Nursing Home Care category: 238 books
by Loretta Graziano Breuning
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
You care about the greater good, but you want to define it for yourself. What if you disagree with the politically correct view?
You fear ridicule, shunning and attack, so you tell yourself it’s not worth it and find a way to conform. Until one day you can’t.
I was politically correct...
Health Visiting
A Rediscovery
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
This timely and relevant new edition of an established and well-regarded text is essential reading for those training to become health visitors and those who are practitioners working with and in the community. Health Visiting: A Rediscovery has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the many...
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting
Finding Meaning and Hope in the Face of Suffering
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2016
Meaning-Centered-Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting provides a theoretical context for Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP), a non-pharmalogic intervention which has been shown to enhance meaning and spiritual well-being, increase hope, improve quality of life, and significantly decrease depression,...
The Real Cost of Living
Making the Best Choices for You, Your Life, and Your Money
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
Every decision, from buying a home to grabbing a daily latte, has costs and benefits-personal as well as financial. The Real Cost of Living helps you make better decisions, both big and small- decisions that involve money, but aren't all about money. Well-known personal finance expert Carmen Wong...
Wireless Technologies for Ambient Assisted Living and Healthcare
Systems and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Improving the quality of life for the disabled and elderly is a pressing issue for today’s European societies, as Europe, and industrialized countries worldwide, are confronted with a demographic shift. Researchers are looking toward Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) as the solution to this problem. Wireless...
by Tony Vakirtzis
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Women can be a very passionate affair, but to reverse a failing or mediocre mating life you need to set passion aside and approach the problem rationally. This is what this book is about, the rational path to sexual abundance.
The average man in the United States will have sex with around five...
Cognitive Gadgets
The Cultural Evolution of Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
How did human minds become so different from those of other animals? What accounts for our capacity to understand the way the physical world works, to think ourselves into the minds of others, to gossip, read, tell stories about the past, and imagine the future? These questions are not new: they have...
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2003
**A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now.
"Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time**
Now updated with a new afterword
One of the world's...
The Moral Animal
Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animal one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind everything from our sexual preferences to our office...
Our Inner Ape
A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Visit the author's Web site at www.ourinnerape.com
It’s no secret that humans and apes share a host of traits, from the tribal communities we form to our irrepressible curiosity. We have a common ancestor, scientists tell us, so it’s natural that we act alike. But not all of these parallels...
Why Buddhism is True
The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
From one of America’s most brilliant writers, a New York Times bestselling journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.
At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer—and the...
The Ten Types of Human
A New Understanding of Who We Are, and Who We Can Be
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
‘This book is the one. Think Sapiens and triple it.’ – Julia Hobsbawm, author of Fully Connected
We all have ten types of human in our head.
They’re the people we become when we face life’s most difficult decisions. We want to believe there are things we would always do –...
by Mary Louise Fleming, PhD, MA
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
This text introduces students to the core concepts and principles of public health: the nature and scope of public health; its history; an introduction to health determinants and epidemiology; evidence-based practice in public health and understanding public health data plus more.
by Ryan James
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
Analyzing people will give you a distinct advantage in personal, social, and professional situations. Although most of us analyze each other on a subconscious level, there aren’t many who take control of this ability and perfect it, so doing so will give you benefits that others are missing out...