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Behind the 8-Ball
Is someone you care about gambling your life away? You don't have to be a gambler yourself to suffer from the often disastrous effects of excessive gambling. Behind the 8-Ball is the must-have guide to reclaiming your financial, legal, and emotional freedom. Spouses, parents, siblings, children, friends, and coworkers of the gambler will learn how to: Understand why some people lose control of their gambling Recognize the compulsive gambler and realistically assess the financial and emotional damage he or she is causing you and others Accept that you can't control someone else's gambling Encourage the gambler to seek help Recover from being involved with a gambler For anyone who is or has ev...
Psychosocial Aspects of Chemotherapy in Cancer Care
Leading medical professionals--physicians, nurses, social workers--who treat cancer patients receiving chemotherapy address vital areas of concern: physician/patient relationships, the psychosocial issues of being a patient, the pediatric patient, and new frontiers. Valuable and readable for health professionals and cancer patients and their families, this book deals honestly with the relevant, often painful subjects inherent in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer with chemotherapy. Contributing authors emphasize the importance of establishing a positive, trusting relationship between patient and doctor and patient's family and of treating the psychologican and social aspects of patients, as well as the medical problems. The eleven patients'rights described in one chapter should be available to all cancer patients and their families who are faced with the decision of choosing chemotherapy as the course of treatment. The problems particular to treating pediatric patients are examined, along with sound advice for school personnel in dealing with cancer patients in the classroom.
The Activist Cancer Patient
Improve Your Odds of Surviving Cancer Cancer survivor Beverly Zakarian knows firsthand that you can improve your odds of surviving cancer if you take an active role in your treatment. Now, you too can discover the benefits of taking charge. After all, you and your disease are unique, and so is your path to good health. Even the most caring of doctors needs your help to determine which treatment is best for you. With this inspiring, practical book, Beverly Zakarian gives you step-by-step guidelines that will empower you to work with your doctor and within the medical system to find the most effective treatment options. Armed with the resources in this book, you'll be able to use activist techniques to: * Talk intelligently with your physician and make informed decisions * Research state-of-the-art treatments * Understand how drug trials actually work * Discover what "experimental treatment" really means * Search out relevant medical journals and access reliable databases * Enlist the help of medical specialists and support groups
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The Fountain of Youth
The study of the phenomenon of human aging is a comparatively new field, and it is not surprising that much confusion and misinformation exists among the general public. Finally, here is a practical, no-nonsense book that provides adequate, proven knowledge and guidance to deal intelligently with the many changes and personal problems that we all face when growing older. The book destroys many false myths about aging, and reveals realistic, proven means to pursue a good, healthy, natural lifestyle, to prevent premature aging, and to be happy when growing older.
Parkinson's Disease and Quality of Life
Learn to handle the problems that Parkinson's patients face Through Parkinson's Disease and Quality of Life, you will discover common problem areas seen in patients with Parkinson's disease. This book explores problems that interfere with functional independence of patients and gives examples of occupational therapy intervention and treatment techniques. Parkinson's Disease and Quality of Life boldly deals with many seldom talked about real-life issues facing people with Parkinson's disease, including continued sexual intimacy and urinary incontinence. Although these issues may not be curable, this book provides you with effective treatments through data and case studies. Parkinson's Disease...
Grieving the Death of a Friend
A thoughtful guide to getting through the loss of a friend.
Living Under the Sword
"An investigative documentary examining the crucial issues of food production and food distribution in the world economy"--Case-slip.
Repressed Memories
Buried memories of sexual abuse can have a devastating impact on a victim's relationships, work, and health. Using case histories, Renee Fredrickson stresses the importance of recovering these memories as a crucial step in healing, and she explains various therapeutic processes used in memory retrieval.
The Public Realm
This book is about the "public realm," defined as a particular kind of social territory that is found almost exclusively in large settlements. This particular form of social-psychological space comes into being whenever a piece of actual physical space is dominated by relationships between and among persons who are strangers to one another, as often occurs in urban bars, buses, plazas, parks, coffee houses, streets, and so forth. More specifically, the book is about the social life that occurs in such social-psychological spaces (the normative patterns and principles that shape it, the relationships that characterize it, the aesthetic and interactional pleasures that enliven it) and the forc...
