Published October, 2014
By Richard Allen Williams
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Building upon the success of Dr. Williams's widely influential book Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in America: Beyond the IOM Report, this new volume takes a fresh and timely look at the state of healthcare reform and the progress and problems we face in the pursuit of healthcare equality.

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Published October, 2014
By Richard L. Wiener and Steven L. Willborn
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As the average age of our citizens rises, this book argues that success at ameliorating the effects of disability and age-related bias, prejudice, and discrimination requires a psycholegal approach that reconciles legal theory with psychological reality.

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Published October, 2014
By Thomas J. Webster
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Nanotechnologies are now being applied to health monitoring. Nanotechnology Enabled In Situ Sensors for Monitoring Health summarizes the research efforts to design sensors based on nanotechnology that can be placed into the body to monitor health.

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Published October, 2014
By Elaine Clanton Harpine
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Several types of successful programs are available, though week-long intensive programs have recently increased in popularity.Group-Centered Prevention Programs for At-Risk Students focuses on the development of such a week-long prevention program, and provides professionals with step-by-step directions to create their own program.

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Published October, 2014
By Donald K. Fromme
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This is an overview of major therapeutic systems in practice today, outlining the philosophical differences and opportunities for integration among them. Considers new ideas and approaches to therapy stemming from the postmodernist and integrative movements.

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Published October, 2014
By Carol A. Kauffman, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel and William E. Dismukes
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Clinical Mycology offers a comprehensive review of this discipline. Organized by types of fungi, this volume covers microbiologic, epidemiologic and demographic aspects of fungal infections as well as diagnostic, clinical, therapeutic, and preventive approaches. Special patient populations are also detailed.

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Published October, 2014
By Debra H. Zand and Katherine J. Pierce
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Resilience in Deaf Children emphasizes not only the capability of deaf individuals to withstand adversity, but also their positive adaptation through interactions. The text discusses attachment, self-concept, and social competence, which are crucial to the development of all young people.

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Published October, 2014
By Gayle L. Macklem
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This book offers a best-practices approach to providing effective mental health services at school. It draws on a widely used three-tiered public health model to create a system that addresses the emotional and behavioral needs of students most at risk.

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Published October, 2014
By John G. Bruhn and John Bruhn
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Social scientists have documented low rates of chronic disease and disability in non-Western societies and have suggested that social stability, cultural homogeneity and social cohesion may play a part in explaining these low rates.

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Published October, 2014
By Ingemar Pongratz, Paul Pechan, Ortwin Renn and Allan Watt
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This book discusses risk and the food supply. It details all aspects of risk and how it applies to food, from risk classification to risk management, and examines such issues as the political context of risk discussion and moral dimensions of decision making.

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