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Using data from the early 1990s and from follow-up interviews conducted later in the decade, this work shows that many clergy became involved in the pastoral care for and counselling of people stigmatized by AIDS, including gay men, despite expressions of antipathy from their denominations.

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This authoritative work provides a thorough overview of the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the globe in 2020, devoting particular attention to its impact on all aspects of American society.

The 21st Century Turning Points series is a one-stop resource for understanding the people and events changing America today.

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This is the only collection of its kind to offer an inside view of life and work in contemporary nursing homes with the purpose of developing a theory of the culture of long term care.

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This is the only collection of its kind to offer an inside view of life and work in contemporary nursing homes with the purpose of developing a theory of the culture of long term care.

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Following in the tradition of "The Ultimate Book of Useless Information," this work is a wry potpourri of interesting information about every conceivable kind of drug, providing a long, strange trivia trip.

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Journalist Blake's gripping true story ("Publishers Weekly") about a 34-year-old Buffalo firefighter who regained consciousness after nearly 10 years in a coma patiently records a family's heroic grief and fortitude.

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He also explores the relationship between AHA syndrome and psychological problems such as depression, chronic stress, smoking, drinking, and child/spouse abuse.

This up-to-date reference also examines recent literature on gender and ethnic differences in the expression of anger, and reviews psychological treatment approaches.

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Puts psychotherapy on trial by critically examining its effectiveness through the lens of the scientific method.

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Helping you to control and prevent diabetes, this programme of diet and exercise is based on clinical experience. It outlines the basis of diabetes, the effects of the disease and the complications that can arise; describes the medical reasons why a person is overweight; and includes case studies where lifestyle changes produced dramatic results.

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This is the first full-length monograph devoted to the study of the talk between physicians and patients in a medical interview. Methods are developed to describe, analyze and interpret the discourse. In the course of the work, a critique of more traditional methods, studies, and interpretations of medical interviews is presented.

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This is the first full-length monograph devoted to the study of the talk between physicians and patients in a medical interview. Methods are developed to describe, analyze and interpret the discourse. In the course of the work, a critique of more traditional methods, studies, and interpretations of medical interviews is presented.

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Describes the different types of arthritis and discusses diagnosis, finding the right doctor, diet, and lifestyle changes.

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The American health care industry has undergone such dizzying transformations since the 1960s that many patients have lost confidence in a system they find too impersonal and ineffectual. Is their distrust justified and can confidence be restored This book, written by a leading health care economist, tackles these and other key questions.

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In the 1980s, a research team led by Parisian scientists identified several unique DNA sequences, or haplotypes, linked to sickle cell anemia in African populations. This title traces how this genetic discourse has blotted from view the roles that Senegalese patients and doctors have played in making sickle cell 'mild' in a social setting.

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Basic concepts and case studies from an emerging field that investigates human capacities and pathologies at the intersection of brain and culture.

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This comprehensive reference guide describes more than 130 alphabetically arranged drugs of abuse, including both pharmaceutical and natural products.

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Behavior change is viewed as essential, so precepts of health promotion and health belief models used to predict motivation and risk behavior are discussed. This book is essential reading for AIDS researchers, public health administrators and policymakers, health care practitioners, and sociologists.

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Presents body facts.

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This brilliantly argued, beautifully written book-now with a new introduction by the author-uses theories of feminist psychotherapy to present a new model of clinical psychotherapy.