Published December, 2006
By Lawrence Rubin and Lawrence C. Rubin
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Takes the reader on a how-to tour of the benefits of using pop-culture and fantasy in psychotherapy and play therapy. Presenting case studies, this work shows how it is possible to uncover children's secret identities, and assist treatment of adolescents with sexual behavior problems.

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Published November, 2006
By Marilyn H. Oermann and Kathleen T. Heinrich
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From the lessons nurse educators and students learned from surviving the Gulf coast hurricanes, to the impact of foreign nurses' immigration on American nursing education, this edition reflects topics on the vanguard of both national and international nursing education concerns.

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Published November, 2006
By Arthur Freeman and Tammie Ronen
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Aims to assist and train social workers in the use of cognitive behavior therapies to treat psychological disorders. This reference provides a critical educational tool and synthesizes the foundations of social work, cognitive behavior therapy, and evidence-based developmental characteristics.

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Published September, 2006
By Peggy Wallace
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Intended as a support for those who are involved in training Standardized Patients, from the art of coaching through preparing SP's for the physical exam, to encourage each coach to develop a system that will deliver the best results and, in the end, help train the most competent doctors.

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Published September, 2006
By Patricia D'Antonio
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Published August, 2006
By Chad O'Lynn and Russell Tranbarger
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Focuses on the historical roles and contributions men have made to nursing over the centuries as well as the challenges that men face in nursing today. This work discusses how gender serves as a foundation for many of the obstacles, discrimination, and barriers experienced by men in nursing.

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Published August, 2006
By Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Patricia Stone and Patricia Hinton Walker
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Provides the research and review to help decision makers develop new and much-needed standards and practices in nursing. This work focuses on key disciplines and topics that are critical to patient safety including: patient safety indicators; medication errors; falls and injury prevention; hospital-acquired infections; and more.

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Published August, 2006
By Jacquelyn Boone James and Paul Wink
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Contributed by experts, this volume presents some of the important research describing life between the ages of 65-75 or the Crown of Life period. It incorporates some of the important data to address important issues of the early post-retirement period. It includes topics that cover aspects and social issues of retirement and ""The Third Age"".

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Published August, 2006
By Mark Quirk
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Explores the idea of metacognition, the idea that we can think about the way we or other people think, and thus gain a better understanding of ourselves, and the patients we seek to help. Intended for medical educators, this book teaches students and interns how to extrapolate lessons from experience and integrate learning and practice.

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Published July, 2006
By Kristofer J. Hagglund and Allen Heinemann
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The field of rehabilitation psychology has begun to address central concerns in health care delivery and health policy. This book focuses on rehabilitation psychology research, and provides recommendations for research programs, policy changes, and clinical interventions from various perspectives within rehabilitation psychology practice.

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