Healing Yoga or Promoting the Health of Adolescents

Healing Yoga: The Panchatattva Way

Author: Swami Ambikananda Saraswati

Healing Yoga is the first fully illustrated book to outline the connection between yoga and the chakras, the body's vital energy centers where our spiritual and physical well-being dovetail. Practicing this form of yoga, according to the author, maximizes the benefits of restoring balance and harmony and maintaining vitality. Detailed in full-color photos are the asanas, breathwork, mudras, visualizations, and mantras which connect to each chakra. These color photographs throughout the book make the yoga positions easy to follow and understand. Healing Yoga also includes a section on yoga for specific ailments, including migraines, high blood pressure, and depression. The author, a highly regarded Hindu monk, has been teaching yoga for more than twenty-five years.

New interesting book: Comptabilité internationale

Promoting the Health of Adolescents: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century

Author: Susan G Millstein

Chronic diseases and premature death can often be linked to social, environmental, and behavioral factors that are subject to modification, especially during adolescence when many habits--both good and bad--are formed. In order to effectively encourage good health-related behaviors among adolescents, health providers need an integrated understanding of the many factors involved. This volume fills that need by providing the most comprehensive, up-to-date review of the pertinent issues, including in-depth discussions on adolescent sexuality, substance abuse, the future of adolescent health promotion, and the relationship between socioeconomic status and health-related behaviors. The outstanding group of contributors represents a wide variety of disciplines and offers proven techniques and approaches that can help future adults enjoy longer, safer, more productive lives. With an emphasis on practical solutions, Promoting the Health of Adolescents will be of value to health and social scientists, health care providers, educators, and administrators who plan and implement programs for adolescent health.

"Editors Millstein, Petersen, and Nightingale have pulled together the work of an impressive group of contributors, both scholars and clinicians, to review the current understanding of health-promotion efforts among adolescents. The result is an interesting, well-integrated work that will be of value to researchers, clinicians, and public health practitioners concerned with the health needs of young people." --The New England Journal of Medicine
"For adolescents, the future is now. The well-edited essays in this book set forth in clear, crisp prose a set of insights andpractical real-world suggestions to make the now of adolescence the foundation for a healthy adult future. And for those who wish to probe more deeply, there are plenty of citations and references that support the conclusions and recommendations of the distinguished contributors of this pathbreaking volume." --Joseph A. Califano Jr., Chairman and President, Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University
"Required reading for anyone who has been waiting for a more comprehensive view and understanding of adolescent health." --William Julius Wilson, Lucy Flower University Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, University of Chicago
"This is essential reading for all who are concerned about adolescents in general and their health problems in particular. The authors do a masterful job of drawing out the policy directions suggested by a rich synthesis of knowledge." --Ray Marshall, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
"An excellent series of insightful essays....All of the chapters are quite informative and well written and carefully summarize the current research literature in each area. Each essay provides the reader with a critical analysis of current status and future needs....Provides useful concrete suggestions for health promotion....An excellent resource....Millstein et al. have created an insightful book to guide us into the future....[It] should find a place on the shelf of any health care professional who sees adolescents and on the reading list of preventive medicine courses required for today's medical students....Presents a new synthesis of the complex issues involved in the multidisciplinary approach necessary in the 1990s to promote the health of adolescents effectively." --American Journal of Preventive Medicine
"The contributors represent a wide variety of disciplines and offer proven techniques and approaches that can help future adults enjoy longer, safer, more productive lives."--Adolescence
"This volume can serve as a useful resource for those interested in adolescent health promotion. For the novice, the chapters serve as a helpful review. ... The volume will serve to both organize and generate ideas for applied health promotion and empirical research. The volume confronts an interesting and worthy topic, and in so doing represents a progressive shift away from a specific disease model of adolescent health to a more inclusive biopsychosoical model." -- Contemporary Psychology
"The editors of this timely and well-written book challenge us to look at health promotion for adolescents from several vantage points....There are excellent commentaries from both the physician and nursing perspectives, which discuss the controversies....There is a consistency of style and clarity throughout, making the book easily readable. The authors discuss all the topics intelligently with appropriate content to maintain interest. A comprehensive bibliography is placed at the end of each chapter....The topics are relevant to family practice-primary care specialties....For a family medicine faculty member responsible for adolescent curriculum, this book is stimulating and challenging, with an intelligent, organized style....It is recommended for health professionals with interests in teaching, research, and health policy for adolescents and their families." --William Shore, M.D., Family Medicine
"The audience for this reference is anyone who works with youths, with a focus on health professionals....The editors bring together experts from diverse disciplines such as anthropology, health policy, medicine, and nutrition, while maintaining textual coherence throughout....Efforts to address the impact of poverty and minority status relative to each health issue make this a particularly useful and timely reference....Overall, this book is highly readable..." --Sharon L. Hoerr, RD, Ph.D., Michigan State University, Journal of Nutrition Education

Table of Contents:

	Contributors
1	Adolescent Heath Promotion: Rationale, Goals, and Objectives	3
2	Adolescent Development: Health Risks and Opportunities for Health Promotion	13
3	The Influence of Economic Factors on Health-Related Behaviors in Adolescents	38
4	Health Promotion for Minority Adolescents: Cultural Considerations	58
5	The Social World of Adolescents: Families, Peers, Schools, and the Community	73
6	A View of Health from the Adolescent's Perspective	97
7	Health-Enhancing and Health-Compromising Lifestyles	119
	The Adolescent, Health, and Society: From the Perspective of the Physician	146
	The Adolescent, Health, and Society: From the Perspective of the Nurse	151
8	Promoting Positive Mental Health during Adolescence	159
9	"Sex Is a Gamble, Kissing Is a Game": Adolescent Sexuality and Health Promotion	180
10	Promoting Healthful Diet and Physical Activity	209
11	Promoting Oral Health in Adolescents	242
12	Promoting Healthy Alternatives to Substance Abuse	260
13	The Control of Violence and the Promotion of Nonviolence in Adolescents	285
14	Promoting Safety in Adolescents	305
	Topical Areas of Interest for Promoting Health: From the Perspective of the Physician	328
	Topical Areas of Interest for Promoting Health: From the Perspective of the Nurse	333
15	From Causal Description to Causal Explanation: Improving Three Already Good Evaluations of Adolescent Health Programs	339
16	Adolescent Health Promotion in the Twenty-first Century: Current Frontiers and Future Directions	375
	Index	389

Cultivating the Energy of Life or How We Heal

Cultivating the Energy of Life

Author: Hua Yang Liu

Here is the Hui-ming Ching, a classic Taoist manual on the circulation of internal energy by means of meditation and the inspiration for many techniques of Qigong. It is one of the few Taoist treatises to describe the landmarks of spiritual development and document the process of spiritual transformation from start to finish.

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How We Heal: Understanding the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection

Author: Douglas W Morrison

Unlike health books that cover only nutrition and lifestyle factors, or books that deal with consciousness, spirituality, personal growth, and metaphysical considerations outside the realm of the physical, How We Heal addresses healing in the broadest conceivable context. It presents this whole range of topics in a coherent, comprehensive manner that introduces the novice reader to Body Electronics, iridology, sclerology, and other alternative health modalities. Author Douglas Morrison explores the physical factors — sleep, water, exercise, and detrimental influences such as amalgam dental fillings, root canals, fluoride, electromagnetic fields, vaccinations, drugs — that influence health and explains why it’s necessary to integrate them with the hidden patterns of thought, word, and emotion that make healing possible. Through the use of analogies and practical examples, the book helps readers embrace this new way of seeing their own reality. Diagrams and illustrations throughout help further illuminate these potentially life-changing concepts.

Table of Contents:

	List of Figures	xxv
	Foreword	xxvii
	Preface to the Revised Edition	xxxiii
	Preface	xxxvii
	Prologue	xxxix
Part 1	Health and Healing
1	Coming Out of the Shadows to a Different Way of Looking at Reality	3
	Chasing Shadows	3
	Trying to Explain Shadows Solely in Terms of Shadows	5
	In Search of This "Something Else"	5
	On Scars Disappearing	6
	The Analogy of the Overhead Projector	7
2	A Basic Model to Consider	13
	The Physical, Emotional, and Mental Bodies	14
	The Formation of Crystals	22
	Moving Back Towards Freedom and Health	23
	The Underlying Pattern of Perfection and How It Is Obscured	26
	Resistance, Health, and Consciousness Change	30
3	The Great Paradox of Healing	35
	The Willingness to Not Heal and the Desire to Heal	36
	Desire and Attachment	36
	Commitment	37
	The Great Paradox	38
	Attachment: The Myth of Sisyphus	38
4	The Nature of Resistance	41
	Resistance and Judgment	42
	Resistance and Awareness	42
	Freedom and Awareness	44
	Reactive Mechanisms	44
	Overcoming Resistance	46
	Layers of Resistance	48
	Freedom from Resistance	54
	"Quantum Leap"	54
5	The Requirements of Health and Healing	57
	Love, Which Melts Resistance	57
	Forgiveness	60
	Gratitude	60
	Faith	61
	Nutrition	64
	Elimination	64
	Exercise	64
	Sleep	66
	Light and Darkness	70
	Air and Breathing	71
	Water	72
	In Conclusion: Taking Individual Responsibility	91
	Prayer	92
6	The Healing Crisis	93
	What to Expect	94
	Balance, Regeneration, and Degeneration	96
	Going through the Healing Crisis	99
	Thought, Energy, and Matter	100
Part 2	Nutrition
7	Dietary Reform: Some Basic Concepts to Master	105
	Attitude toward Dietary Reform	106
	Principles for Success in Dietary Reform	107
8	Passing the Test of Reality: The Work of Dr. Weston A. Price, D.D.S	113
	Introduction	113
	Dental Caries, Other Degeneration, and Nutrition	115
	Nutrition and Future Generations-Intercepted Heredity	117
	More on Dental Caries and Nutrition	118
	Towards a Sufficient Diet	119
	Common Factors in the Sufficient Diet	121
	Making Use of Price's Ideas	125
	The Choice to Follow a Vegan Diet	128
	Conclusion	131
9	Getting the Most Out of Our Food	133
	Food Quality	134
	Food Quantity	139
	Frequency, Timing, and Food Combinations	141
	Assimilation of Nutrients	144
	Conclusion	153
10	Essential Nutrients and Their Sources	155
	On Humankind's Natural Diet	155
	Nutrition and Elimination	156
	Essential Nutrients	158
	Synthetic versus Natural Supplements	170
	Light, Oxygen, and Electrons	171
11	Avoiding Detrimental Food Choices	177
	Refined, Skeletonized, or Processed Foods	177
	Other Things to Avoid	189
12	Principles of Eating Wisely and Well	195
	Think and Feel about Foods	195
	Natural Instincts	196
	Eat Whole and Natural Foods	197
	Eat Organic and/or Biodynamically-Produced Foods	197
	Use Fermented Foods	198
	Eat Fresh Foods	198
	Eat Mostly Local Foods in Season	199
	Eat Raw Foods	200
	Use Good Quality Salt	201
	Deactivate Phytic Acid and Enzyme Inhibitors	202
	Eat Leafy Greens	203
	Combine EFAs and Sulfur Proteins	203
	Make Soups from Bones and Organs	204
	Use Healthy Methods of Food Preservation	204
	Eat Foods That Have a Good Historical Track Record	204
	Use Only the Best Types of Cookware	205
	Use Only the Best Methods of Cooking	205
13	The Use of Supplements	207
	Diet versus Supplements	207
	The Most Essential Supplements	208
	Other Supplements and Aids	212
	Beneficial Health Practices	217
14	Degenerative Diseases	221
	Modern Medicine	222
	Numerous Factors in Degenerative Disease	223
	Individual Constitution and Past Health History	224
	Toxic Environment and Toxic Attitude	224
	Other Toxins We Can Avoid	226
	Conclusion	238
Part 3	Body Electronics Fundamentals
15	The Basic Theory of Body Electronics	245
	Healing Includes Dissolving Crystals	245
	Nutrient Saturation Begins the Process	246
	Body Electronics and Crystals	247
	Accelerating the Process with Body Electronics	248
	Dissolving the Crystals to Bring Change of Consciousness	248
16	The Practice of Body Electronics	251
	The Basics	251
	A Basic Sequence of Points	259
	Situations Where Body Electronics Has Been Effective	275
	Contraindications for Body Electronics	276
	Conclusion: Healing as a Spiral	280
17	Individual Responsibility and the Pointholdee	283
	Being Active and Being Receptive	284
	Maintain a State of Love and Forgiveness	285
	Discipline the Body	288
	Maintain a State of Enthusiasm	289
	Encompass Both Sides of Dualities	290
	Look for Our Own Resistances	292
18	Putting It Down in Writing	295
	The Power of the Written Word	296
	Making the List	297
	Moving from Success to Success	297
	Expanding Our Vision	298
	Keeping It Secret	299
	Starting with a Personal Mission Statement	300
19	Considerations for Body Electronics Facilitators	303
	The Facilitator's Role	303
	More on Individual Responsibility	307
	What the Facilitator Works With	308
	Giving and Receiving Blessings	318
Part 4	Outer Manifestation and Inner Essence
20	Iridology and Sclerology	325
	Iridology	326
	Uses of Iridology in Healing Work	350
	Sclerology	355
	Iridology and Sclerology	362
21	Biological Transmutations	363
	Endothermal and Exothermal Reactions	363
	Hormones and the Endocrine System	364
	Amino Acids and Protein Digestion	365
	Bacteria, Algae, and Mushrooms	366
	Minerals	367
	Monopoles	368
	Hydrogen and Oxygen	368
	The Role of Consciousness	369
	Conclusion	370
22	Back to Health: Monopoles, Melanin, and Uncreation	371
	Inner Essence and Outer Manifestation	371
	Thought, Word, and Emotion	372
	Faith, Will, and Desire	373
	Scalar Waves and Composite Waves	374
	Monopoles	374
	The Melanin-Protein Complex	376
	What Melanin Does	378
	How Melanin-Protein Complex Interferes with Monopoles	380
	Perception and Reality Altered	381
	Process of Creation	382
	Process of Uncreation	382
	The Overhead Projector Revisited	383
	Free within the Hologram	384
	Bound within the Hologram	385
	Melanin-Protein Complex an Effect of Our Resistance	386
	Encompassment and Exclusion	387
23	Self-medication and the Comfort Zone	389
	The Scale of Emotions Revisited	390
	Self-Medication	406
	In Conclusion: Redefining Our Relationship with Pain	417
24	The Possibility of Healing	421
Appendix 1	On Enzymes: Condensed Summary and Conclusions	425
Appendix 2	Biological Transmutations	433
Appendix 3	Encompassment and Exclusion	437
	Chapter Notes	451
	Bibliography	473
	Resources and Suppliers	479
	Index	481
	About the Author	495

Tai Chi for Every Body or The Detox Mono Diet

Tai Chi for Every Body: Easy Low-Impact Exercised for Every Age

Author: Eva Koskuba

Feel healthier and more energized in just 20 minutes a day!

Tai Chi, a gentle form of exercise that has been practiced in China for hundreds of years, is often referred to as "meditation in motion." Its slow and graceful movements make it accessible to all ages, regardless of fitness level. Tai Chi for Every Body, with its handy easel format, provides you with simple exercises that will revitalize both your body and spirit. With expert instructions from Tai Chi masters Eva and Karel Koskuba, you can discover new ways to...

• Relieve stress
• Ease sore joints and tone muscles
• Build up strength and flexibility
• Improve balance and circulation
• Achieve better posture
• Have a longer, more active life

Book review: Tax Research or Public Education

The Detox Mono Diet: The Miracle Grape Cure and Other Cleansing Diets

Author: Christopher Vasey

HEALTH / NUTRITION

“Detoxification is the missing link in Western nutrition. So many people and so many health conditions can benefit from the approach found in Dr. Vasey’s The Detox Mono Diet.”
--Elson M. Haas, M.D., The Detox Doc, author of The New Detox Diet and Staying Healthy with Nutrition

The grape cure, the lemon cure, the maple syrup cure, and the apple diet are all variations of mono diets that are based on restricting food intake to one food for a period of time. Using the famous Grape Cure pioneered by Johanna Brandt as his model, Christopher Vasey demonstrates why these restricted diets are so effective in healing illness and restoring optimum health. Despite the different nutritive qualities of the chosen food, all these diets work the same way: They help the body “burn” the waste products it contains to cleanse the internal cellular environment. They also keep the body’s eliminatory organs open in order to prevent the buildup of toxins. While these cures are responsible for healing people of many serious illnesses, including cancer, their principal use lies in the way they naturally enhance the body’s health by eliminating waste products and preventing the body from absorbing toxins during this process.

The Detox Mono Diet is a practical guide that provides all the information necessary for following a detoxification regimen. To make the application most successful, the author explains how to interpret your body’s reactions in a way that will allow you to adapt the cure to match your specific physiological needs, making your return to optimum healtha unique journey.

Christopher Vasey, N.D., is a naturopath specializing in detoxification and rejuvenation. He is the author of The Water Prescription and the bestselling The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health. He lives near Montreux, Switzerland.

The 20 30 Fat Fiber Diet Plan or 14 Day Herbal Cleansing

The 20/30 Fat & Fiber Diet Plan: The Weight-Reducing, Health-Promoting Nutrition System for Life

Author: Gabe Mirkin

Discover the healthy way to eat right and lose weight!

Stop worrying about what to leave off your plate and add the all-important ingredient for any super-effective diet: fiber. Doctors and nutritionists agree that a low-fat, high-fiber diet will help you shed weight, prevent disease, and improve overall health quickly and easily. Building on these principles of healthy eating, this safe, proven, and easy-to-manage program fits any lifestyle and includes:

• More than 100 delicious high-fiber, low-fat recipes

• content listings for more than 5,000 favorite foods

• a handy plastic counter wheel to help you track your daily fat and fiber intake and figure out what you can eat freely and what you should cut back on or avoid.

The 20/30 Fat & Fiber Diet Plan will dramatically improve how you look and, more importantly, how you feel--and get you started on a lifetime of healthy living.

 

New interesting book: Nutrition and Food Services for Integrated Health Care or The Livebait Cookbook

14-Day Herbal Cleansing

Author: Laurel Vukovic

14-Day Herbal Cleansing is a powerful two-week body purification program that cleanses your system as it boosts your immune power, helping your body create an "inner shield" to block out the harmful toxins that lead to health breakdowns and disease. Combining an enjoyable diet with nutritional advice, detoxifying herbal treatments, light exercise and stretching, this revitalizing program is an all-natural alternative to dangerous drugs, expensive treatments, or difficult regimens for preventing and healing dozens of health conditions, including allergies, arthritis, asthma, cancer, clogged arteries, depression, diabetes, digestive disorders, excess weight, fatigue, headaches, heart disease, hypertension, hypoglycemia, insomnia, lung disease, premature aging, and skin disorders. Let 14-Day Herbal Cleansing help you experience a "total healing" that helps your body achieve its natural balance ... one of complete well-being and vitality of body, mind, and spirit!

The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy or Cancer

The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy

Author: Jim Struv

Is ethical touch an oxymoron? Is the bias against touch in psychotherapy justified? Can the recovery process be complete without healing touch? Mental health professionals are entrusted with the awesome responsibility of providing appropriate treatment for clients in a safe environment that nurtures trust, a necessary ingredient for optimum movement through the therapeutic process. Though treatment approaches vary, most modalities are verbally based and, in theory, exclude physical contact. Fearing that any form of touch would likely lead to sexual feelings or interaction, clinicians tend to shy away from the topic. In The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy, however, authors Mic Hunter and Jim Struve skillfully demonstrate that touch--a most basic human need--is intrinsic to the healing process along with talk-therapy, regardless of the practitioner's theoretical orientation. While the use of touch is a given in other health care settings, it remains a benefit denied as taboo in psychotherapeutic relationships, due to transgressors whose unscrupulous use of a valuable technique have marred its reputation. This book encourages readers to conduct a meaningful self-reflection and explore possible misconceptions related to touch in order to rejuvenate its acceptance. Based on years of sound research and clinical experience, The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy promises to enrich clinical discussion and stimulate further empirical research. This insightful and progressive presentation is a must read for clinicians, interns, and advanced students, as well as lay readers interested in the dynamics and innovations in psychotherapy.

Booknews

Urges mental-health practitioners to reassess their traditional reluctance to include physical touch in the therapeutic process for fear of arousing sexual feelings. Promotes the use of touch as an adjunct to talk therapy no matter what the theoretical orientation of the treatment provider. Covers the foundations and historical background, clinical applications, and materials and training aids. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Foundations and Historical Background	1
1	The Physiology of Touch	3
2	The Influence of Touch on Socialization	16
3	Traditions of Touch Within Various Cultures	43
4	Traditions of Touch in Psychotherapy	51
Pt. II	Clinical Application of Touch in Psychotherapy	73
5	Power Dynamics That Effect the Use of Touch in Therapy	75
6	Functions of Touch in Psychotherapy	96
7	The Dynamics of Touch When Applied in Psychotherapy	111
8	Guidelines for Using Touch in Psychotherapy	136
9	A Continuum of Touch	159
10	Specific Techniques and Case Examples Involving the Use of Touch	177
11	The Use of Touch in Various Modalities and With Specific Populations	204
12	The Use of Bodyworkers as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy	219
Pt. III	Materials and Training Aids	229
13	Erotic Issues Within the Psychotherapy Relationship	231
14	Examining Personal Views on the Use of Touch in Psychotherapy	262
	References	275
	Index	288
	About the Authors	299

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Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology (Single Volume) & CD-ROM

Author: Vincent T DeVita

Acclaimed by the worldwide medical community as the standard-setting oncology reference, Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology is now in its Sixth Edition. This thoroughly revised and updated classic reflects the latest breakthroughs in every aspect of oncology, from molecular biology, to multimodality treatment, to new data on cancer prevention by drugs and diet. This edition places increased emphasis on the role of molecular biology in cancer diagnosis and treatment. In light of the growing clinical importance of biological therapy, a new section on Pharmacology of Cancer Biotherapeutics has been added. Chapters describe new radiotherapy techniques such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy and innovative surgical techniques such as radiofrequency ablation of tumors, isolation-perfusion for visceral cancers, and image-guided surgery. Rehabilitation is integrated into each of this edition's chapters on organ-specific cancers. Also included are new chapters on information systems in oncology, particularly on accessing information from the World Wide Web.

This edition now includes a CD-ROM bound into the book: The CD-ROM has advanced search capabilities and gives you full text, high-quality video and color slides not found in the book, direct links to PubMed, and links to our new oncology portal. The CD-ROM is also available separately.

FEATURES:

• Major emphasis on the role of molecular biology in cancer diagnosis and treatment -- both in general principle and in each organ-specific cancer.
• Expanded emphasis on the text's hallmark -- the integrated and balanced use of "all aspects of oncology for the treatment of individual patients by stage of disease."
• New section on the Pharmacology of Cancer biotherapeutics details the importance of these new agents as effective treatments in cancer management.
• The latest on cancer prevention--including new and updated information on drugs and diet--enables you to prescribe effective measures for keeping patients healthy.
• New chapters on innovative surgical and radiotherapeutic techniques, including "Management of Peritoneal Carcinomas," "Isolation-Perfusion for the Treatment of Visceral Cancers," "Image-Guided Surgery," and "Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy" -- ensure your conversancy with cutting-edge developments.
• New, stronger focus on supportive care and care of the terminally ill deepens your understanding of these important and specialized aspects of treatment.
• New chapters on information systems in oncology emphasize accessing information from the Internet to help you stay as current and knowledgeable as possible.
• CD-ROM IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK! The accompanying CD-ROM has advanced search capabilities and gives you full text, high-quality video and color slides not found in the book, direct links to PubMed, and links to our new oncology portal -- LWWoncology.com.

Al B. Benson III

This is the fifth edition of this comprehensive textbook of oncology, updating the previous edition published in 1993. The purpose is to provide comprehensive and current information concerning the full range of modern cancer patient management for all the oncologic diseases, plus descriptions of the biology and developing areas of oncology. Practicing oncology physicians, including medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists, are the audience. The book consists of 68 chapters, with up to nine sections in each, written by 290 contributors. The text has now been organized into four parts, the first and newest of which is ""Essentials of Modern Oncologic Science,"" focusing on molecular biology, signal transduction and immunology. Part 2, ""Principles of Oncology,"" further expands on concepts of molecular biology and discusses etiology, epidemiology, cancer management, pharmacology, and clinical trial design. ""Practice of Oncology"" is the third part and provides details of cancers of organ systems, with a focus on coordination of medical, radiation, and surgical oncology treatments by stage. Prevention, imaging techniques, specialized technologies, supportive care, societal issues, and unproven alternative methods are also discussed. Part 4 includes newer approaches to cancer treatment, such as gene therapy, cancer vaccines, antiangiogenic therapy, and radiation therapeutic strategies. The three internationally prominent editors are authorities in laboratory and clinical oncology and represent the three dominant modalities of medical, radiation, and surgical oncology. The reorganization of the text into four parts and the increase in the number of contributors has resulted in awelcome expansion of topics beyond those available in the otherwise excellent fourth edition. The three new chapters in Part 1 covering the essentials of oncology biology are of particular importance to the practicing oncologist, given the rapid developments in molecular biology and immunology. Indeed, this emphasis on molecular biology and the effect on oncologic principals and practice are woven throughout the succeeding three parts of the book. New chapters on cancer prevention, ethics, quality of life, healthcare reform, and regulatory issues are critical additions to the book. Concluding chapters offer excellent insight as to the evolving developments in cancer therapy.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Al B. Benson III, MD (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Description: The seventh edition of this book is perhaps the most comprehensive textbook providing a thorough review of the extensive field of oncology. As such it incorporates principles of laboratory science, and the gamut of clinical science from prevention through treatment, embracing all disciplines while providing a taste of the future. The new edition is an exhaustive effort to incorporate comprehensiveness, particularly in Part 3, Practice of Oncology, while, remarkably, containing the most up-to-date information at the time of publication.
Purpose: The authors champion their purpose to provide oncologists from all disciplines with the most current scientific advances that address the overall context of oncologic clinical practice by providing a guide to patient management and by incorporating the most critical references from the literature. Breathtaking advances in modern oncology have mandated that a textbook which strives to be both comprehensive and current must be frequently updated. With this seventh edition, the authors have succeeded.
Audience: The book provides extensive detail with lengthy references most appropriate for the practicing oncologist or oncologist in training. The authoritative and comprehensive chapters are coauthored by the appropriate multidisciplinary team, thus providing an excellent resource regardless of the oncology subspecialty. This new edition has been edited by the same physicians since the inception of the textbook in 1982. They continue to assemble a superb group of contributors that number 355 in total.
Features: Although it is a challenge to produce a state-of-the-art textbook given the lengthy publication process, this edition has succeeded in showcasing the most recent advances in oncology. For example, Section 7, Cancer of the Colon, discusses the most recent clinical trials addressing both adjuvant and advanced disease treatment reflecting the rapid evolution of new therapies for this disease. This edition is divided into four parts. Part I, Molecular Biology of Cancer, is notable for its presentation of advances in genomics and proteomics with an emphasis on laboratory research and clinical application. Important basic mechanisms, including angiogenesis and apoptosis, are well constructed to provide critical background information relative to emerging treatments in cancer medicine. Part 2, Principles of Oncology, focuses on the etiology of cancer including viruses, chemical factors, tobacco, and physical factors. Detailed chapters also review principles of important disciplines including surgery, radiation oncology, and medical oncology. The sections on pharmacology of cancer chemotherapy are notable particularly for chapters not only discussing important classes of agents but also highlighting the emerging role of pharmacogenomics. Part 3, Practice of Oncology, represents an integrated approach to the appropriate management of cancer patients. It reviews strategies of cancer prevention, screening, diagnostics, treatments, modalities, and symptom control. The increased emphasis on supportive treatments to improve quality of life is an essential component of this part. Social issues in oncology are discussed in multiple sections, including ethics, economics, regulatory issues, international variations, information systems, and complementary therapies. Part 4, Newer Approaches in Cancer Therapy, includes exciting research areas such as anti-angiogenesis, molecular treatments, and gene therapy. The nearly 3,000-page text is produced in black and white with just a few pages of color plates in the melanoma chapter; however, the extensive use of comprehensive tables, figures and drawings are important to provide summaries and clarity.
Assessment: The seventh edition has succeeded in maintaining its status as the premiere oncology textbook in the world. The editors continue to demonstrate great skill in assembling an excellent group of authors who are capable of treating each subject with considerable expertise emphasizing multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art concepts encompassing the entire spectrum of the science of oncology from the most basic of laboratory observations to end-of-life care.

Booknews

This famous classic has gained a worldwide reputation as the source of definitive clinical information in the treatment of cancer. Four sections present the essentials of molecular biology, signal transduction, and immunology; updated information on the cell cycle, cytogenetics, the metastatic process, causes of cancer, and the principles of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery, as well as those related to molecular pathology, cancer genetics, and biologic therapy; chapters on cancers of individual organ systems, cancer prevention, imaging techniques, and supportive and palliative care; and newer approaches in cancer treatment, including cancer vaccines, gene therapy, and immunotoxin therapy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Menopause For Dummies or Improving Sports Performance in Middle and Long Distance Running

Menopause For Dummies

Author: Jones

Although menopause is a natural and inevitable stage in every woman’s life, its physical, mental, and emotional manifestations can vary greatly from one person to the next. Add to this all of the conflicting “expert” information about the benefits, risks, and side effects to which women are exposed on a daily basis, and it’s easy to see why most find it difficult to make informed choices about how to deal with their menopausal symptoms.

Authored by a team of acknowledged experts in treating menopausal symptoms, Menopause For Dummies arms you with all the information you need to stay in control every step of the way. In plain English, it explains the role menopause plays in a variety of common health problems, such as osteoporosis, stroke, and heart disease. It walks you through proven measures for minimizing your risk of developing complications through including diet and exercise, stress management, hormone replacement, and other techniques. And it arms you with authoritative, up-to-the-minute coverage of:

• Premenopause how to identify it and what it means

• The stages of menopause

• How menopause can affect your body, emotions, and libido

• The latest facts about hormone replacement therapy

• The pros and cons of various alternative treatments

• The best ways of handling hot flashes

• Easing symptoms with diet and exercise

• Preventing bone loss

• Helpful lifestyle changes

With Menopause For Dummies in your corner you’ll have a kinder, gentler “change of life.”

Table of Contents:

Introduction     1
About This Book     2
Foolish Assumptions     2
How This Book Is Organized     3
The Main Facts about Menopause     3
The Effects of Menopause on Your Body and Mind     4
Treating the Effects     4
Lifestyle Issues for Menopause and Beyond     4
The Part of Tens     5
The Appendixes     5
Conventions Used in This Book     5
Icons Used in This Book     6
Where to Go from Here     6
The Main Facts about Menopause     7
Mapping Out Menopause     9
Defining Menopause     9
Getting the terminology right     10
Approaching the change: Perimenopause     11
Menstruating no more: Menopause     12
Getting past menopause: Postmenopause     12
Anticipating Menopause     13
Transitioning to Menopause     13
Starting out     14
Identifying symptoms     14
Calling in the professionals     15
Seeing it through to the end     15
Treating Menopause     15
Promoting Longevity     16
Talking Biology and Psychology: YourMind and Body on Menopause     17
Setting the Stage     18
Making the Menstrual Cycle and Hormone Connection     19
Surveying the Role of Hormones     21
Linking your brain and body     22
Explaining estrogen     23
Promoting progesterone     24
Investigating androgens     25
Understanding the Stages of Menopause     26
Previewing perimenopause     26
Meeting menopause     28
Seeking Out Support     29
Fooling Mother Nature: Early Menopause     31
Understanding the Lingo     32
Induced menopause     32
Premature ovarian failure     33
Coping with Sudden Change     34
Knowing when you hit menopause     34
Getting the help you need for your body and mind     35
Prepping for Surgical Menopause     36
Taking Advantage of Assisted Living     37
Estrogen alone     37
Combination therapy     38
Alternatives to HT     39
Finding Support: Birds of a Feather     40
Getting In Sync with the Symptoms     41
Kicking Things Off with Perimenopausal Symptoms     42
Getting physical     42
Playing head games     46
Visiting the Menopausal Symptoms     48
Figuring out the physical facts     48
Discovering that it's more than skin deep     50
Understanding That It's Not Your Imagination     51
The Effects of Menopause on Your Body and Mind     53
The Business of Your Bones     55
Homing In on Bone Health     56
Growing big bones and strong bones     56
Understanding peak bone density     56
Keeping Pace with Bone Reconstruction     57
Making the calcium connection     58
Recognizing the role of sex hormones     60
Boning Up on Osteoporosis     60
Linking osteoporosis and women     61
Defining and diagnosing osteoporosis     61
Looking at causes     63
Avoiding the effects     63
Preventing Osteoporosis by Managing Your Risk Factors     66
Blaming your genes: Genetic factors and family background     67
Reviewing your personal health history     67
Looking to your lifestyle     69
Finding Out Whether You Have Osteoporosis     73
Doing the DEXA     74
Opting for another type of test     75
Treating Osteoporosis     76
Battling bone loss with medication     76
Using hormones     77
Getting a Handle on Heart Health     79
Keeping Up with All Things Cardio     80
Revealing estradiol's role in heart health     80
Linking cardiovascular disease and the menopausal woman     80
Considering Cholesterol     82
Breaking down the types of cholesterol     82
Decoding your numbers     83
Looking at the factors     84
Regulating estrogen's role     84
Connecting the dots between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease     85
Understanding Cardiovascular Diseases     87
Containing coronary artery disease     87
Avoiding angina     87
Holding off heart attacks     89
Fending off hypertension     89
Staving off stroke     90
Checking Out Your Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease     91
Being Smart about Your Heart     93
Weighing an ounce of prevention     93
Treating what ails you     94
Dealing with Vaginal and Urinary Changes     95
Understanding the Normalcy of Vaginal and Urinary Changes      95
Talking Shop with Your Doc     96
Overcoming Vaginal Changes     97
Understanding what vaginal atrophy is and what it isn't     97
Looking at what less estrogen means for your vagina     98
Doing something about vaginal atrophy     98
Talking about Urinary Problems     99
Getting a grip on types of urinary problems     100
Tracking urinary-tract infections     101
Covering interstitial cystitis     102
Encountering incontinence     104
Examining Your Skin and Hair on Menopause     107
Getting the Skinny on Skin     108
Making the skin and hormone connection     108
Shining a light on the sun's dangers     109
Preventing premature skin aging     112
Handling Hairy Issues     112
Losing it - your hair, that is     113
Taking care of your hair     113
Maintaining Your Sex Life Through Menopause     115
Looking at Menopause and Your Libido     116
Letting your feelings be your guide     116
Turning up the heat     117
Dealing with a lowered libido     118
Talking Turkey about Testosterone     121
Keeping Sex Sexy     121
Flirting with Fertility     124
Staying fertile after all these years     124
Taking one more chance on the stork     125
Taking the good with the bad     127
Mental and Emotional Issues     129
Understanding the Mental and Emotional Stresses of Menopause     130
Finding the link to menopause     130
Separating menopausal symptoms from psychological disorders     131
Deciding Whether You're Depressed     131
Understanding the differences     131
Knowing the signs     133
Dealing with the Head Games     133
Knowing the symptoms     133
Looking at the research     134
Beating the memory game     135
Straightening Out the Commotions with Your Emotions     136
Feeling your way through the symptoms     137
Understanding the physiology and getting relief     138
Managing life changes     139
Treating the Effects     141
The Basics of Hormone Therapy     143
Defining Hormone Therapy     143
Slaying the symptoms     145
Preventing serious health problems with hormone therapy     145
Ticking Through the Therapies     146
Unopposed estrogen therapy     147
Combination therapy     149
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs)     151
Prescribing Pills, Patches, and Pomades     153
Popping pills     153
Pasting on a patch     153
Applying creams     154
Slipping on a ring     155
Searching for Sources     156
Synthetic versus natural hormones     156
Estrogen     156
Progestin     158
Combinations of estrogen and progestin     158
Androgens     159
Doing the Dosing     159
Understanding Hormone Therapy and Your Heart     161
Meeting the Players: Hormones and Your Heart     162
The star: Estrogen     162
The supporting actor: Progesterone     163
The assistant: Testosterone     163
Understanding the Difference Between Hormones and Hormone Therapy     163
Using estrogen plus progestin     164
Taking unopposed estrogen     165
Identifying the Heart Disease Culprit     165
Considering the age of menopause     165
Factoring in other factors     166
Skimming the Fat: Hormone Therapy and Your Blood     167
Combating hypertension     167
Cleaning out clots and clogs     168
Oiling the Pump: HT and Your Heart     170
Slowing the pace     170
Keeping angina away     170
Avoiding the big one     171
Checking Out Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer     173
Beginning with Breast Basics     173
Defining Breast Cancer     174
Taking Care of Your Breasts     175
Examining your breasts every month     175
Making time for mammograms     176
Determining Estrogen's Role     176
Checking the Link between HT and Breast Cancer     177
Assessing Your Risks     178
Recognizing risks you can't control     179
Recognizing risks you can control     180
Using Hormones as Therapy     181
Counting the ways     182
Reviewing the risks and benefits     182
Choosing Your HT Regimen     183
Reviewing Reproductive Cancers and Hormone Therapy     185
Colorectal Cancer     185
Recognizing the signs     187
Finding out for sure: Screenings and tests     187
Determining the role of hormone therapy     189
Assessing your risks     189
Endometrial (Uterine) Cancer     189
Recognizing the signs     191
Finding out for sure: Tests     191
Determining the role of hormone therapy     192
Assessing your risks     192
Ovarian Cancer     193
Cancers Unaffected by Hormone Therapy     195
Vaginal and vulvar cancers     195
Cervical cancer     196
Considering Hormone Therapy and Other Health Conditions     197
Dealing with Deep Vein Thrombosis     197
Recognizing the signs     198
Determining the role of hormones     198
Dissecting Diabetes     199
Recognizing the signs     200
Determining the role of hormones     200
Facing the Facts about Fibromyalgia     201
Recognizing the signs     201
Determining the role of hormones     202
Getting the Goods on Gallbladder Disease     202
Recognizing the signs     202
Determining the role of hormones     203
Thinking about Your Thyroid     203
Recognizing the signs     203
Determining the role of hormones      204
Looking at Lupus     204
Recognizing the signs     205
Determining the role of hormones     205
Monitoring Migraines     206
Recognizing the signs     206
Determining the role of hormones     206
Considering Cognition     207
Recognizing the signs     207
Determining the role of hormones     207
Making the Decision about Hormone Therapy     209
Outlining Attitudes about HT     209
Taking Everything into Consideration     210
Weighing the Benefits and Risks of HT     212
Rounding up the benefits     212
Corralling the risks     214
Getting to the Heart of Cardiac Health     214
Going along on estrogen alone     215
Assessing Your Personal Risk     217
Summing Up the Studies     218
Presenting the Options for Perimenopause     219
The lifestyle solution     219
The herbal solution     220
The HT solution     220
Quitting HT     220
Recognizing Whether HT Is for You     221
Deciding that HT may not be for you     221
Thinking you may be ready for HT      222
Taking an Alternate Route: Non-Hormone Therapies     225
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Herbs     226
Considering conventional concerns     227
Seeking safety in herbal therapy     227
Relieving Your Symptoms with Plants     228
Cataloging herbal therapies by symptom     228
Getting the scoop on individual herbs     229
Getting Touchy about Acupuncture     233
Soothing Symptoms with Mind-Body Therapies     234
Tuning in to biofeedback     234
Getting your yoga groove on     234
Slip Sliding Away with Topical Treatments     235
Offering Options for Bone and Heart Health     235
Battling bone loss with medication     235
Controlling cardiovascular disease     236
Lifestyle Issues for Menopause and Beyond     239
Eating for the Change     241
Eating to Promote Good Health     242
Getting the right mix of nutrients     244
Rethinking how you eat     248
Eating to Prevent or Contain Problems     249
Strengthening your bones     251
Pumping up your cardiovascular system     253
Weighing in on the Weight Issue     254
How much weight is too much?     254
Eating to control body weight     256
Focusing on Fitness     261
Recognizing the Benefits of Exercise     261
Tweaking your attitude     262
Flashing less - sleeping more     262
Shedding pounds     263
Keeping your heart healthy     263
Shoring up your bones     264
Doing without diabetes     265
Steering clear of colon cancer     265
Sharpening your memory     265
Living long and prospering     265
Focusing on Fitness Fundamentals     266
Getting started     266
Fitting in fitness     267
Planning your program     267
Scheduling fitness fun time     268
Flexing through stretching     270
Warming up and cooling down     271
Exercises for Women with Osteoporosis     274
Strengthening bones and toning muscle     275
Adding balance to your routine     280
Exercises to Protect Your Heart     281
Working on and working up to heart health     281
Walking for fun and fitness     282
Enjoying a New Lease on Life     285
Going from Menopause to Infinity     286
Working and Playing Well with Others     287
Managing a family     287
You and your partner     288
Caring for aging parents     289
Retiring Gracefully (or Not)     290
Taking care of your body on the job     290
Looking before you leap     291
Finding Your Spirit in Whatever You Do     292
Appreciating the upside     292
Seeing things in a new light     293
Living Happily Ever After     295
The Part of Tens     297
Ten Menopause Myths Exposed     299
You're Too Young to Be Menopausal in Your 30s and 40s     299
Menopause Is a Medical Condition That Must Be Treated with Medicine     300
Menopause Isn't a Disease, So There's No Need to See a Doctor     301
You Lose the Urge to Have Sex after the Change     302
Irregular Vaginal Bleeding Always Means Cancer     303
Humps Accompany Old Age - End of Story     303
Only HRT Can Relieve the Symptoms     304
Women Don't Need to Worry about Heart Attacks     304
Most Women Get Really Depressed During Menopause     305
You'll Break a Bone If You Exercise Too Hard      305
A Blood Test Can Determine Whether You're Going Through Menopause     306
Ten Medical Tests for Menopausal Women     307
Pelvic Exam and Pap Smear     307
Rectal Exam     308
Colonoscopy     308
Bone-Density Screening     309
Mammogram     309
Cholesterol Screening     309
Fasting Blood-Glucose Test     310
Thyroid Screening     310
Ovarian Hormone Screening     310
Stress Test     311
Ten Terrific Fitness Programs for Menopausal Women     313
Core Strength Training     313
Walking     314
Elliptical Training     315
Running     315
Swimming     315
Cycling     316
Yoga     316
T'ai Chi     317
Pilates     317
Water Aerobics     317
Ten Powerhouse Foods for Menopausal Women     319
Soy Joy     319
Nuts to You     320
Catch of the Day     320
I Yam What I Yam     321
The Berry Blues     321
Flax Flying     322
Orange You Glad...     322
Tea for You     323
It's Easy Eating Greens     323
Yo! Yogurt!     323
Appendixes     325
Glossary     327
Resources     335
Fabulous Books about Menopause, Health, Fitness, and Related Issues     335
Wonderful Web Sites for Women     337
American Herbalist Guild     337
Yoga.com     338
Dietary Guidelines for Americans     338
FitDay.com     338
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clearinghouse     338
National Osteoporosis Foundation     339
National Women's Health Information Center     339
North American Menopause Society     339
Third Age     339
WebMD     340
Women and Cardiovascular Disease     340
Women's Cancer Network     340
The Study Sites     340
Women's Health Initiative     341
The Nurses' Health Study     341
Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study     341
The Framingham Heart Study     341
Index     343

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Author: Janet Dixon

The collection of 1300 picture symbols in ISPEEK at Home provides an easy-to-use and enjoyable tool for overcoming communication difficulties in children with autistic spectrum disorders.

The CD-ROM contains symbols for a wide range of situations typically encountered in the home and beyond, from feelings and facial expressions - common problem areas for people with autism - to health and hygiene and holidays. It also provides useful word templates to inspire parents and carers in putting together daily schedules, as well as PDF samples to assist them in setting up visual aids for children with autism, helping them to interact better with their home environment.

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Students Guide to/Hist and Philosophy Yoga

Author: Peter Connolly

The word 'yoga' conjures up in the minds of many Westerners images of people performing exercises and adopting unusual, sometimes contortive, postures. Such exercises and postures do have a place within the practice of yoga, but it is much more than that. Indeed, the early literature on yoga describes and defines it as a form of mental rather than physical discipline. Yoga is also associated with the Indian subcontinent and the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. This book therefore concentrates on the evolution of yoga in the context of Indian culture, though the final chapters also explore some of its links with non-Indian mystical traditions and some of its developments outside of India during the modern period.

The book is aimed at both university students taking courses in Comparative Religion and Philosophy and practitioners of yoga who seek to go beyond the activity and explore its spiritual dimensions. Hence, it presents yoga in the context of its historical evolution in India and seeks to explain the nature of its associations with various metaphysical doctrines. The work also draws upon a number of conceptual schemes designed to facilitate comparative study. Some of these are employed throughout the book so as to link the material from each chapter together within a common framework.

Peter Connolly received his PhD from the University of Lancaster and has taught Indian religion and philosophy on BA and MA courses for over 20 years and has worked with various yoga organisations throughout that time, offering a variety of lectures and short courses. From the late 1960s until the mid 1980s he studied and practised a variety of meditational techniques, ranging from thedevotional style of the Divine Light Mission and the Radha Soami Satsang to Tibetan Lam Rim and the more austere approach of Theravada insight meditation as well as some shamanistic methods. He has also trained in both Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and hypnosis, both of which offer an interesting perspective on the psychology of yoga and offer a range of valuable resources to yoga teachers.

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Prayer, Stress and Our Inner Wounds

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Author: Debra Rienstra

Written during the months before and after the birth of the author's third child, Great with Child is an honest, funny, and passionate portrait of the everyday developments and profound transformations of motherhood. From the first tiny pinprick of a thought in her mind that maybe-just maybe-it was the right time for another baby, through the emotional dramas of pregnancy and birth, and on into the seamless string of sleepless nights that compose her son's first year, Rienstra beautifully depicts the difficulty and dignity of becoming a mother.

Through recounting the details of her own story-the sonograms, the labor pains, nursing in the middle of the night-Rienstra lays bare how motherhood can alter and deepen a woman's views on just about everything else. Allusions to a wide array of sources, including the biblical Psalms, the poetry of Lucille Clifton, Jewish feminist midrash, and a Better Homes and Gardens baby book from 1953, weave through the narrative, illuminating the way that this primal experience colors and informs women's lives. The book is a rare glimpse into the mind and heart of a mother.

Author Biography: Debra Rienstra is a professor of English at Calvin College.

Publishers Weekly

What happens between the moment a pregnancy is planned and the baby's first birthday? Rienstra, a poet who teaches at Calvin College, decided to write about these events in her own life, and, as she does so, her identities as a poet, scholar, Christian and white, middle-class millennial mom shape and inform her story. In the early chapters, for example, Rienstra writes beautifully about "womb hunger," incorporating images from the Bible and contemporary poetry into her reflections. And her membership in a brave new generation of mothers is evident in the way she takes for granted the store-bought pregnancy tests that work less than two weeks after conception. Rienstra admirably cites medical, sociological, historical, theological and literary texts, and in doing so provides valuable context for her experience. The book's greatest strength, however, is that she never strays far from her own narrative. Though she spent more than a year revising her manuscript, each chapter reflects her thoughts and feelings as the events she describes unfolded. As such, her memoir tells the truth in a way that few books about parenthood do. Rather than recounting her story long after it happened and/or interpreting it to support a particular parenting philosophy, she simply records how things felt as they occurred. A new or expectant mother is much more likely to find herself, and thereby solace, in these pages than in how-to books written by those for whom the sleeplessness and tumult of infant care is a distant memory. (Apr.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

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Memory, Trauma Treatment, and the Law

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Table of Contents:

	About the Authors
	Acknowledgments
1	The False Memory Debate	1
2	The Contours of the False Memory Controversy	21
3	The Nature of Memory	66
4	Laboratory Simulation Studies on Memory for Negative Emotional Events	99
5	Personal Memories	116
6	Memory for Events of Impact	140
7	Trauma Memory	154
8	Misinformation Suggestibility	212
9	Interrogatory Suggestion and Coercive Persuasion	252
10	Hypnosis and Memory: Analysis and Critique of Research	286
11	A Critical Evaluation of Research on Emotion and Memory	356
12	The False Logic of the False Memory Controversy and the Irrational Element in Scientific Research on Memory	382
13	Phase-Oriented Trauma Treatment	436
14	Trauma Treatment and the Standard of Care	498
15	Suing Therapists	524
16	Repressed Memory and the Law	578
17	Distinguishing between True and False Memories	613
18	Hypnosis and the Law	635
	Bibliography	675
	Name Index	739
	Subject Index	759

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Havens: Stories of True Community Healing

Author: Leonard A Jason

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Medical Decisions Estrogen and Aging or Set Me Adrift in the Sea of Faith

Medical Decisions, Estrogen and Aging

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Author: Judith Ames David

What do you do when someone you love begins to deteriorate mentally right before your eyes? Do you direct your anger toward God or do you cry out to God for help? Probably you do both. In Set Me Adrift in the Sea of Faith, the reader is a fellow traveler on the journey of a daughter who witnesses her mother's mental decline from the slow but insidious progression of Alzheimer's disease. This real life story shows the emotional and spiritual impact of anyone dealing with any life-changing situation over which they have no control. Most of all, Set Me Adrift in the Sea of Faith will lessen your grief by knowing that someone else truly understands. Judith's personal struggle brought her back to church after a 34 year absence. Most importantly, it taught her to seek the love and guidance of the Lord. What at first seemed to be the most devastating challenge in life resulted in the most precious gift a mother could give a child-her salvation.

Table of Contents:

Foreword     11
The Dance     13
Seeds of Faith     18
Signs of Decline     25
Awakened     30
A Moving Experience     36
The Fragment of a Shell     43
A Time of Loss     48
Tears, Prayers, and Learning to Cope     55
God's Loving Gifts     61
A Place of Refuge and Hope     68
Special Moments     71
Nursing Home Angels     75
A Bit of Humor     80
Lines from the All School Play     85
Wrestling with Guilt     88
Spiritual Growth     95
A Season to Remember     100
Letting Go     104
Saying Goodbye     111
Remembering Margaret     117
A New Beginning     120
Set Me Adrift     125