Author: Virginia Jarboe RN
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449744753
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This is a fictional story based on the true story of an otherwise normal family dealing with the obsessive, driven world of a paranoid schizophrenic young man. The action with this child starts when he is still in diapers and continues into adulthood. He walks the town dressed like a baby wearing a diaper, sucking on a pacifier one day, then the next becomes truly paranoid tying to contact aliens with a home radio rigged to a trash can and a fishing pole on the rooftop of his family home. Neighbors glare at the family as they manage their way through his escapades. The imagination of this man takes him into a world where there is a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow, and lucky things happen to people who love green. This wild family trip through life leaves most wondering how they ever survived. The parents and siblings are tormented, terrified and embarrassed on a regular basis, but somehow learn to cope in the end with the humor in telling their life tales.
Luck O' the Irish!
Author: Virginia Jarboe RN
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449744753
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This is a fictional story based on the true story of an otherwise normal family dealing with the obsessive, driven world of a paranoid schizophrenic young man. The action with this child starts when he is still in diapers and continues into adulthood. He walks the town dressed like a baby wearing a diaper, sucking on a pacifier one day, then the next becomes truly paranoid tying to contact aliens with a home radio rigged to a trash can and a fishing pole on the rooftop of his family home. Neighbors glare at the family as they manage their way through his escapades. The imagination of this man takes him into a world where there is a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow, and lucky things happen to people who love green. This wild family trip through life leaves most wondering how they ever survived. The parents and siblings are tormented, terrified and embarrassed on a regular basis, but somehow learn to cope in the end with the humor in telling their life tales.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449744753
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This is a fictional story based on the true story of an otherwise normal family dealing with the obsessive, driven world of a paranoid schizophrenic young man. The action with this child starts when he is still in diapers and continues into adulthood. He walks the town dressed like a baby wearing a diaper, sucking on a pacifier one day, then the next becomes truly paranoid tying to contact aliens with a home radio rigged to a trash can and a fishing pole on the rooftop of his family home. Neighbors glare at the family as they manage their way through his escapades. The imagination of this man takes him into a world where there is a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow, and lucky things happen to people who love green. This wild family trip through life leaves most wondering how they ever survived. The parents and siblings are tormented, terrified and embarrassed on a regular basis, but somehow learn to cope in the end with the humor in telling their life tales.
Irish Luck, Chinese Medicine
Author: Molly Mahoney Matthews
Publisher: Mulberry Chronicles
ISBN: 9780991614356
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Irish Luck Chinese Medicine is about improbable allies set against the backdrop of the 19th-century Catholic church it tells the story of forbidden love, persistence and friendship that makes the improbable possible.
Publisher: Mulberry Chronicles
ISBN: 9780991614356
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Irish Luck Chinese Medicine is about improbable allies set against the backdrop of the 19th-century Catholic church it tells the story of forbidden love, persistence and friendship that makes the improbable possible.
Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Reader
Author: Geraldine Lee Treweek
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429603843
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an emerging and increasingly popular group of treatments, therapies and philosophies of health and wellbeing. It is a fascinating and fast-changing area of social life, which also poses an interesting challenge to current healthcare delivery and policy making. This reader presents a lively and engaging collection of classic, controversial and new readings on CAM and covers issues including: changes in the way CAM is developing and being delivered holism and what this concept means to CAM practice changes in consumption and the health consumer that have lead to increased interest in CAM the safety and effectiveness of CAM treatments how integration is being achieved in contemporary society. The text provides insight into many of the current and complex issues surrounding CAM, and will appeal to everyone who is concerned with, or who has an interest in, complementary and alternative healthcare. The book will be essential reading for students of CAM, health studies, nursing, medicine and allied health subjects, as well as medical sociology and modern health policy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429603843
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an emerging and increasingly popular group of treatments, therapies and philosophies of health and wellbeing. It is a fascinating and fast-changing area of social life, which also poses an interesting challenge to current healthcare delivery and policy making. This reader presents a lively and engaging collection of classic, controversial and new readings on CAM and covers issues including: changes in the way CAM is developing and being delivered holism and what this concept means to CAM practice changes in consumption and the health consumer that have lead to increased interest in CAM the safety and effectiveness of CAM treatments how integration is being achieved in contemporary society. The text provides insight into many of the current and complex issues surrounding CAM, and will appeal to everyone who is concerned with, or who has an interest in, complementary and alternative healthcare. The book will be essential reading for students of CAM, health studies, nursing, medicine and allied health subjects, as well as medical sociology and modern health policy.
Human Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466616024
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 1548
Book Description
Human resources management is essential for any workplace environment and is deemed most effective when a strategic focus is in place to ensure that people can facilitate that achievement of organizational goals. But, effective human resource management also contains an element of risk management for an organization which, as a minimum, ensures legislative compliance. Human Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications compiles the most sought after case studies, architectures, frameworks, methodologies, and research related to human resources management. Including over 100 chapters from professional, this three-volume collection presents an in-depth analysis on the fundamental aspects, tools and technologies, methods and design, applications, managerial impact, social/behavioral perspectives, critical issues, and emerging trends in the field, touching on effective and ineffective management practices when it comes to human resources. This multi-volume work is vital and highly accessible across the hybrid domain of business and management, essential for any library collection.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466616024
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 1548
Book Description
Human resources management is essential for any workplace environment and is deemed most effective when a strategic focus is in place to ensure that people can facilitate that achievement of organizational goals. But, effective human resource management also contains an element of risk management for an organization which, as a minimum, ensures legislative compliance. Human Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications compiles the most sought after case studies, architectures, frameworks, methodologies, and research related to human resources management. Including over 100 chapters from professional, this three-volume collection presents an in-depth analysis on the fundamental aspects, tools and technologies, methods and design, applications, managerial impact, social/behavioral perspectives, critical issues, and emerging trends in the field, touching on effective and ineffective management practices when it comes to human resources. This multi-volume work is vital and highly accessible across the hybrid domain of business and management, essential for any library collection.
Human Resources in Healthcare, Health Informatics and Healthcare Systems
Author: Kabene, St‚fane M.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1615208860
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
While many countries enjoy the benefits of modern healthcare systems and social and economic policies that improve life expectancy, many countries still have high maternal and infant mortality rates, struggle with infectious diseases, and face critical human resource shortages in healthcare. Human Resources in Healthcare, Health Informatics and Healthcare Systems addresses two major problems that threaten the health of the human race. The first of which is the lack of human resources in healthcare. We need to ensure that we have an adequate number of healthcare professionals who are highly motivated and properly trained. Furthermore, we need to ensure that they have the latest health technology at their disposal, which is the second major issue facing the world today. The world s most respected scholars and practitioners describe their experiences and propose possible theoretical and practical solutions in this relevant and timely handbook.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1615208860
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
While many countries enjoy the benefits of modern healthcare systems and social and economic policies that improve life expectancy, many countries still have high maternal and infant mortality rates, struggle with infectious diseases, and face critical human resource shortages in healthcare. Human Resources in Healthcare, Health Informatics and Healthcare Systems addresses two major problems that threaten the health of the human race. The first of which is the lack of human resources in healthcare. We need to ensure that we have an adequate number of healthcare professionals who are highly motivated and properly trained. Furthermore, we need to ensure that they have the latest health technology at their disposal, which is the second major issue facing the world today. The world s most respected scholars and practitioners describe their experiences and propose possible theoretical and practical solutions in this relevant and timely handbook.
Culture, Health and Illness, Fifth edition
Author: Cecil Helman
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1444113631
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Culture, Health and Illness is the leading international textbook on the role of cultural and social factors in health, illness, and medical care. Since first published in 1984, it has been used in over 40 countries within universities, medical schools and nursing colleges. This new edition meets the ever-growing need for a clear starting point in
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1444113631
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Culture, Health and Illness is the leading international textbook on the role of cultural and social factors in health, illness, and medical care. Since first published in 1984, it has been used in over 40 countries within universities, medical schools and nursing colleges. This new edition meets the ever-growing need for a clear starting point in
They Believed That?
Author: William E. Burns
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 144087848X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
This encyclopedia is the perfect guide to the weird, magical, superstitious, and supernatural beliefs of people from all over the world. This book is devoted to those human beliefs that fall in the "gray zone" between science, religion, and everyday life-call them superstitious, supernatural, magical, or just wrong. In an often incomprehensible world where lightning or plague could end life quickly or drought could condemn a poor family to agonizing death, superstitious beliefs gave people a feeling of understanding or even control. They have continued to shape societies and cultures ever since. This book covers a range of superstitious, supernatural, and otherwise unusual beliefs from the ancient world to the early 19th century. More than 100 entries explain beliefs, discuss historical evidence, and explain how each belief differs across cultures. This book is a perfect gateway for anyone curious about superstitious and magical beliefs, with topics ranging from the everyday, such as dogs and iron, to legendary figures, such as Hermes Trismegistus and the Yellow Emperor.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 144087848X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
This encyclopedia is the perfect guide to the weird, magical, superstitious, and supernatural beliefs of people from all over the world. This book is devoted to those human beliefs that fall in the "gray zone" between science, religion, and everyday life-call them superstitious, supernatural, magical, or just wrong. In an often incomprehensible world where lightning or plague could end life quickly or drought could condemn a poor family to agonizing death, superstitious beliefs gave people a feeling of understanding or even control. They have continued to shape societies and cultures ever since. This book covers a range of superstitious, supernatural, and otherwise unusual beliefs from the ancient world to the early 19th century. More than 100 entries explain beliefs, discuss historical evidence, and explain how each belief differs across cultures. This book is a perfect gateway for anyone curious about superstitious and magical beliefs, with topics ranging from the everyday, such as dogs and iron, to legendary figures, such as Hermes Trismegistus and the Yellow Emperor.
The Open Court
Author: Paul Carus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Dictionary of Plant Lore
Author: D.C. Watts
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080546021
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providing rich detail of the transmission of words through the ages.Conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this fully revised edition of Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. Wild and cultivated plants alike are identified by the botanical name. Further detail provides a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage.* Includes color images * Inclusive of all Latin terms with vernacular derivatives * The most comprehensive guide for plant scientists, linguists, botanists, and historians
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080546021
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providing rich detail of the transmission of words through the ages.Conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this fully revised edition of Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. Wild and cultivated plants alike are identified by the botanical name. Further detail provides a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage.* Includes color images * Inclusive of all Latin terms with vernacular derivatives * The most comprehensive guide for plant scientists, linguists, botanists, and historians
Transcultural Medicine
Author: B. Qureshi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401163642
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
WHY WE MUST PRACTISE TRANSCULTURAL MEDICINE Health professionals and GPs should concern themselves with ethnicity, religion and culture as much as with the age, sex and social class of their patients. Transcultural medicine is the knowledge of medical and communication encounters between a doctor or health worker of one ethnic group and a patient of another. It embraces the physical, psychological and social aspects of care as well as the scientific aspects of culture, religion and ethnicity without getting involved in the politics of segregation or integration. English general practitioners and health professionals tend to regard everyone as English, and to assume that all patients have similar needs. Would that it were as simple as that! For economic reasons - based on supply and demand - the mass migration of working populations from the new Commonwealth countries, along with their dependent relatives (including their parents) to Britain took place during one decade - the 1960s. Broadly speaking, the workers were in their thirties and forties, and their dependent parents were in their fifties and sixties. All these will, of course, be 30 years older in the 1990s.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401163642
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
WHY WE MUST PRACTISE TRANSCULTURAL MEDICINE Health professionals and GPs should concern themselves with ethnicity, religion and culture as much as with the age, sex and social class of their patients. Transcultural medicine is the knowledge of medical and communication encounters between a doctor or health worker of one ethnic group and a patient of another. It embraces the physical, psychological and social aspects of care as well as the scientific aspects of culture, religion and ethnicity without getting involved in the politics of segregation or integration. English general practitioners and health professionals tend to regard everyone as English, and to assume that all patients have similar needs. Would that it were as simple as that! For economic reasons - based on supply and demand - the mass migration of working populations from the new Commonwealth countries, along with their dependent relatives (including their parents) to Britain took place during one decade - the 1960s. Broadly speaking, the workers were in their thirties and forties, and their dependent parents were in their fifties and sixties. All these will, of course, be 30 years older in the 1990s.