A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology In A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology, Second Edition, a renowned group of distinguished clinicians once again provides stimulating instruction and insights into a wide variety of endocrine topics, teaching readers modern management of the conditions described and offering targeted entry into the literature. Importantly, many of the important…
.This international compilation offers a range of potential solutions to case studies that cover pertinent issues within a variety of performance environments. Offering a companion text to Building Consulting Skills for Sport and Performance Psychology: An International Case Study Collection, this book provides three solutions for each of the case studies introduced. In so doing,…
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book.Practical and highly applicable, the third edition of A Casebook for School Leaders offers those pursuing a career in educational administration the opportunity learn a uniform framework for…
.This multidisciplinary volume examines the ongoing effects of James G. Frazer’s The Golden Bough in modern Humanities and its wide-ranging influence across studies of ancient religions, literature, historiography, and reception studies. The book begins by exploring the life and times of Frazer himself and the writing of The Golden Bough in its cultural milieu. It…
Thomas Sankara was one of Africa’s most important anti-imperialist leaders of the late 20th Century. His declaration that fundamental socio-political change would require a ‘certain amount of madness’ drove the Burkinabe Revolution and resurfaced in the country’s popular uprising in 2014.This book looks at Sankara’s political philosophies and legacies and their relevance today. Analyses of…
A Challenge to Social Security: The Changing Roles of Women and Men in American Society is a collection of papers that deals with social security reform.The papers concern insurance and pure income transfer aspects of various proposals and the assumptions regarding the family and work behavior found in each proposal. The proposed reforms attempt to…
This comprehensive book is designed to help pediatric health professionals of all disciplines gain understanding and skill in how to approach and treat children’s pain, and how to help children make sense of and deal with their own pain. Pain is the most common reason for children to seek a medical consultation – and sometimes…
This book is a true story of one family’s journey into inclusive education. Having previously been told that her son Benny had “failed to function” in two exclusionary special education classrooms in New York City, Berman’s family set off in search of a school where Benny would be accepted for who he was, while having…
The field of geriatric rehabilitation is constantly changing due to the discovery of new evidence-based evaluation and treatment strategies, as well as the continual support or refutation of older theories and practices.Now in its Fourth Edition, A Clinical Approach to Geriatric Rehabilitation has been updated to provide physical therapists an evidence-based guide to the clinical…
A Clinical Guide for Management of Overweight and Obese Children and Adults While unhealthy diet and sedentary behaviors are second only to smoking as the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., less than 45 percent of adult and pediatric obese patients received any prior advice from a physician to lose weight.The low rate…
A Clinical Guide to Thyroidectomies A Clinical Guide to Thyroidectomies is a comprehensive compilation that gives extensive detail on thyroid surgery, with examples illustrated by photographs and artwork.It aims to help surgeons practice safe and adequate thyroid surgery and provides updates on new technologies and techniques, such as robotic and remote site thyroidectomy. Thyroid surgery…
In the United States alone, roughly 300,000 children suffer from some form of arthritis or rheumatic disease, and millions more are at risk of developing one of these diseases. In this marvelously down-to-earth guide, Thomas Lehman-the head of one of the leading pediatric rheumatology programs in the world-offers a gold mine of expert advice invaluable…
*Mindfulness-based interventions have exploded in popularity due to their success in treating everything from everyday stress to more serious mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).This breakthrough book provides professionals with a comprehensive, session-by-session guide to teaching mindfulness, complete with the scripts and training materials needed to teach introductory mindfulness…
This book builds upon the first edition with new and improved chapters. The book explores the rich assemblage of clinical wisdom from expert rheumatologists from a wide range of specialties including Vasculitis and Sjogren’s syndrome. It examines the nuggets or ‘pearls’ of wisdom gained from collective clinical experience about the diagnosis or treatment of various…
Bacterial infections have become more difficult, and sometimes impossible, to treat due to antibiotic resistance, which occurs when bacteria develop the ability to defeat the available drugs designed to kill them.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year, 2 million Americans become sick with antibiotic-resistant infections, and of that, about 23,000 die….