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Cultural Ecstasies
Drugs, Gender and the Social Imaginary
- By Ilana Mountian.
Published April 2012
In this important contribution to the field, Ilana Mountian critically analyses discourses surrounding drug addiction, treatment and prevention, and highlights new ways of understanding the role that gender plays in the ethics of drug use across cultures.
The book analyses the discourses of…
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Sport and Exercise Psychology
A Critical Introduction
- By Aidan Moran.
Published February 2012
Although sport is played with the body, it is won in the mind. Inspired by this idea, the second edition of this popular textbook provides a comprehensive critical introduction to sport and exercise psychology – a discipline that is concerned with the theory and practice of helping athletes to…
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Handbook of Health Psychology
Second Edition
- Edited by Andrew Baum, Tracey A. Revenson and Jerome Singer.
Published December 2011
Considered the most comprehensive handbook in the field, this rich resource reviews the biological, psychological, and social factors that affect health, health behavior, and illness. Many chapters review the latest theories and research while others illustrate how research is translated into…
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Teaching and Learning in Medical and Surgical Education
Lessons Learned for the 21st Century
- Edited by Linda H. Distlehorst, Gary L. Dunnington and J. Roland Folse.
Published December 2011
The idea for this book was originally conceived by Terrill Mast in conversations with Roland Folse. Dr. Mast was dedicated to the belief that all medical teachers should be generalists with skills and knowledge in all aspects of the field. Before his untimely death, he recruited most of the…
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Persuasive Communication and Drug Abuse Prevention
- Edited by Lewis Donohew, Howard E. Sypher and William J. Bukoski.
Published December 2011
The history of drug abuse prevention campaigns suggests limitations in producing measurable changes in behavior. In the past, there was concern over the possibility of such publicity actually encouraging interest in drug use, rather than discouraging such behavior. Although little or no…
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Negotiating the Crisis
Drgs and the Transformation of Hospitals
- By Patricia Geist, and Monica Hardesty.
Published December 2011
In 1984 Congress revamped Medicare to save a financially distraught health care system, thus transforming the hospital as an organization. Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) -- the cornerstone of this extensive reorganization -- have triggered repercussions that are still adversely affecting health…
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Communication Campaigns About Drugs
Government, Media, and the Public
- Edited by Pamela J. Shoemaker.
Published December 2011
An Introduction to Psychological Care in Nursing and the Health Professions
- By Helena Priest.
Published August 2011
Caring is at the core of what nurses and other health professionals do. But caring encompasses more than simply looking after people’s physical health needs. People requiring any health service will have psychological needs that affect their feelings, thoughts, and behaviour. Good psychological…
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The Social Cure
Identity, Health and Well-Being
- Edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and S. Alexander Haslam.
Published July 2011
A growing body of research shows that social networks and identities have a profound impact on mental and physical health. With such mounting evidence of the importance of social relationships in protecting health, the challenge we face is explaining why this should be the case. What is it that…
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Young People, Border Spaces and Revolutionary Imaginations
- Edited by Stuart Aitken, Fernando Bosco, Thomas Herman and Kate Swanson.
Published May 2011
Drawing from discussions that pulled together child researchers working near the borders of Mexico, the United States and Canada, this book explores how material and metaphoric borders give way to young people's experimentations with cultural, social and political change. The contributors…
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