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Thought-provoking and inspirational personal stories from noted artists, healers, thinkers, and peacemakers explain how moments of suffering and challenge became an opportunity for spiritual growth and renewal, with contributions from Deepak Chopra, Martin Sheen, Isabel Allende, Rigoberta Menchu Tu

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An account published of the history, spread, and repercussions of pandemic AIDS. It explores how developing countries with limited access to healthcare and scarce resources reveals how such factors as tourism, international travel, war, and mobility have facilitated the spread of HIV and AIDS.

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An estimated 17 million people are infected with HIV today, and it is estimated that in Africa alone there will be at least 70 million people infected in the next 25 years.

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The latest edition of what remains the leading source for radical analysis in healthcare.

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This introduction to ancient medical systems asks how the experience of illness and the role of medicine were understood in the Greek and Roman worlds. Covering topics such as the development of anatomical knowledge, the book focuses on the place of medicine within changing types of societies.

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Focusing on theory and therapeutic factors and applications, this work will provide group leaders and counselors working with children with a conceptual basis and specific strategies for use in therapy, counseling, and therapeutic groups.

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Packed with funny and informative chapters such as Who are we, What are we grumpy about and How can you spot the signs of grumpiness coming on, this book will leave even the grumpiest of men with a grin on his face.

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From the series producer and stand-up comic Judith Holder, the book incorporates material from the television series Grumpy Old Women, which features a diverse, colourful and very grumpy group of celebrities, including Janet Street Porter, Jenny Eclair, Ann Widdecombe, Germaine Greer, Kathryn Flett and Jilly Cooper.

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The work is organized into five sections, which treat theories of addiction, the diagnosis and evaluation of addictive behavior, treatment approaches, addiction among special populations, and clinical and legal issues concerning substance abuse professionals.

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It is estimated that there are 60,000 excess Black American deaths annually compared with White Americans.

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This handbook provides both a conceptual and practical framework for diagnosing, treating, and assessing post-traumatic stress in survivors of violence, abuse, war, ethnocultural problems, political torture, and disaster.

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Intravenous drug users account for nearly one-third of the current AIDS cases in the United States--second only to gay males--and are responsible for 72 percent of female and 59 percent of pediatric cases of AIDS.

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is increasingly common as service men and women return from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other combat zones. This work takes us into the minds of PTSD-affected veterans, as they struggle against the traumatic events lingering in their minds, sometimes exploding into violent behaviour.

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This is an analysis of the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments, the successor to the 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and, perhaps, the most important environmental law of the past decade and a half.

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Healing American Healthcare presents an undeniable case for universal healthcare in the United States. The authors' research, combined with their experience in the United States healthcare system, has given them the expertise to suggest that as a nation we can provide care for all, while reducing our overall cost of care by $1 trillion per year.

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Shows us the physical, emotional, social, economic, and legal effects of what the author calls "headless health care." This work illustrates with patient stories the profound impact psychological and behavioral disorders have on physical health and, conversely, the impact that medical illness has on mental health.