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An in-depth guide for professionals in assessing the appropriateness of a 12-step program referral, understanding how psychological theories align with 12-step programs, learning subtle differences in programs addressing similar addictive behaviors, integrating 12-step involvement into the therapeutic process, and working with resistance.

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Best of lists of books, magazines, newsletters, CD-ROMs, and professional publications are augmented with contact information for several hundred CAM associations and professional groups, an extensive section on the Internet as a source of CAM-related information, and reviews of 355 popular books on CAM.

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A substantially revised and updated edition of the highly respected guide to using nutrition as an integrated part of an athlete's total performance enhancing package.

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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.