Conceived as a core text for more theoretically based courses, "A Systems Approach to Small Group Interaction" uses Tubbs' "systems model" as a framework for explaining and integrating the major small group theories. The book thus offers an opportunity to enable undergraduates to clearly view theories that are usually only found in more advanced books. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to include over 100 new citations, more practical applications of small group interactions, plus new...
Earth Observation, Public Health and One Health
This book focuses on the potential for Earth Observation (EO) to contribute to public health practice. Remote sensing experts from the EO community together with epidemiologists, modelling experts, policy makers, managers and public health researchers gathered at the One Earth-One Health workshop held at the Canadian Earth Observation Summit in Montreal in 2017. They shared how EO is being used to understand, track, predict, and manage infectious diseases and discussed the challenges and signifi...
Making Sense of Sleep Medicine (Making Sense of)
This is a practical and patient-complaint focused handbook, directed to motivate non-sleep experts and beginners in sleep medicine and technology. This book provides a basic review of the area of sleep, identifies some common patient presentations and illustrates the types of investigations that should be requested. With sleep and breathing problems being so common and affecting many other chronic clinical conditions, it is important that primary care and other general physicians as well as alli...
Package for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and clinicians. Text alone was listed in approval week 1998-45.
Stress? Ursachen, Erklarungsmodelle und praventive Ansatze Gemeinsam mit der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover fasst die Kaufmannische Krankenkasse (KKH) den Stand der Wissenschaft zu wichtigen Aspekten des Themas Stress zusammen. Die Auswertung der Routinedaten der KKH zeigt, dass nicht nur Erwachsene mittleren Lebensalters zunehmend von Stress (mit-)verursachten psychosomatischen Gesundheitsbeschwerden, psychischen Storungen sowie Alkoholproblemen betroffen sind, sondern auch Kinder und Jugend...
Endocrine Disruptors and Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
by Peter Weyer
Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services for Seniors
by Trudy Lieberman
Policy Recommendations for Smoking Cessation and Treatment of Tobacco Dependence
by V. Da Costa E Silva
EMF Effects from Power Sources and Electrosmog (Electromagnetic Frequency Sensitivities)
The field of electromagnetic sensitivity is the new epidemic of the 21st century, and can cause disease of the automatic nerve system in any part of the body. This is as a result of chemical sensitivity, in which over 80,000 chemicals are involved, resulting in innumerable combinations. A cursory understanding of the combinations can help clinicians partially understand the associated problems and thus help in the diagnosis and treatment of electromagnetic sensitivities. But a basic understandin...
Social Justice in Contemporary Housing (Routledge Focus on Housing and Philosophy)
by Helen Taylor
Philosophy is not usually seen as a guidance for modern housing policy, but in this new book, Dr Helen Taylor argues that there is something innovative, unusual, and worth discussing about the application of philosophy to housing. The philosophical framework used within this book is John Rawls’ conception of justice as fairness. The UK has gone through several shifts in housing policy over the past decade, most recently by introducing the controversial ‘Bedroom Tax’, in an effort to make more cu...
Modern Public Services for Britain (Command Paper, #4011)
The book quantifies the impact of in-port ships' greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution in adjacent cities, and evaluates the feasibility of implementing shore-side electricity facilities in Europe to reduce the unwanted social and environmental effects of ships at berth. The book also discusses the potential of future "green" ports and the use of shore side electricity as a means of achieving them. Individual chapters focus on the economic and social costs of in-port ships' emissions by ill...
Chancen Fur Das Deutsche Gesundheitssystem
by Both Professors Michael E Porter and Clemens Guth
Die Kosten im deutschen Gesundheitssystem steigen, zugleich werden Qualitatsprobleme immer offensichtlicher - trotz aller Reformbemuhungen. Die Autoren gehen davon aus, dass nicht Kostenkontrolle, sondern die Steigerung des Patientennutzens das Ziel ist, das alle Akteure vereinen kann. In zwoelf Empfehlungen erklaren sie, wie sich Leistungserbringer im Wettbewerb um Qualitat organisieren sollten, wie Krankenkassen eine aktivere Rolle spielen und das Vergutungssystem kunftig Exzellenz in der Vers...
Das Lebensmittelmonitoring ist ein gemeinsam von Bund und Landern durchgefuhrtes Untersuchungsprogramm, das die amtliche Lebensmitteluberwachung der Bundeslander erganzt. Wahrend die Lebensmitteluberwachung vor allem durch verdachts- und risikoorientierte Untersuchungen die Einhaltung lebensmittelrechtlicher Vorschriften kontrolliert, ist das Lebensmittelmonitoring ein System wiederholter reprasentativer Messungen und Bewertungen von Gehalten an unerwunschten Stoffen wie Pflanzenschutzmitteln, S...
Reigniting the Human Connection
by Jennifer H Mieres, Elizabeth C McCulloch, and Michael P Wright
The Sociology of Medicine (Prentice-Hall foundations of modern sociology)
by Renee C. Fox
Provides a social, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective on health, illness, and medicine. Analyzes first-hand, participant observer-based, qualitative studies in the field.
Das Lebensmittelmonitoring ist ein gemeinsam von Bund und Landern durchgefuhrtes Untersuchungsprogramm, das die amtliche Lebensmitteluberwachung der Bundeslander erganzt. Wahrend die Lebensmitteluberwachung vor allem durch verdachts- und risikoorientierte Untersuchungen die Einhaltung lebensmittelrechtlicher Vorschriften kontrolliert, ist das Lebensmittelmonitoring ein System wiederholter reprasentativer Messungen und Bewertungen von Gehalten an unerwunschten Stoffen wie Pflanzenschutzmitteln, S...
Lizard Bites & Street Riots
by Michael J. Manyak, Joyce M Johnson, and Warren J. Young
In today's world, we must all be ready and informed about medical and security issues while traveling. Combining the expertise of three world experts in travel, health and safety, Lizard Bites & Street Riots: Travel Emergencies and Your Health, Safety, and Security is a compact resource certain to save lives, increase comfort, and generate peace of mind; besides which, it is a mighty exciting read. The key is preparation and prevention. Lizard Bites & Street Riots informs you, in a concise, prac...
Coping with Coronavirus: How to Stay Calm and Protect your Mental Health
by Dr Brendan Kelly
Das Handbuch der gefahrlichen Guter ist das Standardwerk fur den Transport von Gefahrgutern. Es gibt Informationen zu nationalen und internationalen Transportvorschriften und zu Notfallmassnahmen bei Unfallen mit gefahrlichen Gutern sowie Hinweise fur die arztliche Erstbehandlung von Personen. Fur alle Gefahrguter, die im Hommel enthalten sind, wurden die GHS-Kennzeichnungen mit aufgenommen: Signalworte, Piktogramme, sowie die neuen Gefahrenhinweise (H-Statements) und Sicherheitshinweise (P-Stat...