation in these words: "As a nursing home resident, I require total or maximum care. I have limited use of my hands and arms. With special splints, I am able to turn the pages of my books, use the...
Sandra Gaffney entered her first nursing home for long-term care at the unusually young age of fifty. Fourteen years earlier she had been diagnosed wi...
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Extraordinary Tales of an Oridinary Nurse
ISBN: 9781492120490 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nursing is an amazing line of work to go in to You get to help save lives and help patients that are recovering from an illness or injury. There is nothing more amazing than seeing a patient come into your hospital in distress, and then a few days to sometimes a few months later, you get to see them leave your hospital with a smile on their face and/or hope in their eyes. And you know that you got to be a part of that But nursing isn't always smiles and lifesaving. You see everything in this job, (and I do mean everything) and it's not always pretty. This book contains a group of stories...
Nursing is an amazing line of work to go in to You get to help save lives and help patients that are recovering from an illness or injury. There is n...
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Caregiver Family Therapy: Empowering Families to Meet the Challenges of Aging
ISBN: 9781433812149 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a comprehensive discussion of caregiver family therapy, a systems approach to treating families that care for an ageing adult. Full of rich clinical examples, this book will help therapists and other service providers meet the complex, diverse needs of caregiving families.
This is a comprehensive discussion of caregiver family therapy, a systems approach to treating families that care for an ageing adult. Full of rich cl...
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Beside The Still Waters: Having Faith Even When......
ISBN: 9781475251593 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beside The Still Waters: Having Faith Even When....... is a book that helps anyone struggling with their faith when they are losing or have lost a loved one. We have been taught that our faith must be unmovable yet in the midst of grieving our faith must be fluid like water so that we can adjust to our current situation. This book will help you move from "rock faith" to "fluid faith" as you walk through your grieving process. If you have ever felt lost in your grief this book will help you learn that there are some things you will never get over ....yet by fluid faith you will get through.
Beside The Still Waters: Having Faith Even When....... is a book that helps anyone struggling with their faith when they are losing or have lost a lov...
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The Real Alzheimer's: A Guide for Caregivers That Tells It Like It Is
ISBN: 9780983853923 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If the word "Alzheimer's" has become part of your vocabulary, you're probably looking for answers. What can I expect? How do I deal with this disease? Hold on for a no-holds-barred look at what it's like to live day to day with Alzheimer's disease. Other books and Internet websites provide signs, symptoms, and checklists. The Real Alzheimer's tells it like it really is in 21 candid interviews with caregivers, family members, practitioners, and the patients themselves. These emotionally compelling true stories of ordinary people coping with the different facets of Alzheimer's disease cover a...
If the word "Alzheimer's" has become part of your vocabulary, you're probably looking for answers. What can I expect? How do I deal with this disease?...
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That's How We Do It... We Treat Them All the Same: An Exploration of the Experiences of Patients, Lay Carers and Health and Social Care Staff of the C
ISBN: 9781443842624 / Angielski / Twarda / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The prevalence of dementia is increasing rapidly as the population ages and there is a steady rise in people with dementia being admitted to acute hospitals. Media coverage of the care received by people with dementia in acute hospitals is almost wholly negative. The purpose of this book is to provide a detailed description of what the experience, both positive and negative, is really like from the perspectives of patients, lay carers, and health and social care staff, and to propose a model for improving care. The book comprises four elements. A literature review sets person-focused research...
The prevalence of dementia is increasing rapidly as the population ages and there is a steady rise in people with dementia being admitted to acute hos...
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The Fifth Season: A Daughter-In-Law's Memoir of Caregiving
ISBN: 9780896728233 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lisa Ohlen Harris shared a household with her mother-in-law, Jeanne, for seven years. When Jeanne s health deteriorated due to COPD, Harris became one of 65 million American family caregivers. The two women grew so intertwined that Harris began to feel she herself was the one fading away.
Harris helped Jeanne file an advance directive specifying that no extraordinary measures were to be taken to preserve life. As they navigated the healthcare system in Jeanne s final months, Harris and her mother-in-law realized that an advance directive is not as clear and controlled as it seems. End of... Lisa Ohlen Harris shared a household with her mother-in-law, Jeanne, for seven years. When Jeanne s health deteriorated due to COPD, Harris became one...
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Contented Dementia: 24-hour Wraparound Care for Lifelong Well-being
ISBN: 9780091901813 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A groundbreaking and practical method for managing dementia that will allow both sufferer and carer to maintain the highest possible quality of life, throughout every stage of Alzheimer's Dementia is a little-understood and currently incurable illness, but this guide shows how much can be done to maximize the quality of life for people with the condition. A person with dementia will experience random and increasingly frequent memory blanks relating to recent events; feelings, however, remain intact, as do memories of past events, and both can be used in a special way to substitute for...
A groundbreaking and practical method for managing dementia that will allow both sufferer and carer to maintain the highest possible quality of lif...
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A Dignified Life: The Best Friends(tm) Approach to Alzheimer's Care: A Guide for Care Partners
ISBN: 9780757316654 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. By the year 2030, experts estimate that as many as 66 million people around the world will be faced with this life-altering disease. Unfortunately, these staggering statistics impact millions of caregivers, too. Compared with all types of caregivers, those who assist someone with dementia experience the highest levels of burnout, depression, poor health, and premature death. A Dignified Life, Revised and Expanded offers hope and help with a proven approach. Ten years ago,...More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. By the year 2030, experts estimate that ... |
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lippincott advanced skills for nursing assistants: a humanistic approach to caregiving
ISBN: 9780781780674 / Angielski / Miękka / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Builds on the basic concepts and skills that nursing assistants have already mastered. This book is intended to be used in conjunction with, or as a follow-up to, a 'basic' nursing assistant textbook, such as "Lippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants".
Builds on the basic concepts and skills that nursing assistants have already mastered. This book is intended to be used in conjunction with, or as a f...
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The Fog of Paranoia: A Sister's Journey through Her Brother's Schizophrenia
ISBN: 9781442220638 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pat and Sarah had long been friends, not just brother and sister. They supported each other, shared music and movies, and confided in each other as they went through the many challenging stages of adolescence. But something began to change in Pat. He was convinced people were watching him, spying on him. Once outgoing and sociable, he began to withdraw into a world of his own, on the inside, where social engagement was not necessary nor desired. He stopped taking care of his personal hygiene. Conversation became increasingly difficult. After a series of visits with psychologists, he was...
Pat and Sarah had long been friends, not just brother and sister. They supported each other, shared music and movies, and confided in each other as th...
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Teaching Comprehensive Medical Care
ISBN: 9780674497122 / Angielski / Twarda / 664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Chronic Illness in the United States, Volume I, Prevention of Chronic Illness
ISBN: 9780674497467 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Join the Journey: Care for the Alzheimer's Caregiver
ISBN: 9781478771685 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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73,15 |