Compassion in Dying or Tao of Bioenergetics

Compassion in Dying: Stories of Choice and Dignity

Author: Barbara Coombs Le

Whether people have a right to control their own death has become a topic of increasing interest to everyone involved – governments that try to impose their will on individuals, advocates on both sides of the question, and those most directly affected, the terminally ill. This book, inspired by the Compassion in Dying Federation, looks at the issue personally, from the standpoint of the dying and those directly involved in the process. Editor Barbara Coombs Lee highlights stories of individuals and their graceful release into death that can happen when people are given a choice. But there are also powerful accounts by family members, friends, and religious advisers who respected and supported that choice – including those who opted for physician-assisted death. This publication coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Compassion in Dying Federation.

Library Journal

Coombs Lee, editor of this collection of stories about choosing to die, spearheads the nonprofit organization Compassion in Dying, which offers legal and political advocacy, education, and services to support end-of-life decisions and care. She presents the cases of terminally ill patients "seek[ing] death on their own terms" under Oregon's Death with Dignity Law, allowing them, their family and friends, Compassion volunteers, and clergy to tell the stories in their own words. The patients' personal experiences fall against the backdrop of the Death with Dignity Law's origins, challenges, and opposition by right-to-life activists and U.S. Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft. These stories ultimately make us aware of the care terminally ill patients receive and argue for the right to die peacefully in the presence of loved ones rather than commit a violent suicide or allow family, pharmacists, and physicians to face prosecution. Those looking to learn about both sides of this issue should also consult Susan M. Behuniak and Arthur G. Swenson's Physician-Assisted Suicide. This well-written and -presented collection is recommended for academic libraries serving health, law, and sociology programs.-Heather O'Brien, Vaughan Memorial Lib., Acadia Univ., N.S. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Book about: Gluten Free Diet or Radiculopathy a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Tao of Bioenergetics: East-West

Author: George A Katchmer

Synthesizes the energy paradigms of Taoism and psychoanalysts Jung, Reich, and Lowen.

SalonOvations Guide to Aromatherapy or Salons and Computers

SalonOvations' Guide to Aromatherapy

Author: Shelley M Hess

Here's the first and only book on aromatherapy solely devoted to the beauty industry. Designed for all skill levels, it offers a full spectrum of non-product specific recipes, definitions, and tried-and-true techniques in the hair, skin, and nail products commonly used by cosmetologists and helps you determine which mixtures of various elements are the most effective for certain kinds of therapies.

Book review: The Servant Leader or The McGraw Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business

Salons and Computers: A Starters Guide for Success

Author: Henry J Gambino

This new book will teach you how to research, select, install, and operate a salon-based computer system. An easy-to-follow guide, Salons and Computers walks you step-by-step through the basics of computer operation, as well as systems management, to the use of more advanced information, such as installing Local Area Networks. No prior experience with computers is necessary. Just some of what you will learn includes: -How to assess your computer and software needs -Which computer is right for your business -Benefits - and shortcomings - of software programs designed for salon use -How to use your computer to enhance customer service -How to overcome anxiety and master your system

Table of Contents:

An Overview of Salon Computing. Using the Computer in the Salon. The Computer. Computer Hardware and Accessories. Computer Software. Purchasing a Computer System. Computer Operations. Computer Communications. Glossary. Specialized Computer System Sources. Selected Reading.

Calm Healing or Negotiate Your Way to Riches

Calm Healing: Methods for a New Era of Medicine

Author: Robert Bruce Newman

This compact dic is the audio companion to the book Calm Healing. The Calm Healing method brings together modern science and ancient wisdom, representing the next step in the paradigm shift toward complementary and alternative medicine. Combining meditation, breathing, and healing practices, it offers non-invasive, drug-free techniques for treating anxiety and stress disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, cancer, heart problems, Alzheimer's, and other conditions, as well as for childbirth and near-death care.

Table of Contents:

Foreword   Richard Grossinger     ix
Introduction     xxiii
Meditation and Mind-Body Medicine
Mind-Body Medicine Comes of Age     3
Meditation Methods Across Cultures     25
Meditation Research in the United States     45
A New Model for Healing
States of Consciousness-Emerging Understandings     83
A New Model of the Body for a New Era of Medicine     103
A New Model of the Healing Process     143
Healing Methods
Cardio-Awareness Healing Systems     165
Progressive Neuromuscular Release     173
Awareness-Based Energy Breathing     193
Transformative Compassionate Breathing     207
Applications Around Childbirth     219
Healing the Present by Healing the Past     253
The Healing Practice of Humor     277
Health Care Methods for the Semi-Comatose and Comatose, and for Near-Death Care     289
New Possibilities
Transforming Our Paradigm of Illness     311
Healing the Person, Healing the Planet     317
The Genius of Self-Care     329
The Light Nature of the Energy Body According to Vajrayana Buddhism     335
Concise Bibliography of Vajrayana Literature in English     340
Glossary     342
Index     350
Acknowledgments     361
About the Authors     364

Interesting book: The Origin of Financial Crises or Dictionary of Real Estate Terms

Negotiate Your Way to Riches: How to Convince Others to Give You What You Want

Author: Peter Wink

You can stop paying full price for just about anything. This book not only covers business negotiations, it also teaches you how to get deals on everyday personal purchases. You can apply the techniques it reveals to anything from buying cars and houses, to getting deals at restaurants or hair salons. Unlike those other books, Peter includes numerous real-life examples of how he has personally conducted such deals.

You'll learn:

• How to develop the negotiator's mindset!
• 36 specialized negotiation tactics used by the world's leading negotiators.
• Eight common causes of conflict during negotiations and how to avoid them from the start.
• A seating arrangement that automatically gives you an advantage during negotiations.
• How to use different types of discounts to your financial advantage!
• The best and worst times to ask for a raise or promotion.

Complete Doctors Healthy Back Bible or Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders SourceBook

Complete Doctor's Healthy Back Bible: A Practical Manual for Treating Back Pain

Author: Stephen C Reed

A practical manual for treating back pain.

Nearly 80% of all adults experience low back pain during their lifetime. This painful condition, until recently, has been poorly understood and inadequately managed. Current research, however, has identified pathways and causes for low back pain. Imaging and other diagnostic tests have improved treatment and there have been tremendous advances in minimally invasive interventions and surgery.

The Complete Doctor's Healthy Back Bible summarizes current information on low back pain, both acute and chronic. It also explains the diagnostic tests now available and most importantly, when they are actually useful. Full coverage of traditional and complementary therapies, with supporting research, is included. Special sections on chronic pain and surgical intervention are covered in an easy-to-understand format.

The Complete Doctor's Healthy Back Bible offers insight into this condition and suggests diagnosis and appropriate intervention with the many treatment options available.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Quick Reference Guide to Back Pain Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Prevention

Back Anatomy and Pain Pathology Illustrations


BACK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Should I See a Doctor?


• Naming Your Pain


• Guidelines for Seeking Medical Care



Who Treats Back Pain?


• Emergency Care


• Family Doctor


• Naturopathic Doctor


• Orthopedic Surgeon


• Rheumatologist


• Physiotherapist


• Occupational Therapist


• Chiropractor


• Osteopath


• Massage Therapist


• Acupuncturist


• Chronic Pain Specialist



How Is Back Pain Diagnosed?


• Benefits of Diagnosis


• History


• Examination


• Classifications of Symptoms


• Diagnostic Tests



What Causes Back Pain?


• Spine Anatomy


• Spinal Cord and Nerves


• Pain Sensation and Control


• Specific Origins of Back Pain

BACK PAIN TREATMENT STRATEGIES

Physical Treatments for Back Care


• Non-Invasive Treatments


• Hands-On Physical Treatments



Exercise Treatments for Back Care


• Exercise Basics


• Stretching


• Strengthening


• Cardiovascular Exercise


• Specific Back Exercises


• Cardiovascular Fitness Exercises


• Sexual Intercourse



Weight Management for Back Care


• Ideal Weight


• Diet Trends


• NaturopathicDiet



Natural Supplements for Back Care


• Selecting and Combining Supplements


• Minerals


• Supplements


• Herbs


• Vitamins


• Essential Fatty Acids


• Additional Supplements for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression



Medications for Back Care


• Painkillers (Analgesics)


• Muscle Relaxants


• Anti-Depressant Medication


• Medicinal Treatment of Inflammatory Arthritis



Injection Therapy


• Epidural Steroid Injections


• Facet Joint Injections


• Medial Branch Neurotomy


• Botulinum Toxin (Botox) Injections


• Sacroiliac Joint Injections


• Chemonucleosis (Chymopapain Injections) for Disc Herniation


• Intradiscal Electrothermal Coagulation (IDETTM)



Spinal Surgery


• Back Surgery Basics


• Surgical Techniques



Chronic Pain Management


• What is Pain?


• Pain-Tension-Anxiety (PTA) Cycle


• Multi-Disciplinary Treatment


• Self-Help

PRACTICAL TREATMENT MANUAL

Sudden Onset Back Pain


• Lumbar Strain


• Disc Herniation and Sciatica


• Fractures


• Osteoporosis



Recurring Back Pain


• Symptoms


• Treating the Individual Episode


• Preventing Recurrence



Persistent (Chronic) Back Pain


• Degenerative Disc Disease


• Osteoarthritis (Degenerative Joint Disease)


• Spinal Stenosis


• Instability from Arthritis (Degenerative Spondylolisthesis)


• Rheumatoid Arthritis


• Ankylosing Spondylitis


• Psoriatic Arthritis


• Psoriatic Arthropathy


• Other Types of Lumbar Spine Instability

Glossary

Selected References

Index

Books about: Basic Weight Training for Men and Women or Livin Large

Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders Sourcebook

Author: Sandra J Judd

Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders Sourcebook, Second Edition provides readers with updated health information about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and disorders affecting the esophagus, stomach, intestines, appendix, gall bladder, liver, and pancreas. It also describes how the gastrointestinal tract can be affected by food intolerances, infectious diseases, and various cancers. The structure and function of the digestive system, common diagnostic methods, medical treatments, surgical procedures, and current research initiatives are described. The book concludes with a glossary of related terms and directory of resources for further help and information.

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Reviewer: Willem JS de Villiers, MD, PhD(University of Kentucky College of Medicine)
Description: This 2nd edition of the Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders Sourcebook provides basic consumers with updated information about the disorders related to the digestive system and hepatology. In addition, it provides information about commonly used diagnostic and surgical procedures, statistics, a glossary and resources for additional help and information.
Purpose: This text is part of the Health Reference Series that aims to provide basic medical information for patients, families, caregivers and the general public. It contains comprehensive coverage of GI diseases and guidance on prevention, disease warning signs, medical statistics and risk factors. Numerous topics are reprinted from reliable sources such as the National Institutes of Health.
Audience: The different chapters were compiled by credible authorities. The text is designed for the general reader seeking information on prevention, disease warning signs, diagnostic and therapeutic questions.
Features: The volume deals comprehensively with the digestive area and contains material found in publications issued by the National Institutes of Health and other agencies and associations. It is an excellent resource for the general reader to conveniently locate credible, coordinated and indexed information. Different parts include an introduction to the digestive system, diagnostic and surgical procedures, upper and lower GI tract disorders, disorders of the liver and pancreas, cancers of the GI tract, food intolerance and infectious GI disorders and lastly a section onadditional help and information.
Assessment: This is an outstanding resource of solid, peer-reviewed information for the general reader on a comprehensive range of GI topics. The sourcebook will prove very helpful for patients, caregivers and should be available in every physician waiting room.

Womans Guide to Making Therapy Work or The American Medical Association Essential Guide to Hypertension

Woman's Guide to Making Therapy Work

Author: Joan Shapiro

For women who know they should be happier, but don't know how to get there from here, A Woman's Guide to Making Therapy Work is a road map. Full of real case studies, this book shows what therapy is about and how it can make positive changes in a woman's life. The authors reveal the difference between "good pain," which helps in healing, and "bad pain," which perpetuates destructive fantasies and wastes emotional resources. They explain why understanding one's past will make a positive difference in the present. In conclusion, the book presents a groundbreaking technique: a chart on which readers can plot exactly what is making them feel bad and what they can do to move on to feeling better. The chart makes it possible to look concretely at (1) fantasies, (2) the high cost of these fantasies, (3) what the fantasies are covering up, and (4) the wonderful reward of finally saying goodbye to them. Women who plan to use therapy, and those who find themselves stuck in therapy that doesn't move them forward, will profit greatly from this book. It won't be easy - A Woman's Guide to Making Therapy Work will make readers work - but as the authors remind us, working hard at problem solving is the only route to change and is definitely worth the effort.

See also: The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens or NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training

The American Medical Association Essential Guide to Hypertension

Author: American Medical Association

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects about one in four Americans -- but this potentially life-threatening condition can exist virtually without symptoms.

Now, the latest medical advances that can help prevent the damaging effects of hypertension are compiled in a convenient reference under the authority of the American Medical Association. Here is clear, concise information that can help you to:

• Understand all aspects of hypertension: what it is, who is at risk, how it affects the body, and how it is diagnosed

• Learn about your cardiovascular system -- and how your body controls blood pressure

• Discover the treatable causes of hypertension -- from certain physical disorders and illnesses to side effects of common medications

• Safely monitor your blood pressure, with tips for more accurate readings

• Take control of your health with current lifestyle recommendations and nutritional guidelines

• Work with your doctor to maintain a drug therapy program, and select the best treatment options

• Recognize and deal with hypertensive emergencies.

Also included is information about hypertension among pregnant women, African-Americans, children, seniors, and people with diabetes; answers to commonly asked questions; a glossary of related terms; and a directory of addresses and Web sites for up-to-the-minute medical news. You'll find everything you need to help manage your blood pressure in the American Medical Association Essential Guide to Hypertension.

Table of Contents:

FOREWORD INTRODUCTION

1 - HOW YOUR BODY CONTROLS BLOOD PRESSURE A Cardiovascular Primer

Blood Pressure Control

What Is High Blood Pressure?

2 - UNDERSTANDING HYPERTENSION Hypertension in the US

Who Is at Risk for Hypertension?

Essential Hypertension

Treatable Causes of Hypertension

3 - HOW HYPERTENSION HURTS YOUR BODY Heart

Arteries Kidneys Brain Eyes

4 - DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING BLOOD PRESSURE How Blood Pressure Is Measured

Tips to Help Ensure Accurate Blood Pressure Readings

Classification of Hypertension

Evaluating a Person With Hypertension

5 - TREATMENT PLANNING

Working With Your Doctor Available Options

Complementary Therapies

6 - STEPS YOU CAN TAKE Lose Weight

Become More Active Modify Your Diet Limit Alcohol Use

Stop Smoking

Reduce Stress in Your Life

7 - MEDICATION FOR HYPERTENSION Starting Your Medication

Changes in Medication Overview of Blood Pressure Medications

8 - CHOICES FOR INITIAL DRUG THERAPY Diuretics

Beta Blockers

Calcium Channel Blockers

9 - OTHER DRUG OPTIONS Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors

Combination Drugs

Alpha Blockers

Angiotensin Blockers

10 - SUPPLEMENTAL DRUGS Centrally Acting Drugs

Peripherally Acting Drugs

Direct Vasodilators

11 - EMERGENCY SITUATIONS What Is a Hypertensive Emergency?

Evaluating a Hypertensive Crisis

Treating a Hypertensive Emergency

12 - HYPERTENSION DURING PREGNANCY Preexisting Hypertension

Changes in Blood Pressure During Pregnancy

Other Blood Pressure Concerns for Women

13 - HYPERTENSION IN SPECIAL GROUPS African Americans

Older Adults Children

14 - HYPERTENSION AND OTHER DISEASES Diabetes

InsulinResistance Syndrome

Vascular Disease

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Kidney Failure

Respiratory Disease

15 - HYPERTENSION RESEARCH What Is a Clinical Trial?

Questions Asked in Hypertension Studies Should You join a Clinical Trial?

Current Hypertension Studies When You Hear About Medical Studies in the News...

16 - COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT HYPERTENSION RESOURCES GLOSSARY INDEX

Aboutcom Guide to Getting in Shape or Healthy Baby Toxic World

About.com Guide to Getting in Shape: Simple and Fun Exercises to Help You Look and Feel Your Best

Author: Paige Waehner

Don't go it alone! Paige Waehner, the About.com Guide to Exercise, not only shows you how to get in shape, but also how to stay that way. Packed with easy-to-follow workouts, The About.com Guide to Getting in Shape combines cardio, mind/body exercises, and strength training with the emotional preparation you'll need. From setting realistic goals to overcoming plateaus, this book helps you reach your fitness goals. And for every run, curl, and downward-facing dog, Paige will be by your side.

Featuring balanced step-by-step illustrated workouts that include: Cardio workouts for beginners and beyond. Resistance strength-training programs for quickly toned abs, arms, and core. Flexibility and mind/body exercises through yoga and Pilates. The About.com Guide to Getting in Shape is all you need to shape up in no time!

Read also Mentoring 101 or Understanding Business

Healthy Baby, Toxic World

Author: Melody Milam Potter

This indispensable guide shows new and expectant parents ways to protect their children from toxics in the environment -- from making sure breast milk is toxin-free to choosing the right baby products. With lists that correlate chemical products with specific childhood health problems, this book contains information that no parent can afford to ignore.

Booknews

A psychologist-writer couple balance concerns about exposure to environmental toxins with advice and resources for fostering healthy babies. A 31-page chart summarizes the developmental effects of common chemicals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Guinea Pig Zero or Walking for Fitness

Guinea Pig Zero: An Anthology of the Journal for Human Research Subjects

Author: Robert Helms

From first person accounts of pharmaceutical studies gone bad to intricate medical histories, Guinea Pig Zero provides a fascinating look at the people who sell their bodies to science. While the book provides advice to present-day research subjects (by rating research clinics), the book also provides context by investigating the history and ethics behind this important, but little-known medical industry.

Publishers Weekly

In 1996, freelance lab rat and activist Robert Helms, under the nom de plume Guinea Pig Zero, began to publish a zine with the same name; in Guinea Pig Zero: An Anthology of the Journal for Human Research Subjects, he gathers together a few dozen contributions (many of which he penned) exploring "this dark little corner of modern science from the subject's own viewpoint." From Donno's tale of going bonkers in a sleep-deprivation study, to Beth Lavoie's discussion of the various poisons to which soldiers in the Gulf War were exposed, to Helms's history of a 1935 test subject strike, these are strange and frightening stories that may make our trust in the medical establishment seem na ve. (July) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Jeff Kelly
I guess it should come as no surprise that the job market in present day America has devolved to the point where people sell their bodies to science for a living. After all, people have whored themselves out to bosses throughout time eternal. Disturbing as this may be, Guinea Pig Zero is a great documentation of the present state of affairs, not only giving insight into a little known work world but also making the past come alive with well researched historical information. How far will science go? Guinea Pig Zero tells us a lot further then we'd care to think about.

New interesting textbook: Intelligent Investor or First Break All The Rules

Walking for Fitness: The Beginner's Handbook

Author: Marnie Caron

Walking is the most popular physical activity in North America, and for good reason: it can be done by people of all ages and all levels of physical ability, the risk of injury is low, and it doesn’t require a carload of expensive equipment. Best of all, brisk walking for just 30 minutes four times a week reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and other health problems. This comprehensive guide helps readers make the most of their walking. It offers two step-by-step programs developed by fitness professionals; advice on shoes, clothing, nutrition, and routes; tips on staying motivated and avoiding injury; stories from real-life walkers; and ways to include friends and family. Whether the goal is to return to activity, reduce the risk of illness and injury, or to minimize one’s impact on the environment, this encouraging book helps readers put their best foot forward.

Healing Cuisine of China or Finding Your Way to Say Goodbye

Healing Cuisine of China: 300 Recipes for Vibrant Health & Longevity

Author: Zhuo Zhao

A comprehensive guide to the Chinese art of healing with food 

• Provides more than 300 authentic Chinese recipes for curing specific ailments and for promoting happiness and vitality 

• Explains the theories behind traditional Chinese beliefs about health and diet and reconciles these beliefs with contemporary Western medical knowledge 

• Includes a complete fitness program centered on the popular Chinese qi gong exercises 

Through 5,000 years of recorded history the Chinese have developed an unequaled pharmacopoeia of food remedies and have turned this knowledge into a delicious cuisine that is simple to prepare. This cuisine has little in common with the dishes on the menus of many Chinese restaurants--which have sacrificed traditional Chinese principles to appeal to high-fat Western tastes. Instead, it emphasizes all-natural ingredients eaten in season and in the most beneficial combinations. 

The Healing Cuisine of China features more than 300 authentic Chinese recipes, ranging from simple preparations to cure specific ailments to traditional "longevity banquets." The authors also explain the underlying theories behind traditional Chinese beliefs about health and reconcile these ancient beliefs with Western medical knowledge about bacteria, viruses, and other causes of disease. A complete fitness program, centered on the popular Chinese qi gong exercises, and a questionnaire to help readers discover their individual body requirements make this the most comprehensive guide to the healthy lifestyle of China ever published.

Table of Contents:

New interesting book: Chestnut or Canadians at Table

Finding Your Way to Say Goodbye: Comfort for the Dying and Those Who Care for Them

Author: Harold Ivan Smith

You are unsure of the future. You've been told the diagnosis is terminal, but still you want to fight it. You don't know what it will feel like as death approaches, and the unknown is frightening. You want someone to take your hand and help you through it. Harold Ivan Smith has been holding the hands of the dying for years, and he knows how to help. Whether you are the one with the diagnosis, or the one who is caring for the dying, this book will offer support, encouragement, and some helpful tips. From dealing with the medical staff to talking with family and friends who are in denial, Finding Your Way to Say Goodbye is an ideal companion for perhaps the most important journey of all.

Beautiful Skin Workout or Depressed Child

Beautiful Skin Workout: The Eight-Week Skin Workout to Get the Smoothest, Healthiest Skin of Your Life

Author: Michelle Copeland

A world-renowned cosmetic, plastic, and reconstructive surgeon shares her clinically proven techniques for achieving your healthiest and youngest-looking skin ever.

Current understanding of skin's cellular structure is so advanced that it’s possible to turn back the clock on aging without resorting to costly treatments or surgery.  You can erase 90 percent of your skin’s flaws in eight weeks by following Dr. Copeland’s advice, no matter how your skin appears right now.

Dr. Copeland’s Beautiful Skin Workout will teach you how to:
* Follow the Ten Commandments of Creamy Skin

* Eliminate lifestyle habits that prevent you from looking your best

* Identify everyday products that are either ineffective or outright harmful for skin

* Master the Five Exercises: Cleanse, Exfoliate, Activate, Moisturize, and Protect

* Design a custom program based on your skin type.  
With Dr. Copeland's proven plan, illustrated by some of her patients’ inspiring and instructional case histories, achieving Creamy skin is easy and inexpensive. Your skin will soon reveal the only truth that matters—how young and vital you feel.

Book review: From Lifeguard to Sun King or Beauty by Nature

Depressed Child: A Parent's Guide for Rescuing Kids

Author: Douglas A Riley

By emphasizing how parents can talk to their children about thoughts and feelings, exploring how children develop negative beliefs about themselves, and teaching parents how to help their children change those hopeless self-perceptions, this book outlines practical methods that parents and children together can use to find solutions to the dark thoughts that plague so many young people today.

Publishers Weekly

Clinical psychologist Riley (The Defiant Child) tackles a difficult subject with aplomb in this keenly insightful guide for parents. "For children and adolescents, the depressive state makes them feel like astronauts whose tethers have been cut, and they are drifting in space," he writes. He not only explains how to identify the symptoms of depression and the "negative beliefs" "no one will ever like me," "I am made of inferior stuff," "death is an option," and so on that are so often at its core, but also provides tools for what he terms "Planning the Rescue Mission." Ten brief but thorough chapters cover the most common negative beliefs that trigger depression and such companion problems as substance abuse, prematurely intense relationships (what he calls "miniature marriages") that blindside adolescents when they come to an end, and suicide. Riley illustrates each point with case studies that offer readers a chance to learn from his dialogues with his patients. He suggests strategies for everything from closing "the physical distance between you and your child" in order to soothe and encourage them, to some particular lines of questioning for uncovering negative beliefs, to the crucial, often overlooked act of listening ("your ears cannot be fully open until your mouth is fully shut"). He also discusses when to seek professional help and how to step in swiftly and effectively in the case of a suicidal child. Riley's advice is commonsensical and sound, and the concrete tools he offers in this slim, practical volume provide a lifeline to parents of any child struggling with depression. (Mar.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Children and teens are increasingly being diagnosed as depressive--perhaps because modern life is becoming more challenging or possibly because treatments that have proven effective for adults also work well for children. A staff physician with the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, Kaufman presents a good primer on treating teen depression. All of the major topics are covered in clear-cut language: how to find a therapist, possible treatments (including therapy and drug treatments, as well as alternative remedies), suicide prevention, and treatment of related substance abuse and anxiety disorders. Recommended if your library doesn't own Gerald D. Oster and Sarah S. Montgomery's Helping Your Depressed Teenager: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers (Wiley, 1994). The Depressed Child, on the other hand, is not recommended. Riley, a clinical psychologist, offers some interesting suggestions here and there (e.g., the importance of hugging a depressed child), but his idea that a parent should undertake to "rescue" a child who is suicidal or hallucinating is irresponsible. Such kids need professional help. David G. Fassler and Lynne S. Dumas's "Help Me, I'm Sad": Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Childhood and Adolescent Depression (Viking, 1997) is a better recent title. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Wilderness First Aid Field Guide or Control Diabetes in Six Easy Steps

Wilderness First Aid Field Guide

Author: Alton L Thygerson

Emergency response presents unique challenges for both patient and rescuer while in remote or isolated areas. The Wilderness First Aid Field Guide offers instant guidance in overcoming these obstacles, and provides responders with information on general emergency medical procedures as well as specific symptoms and accidents. The Wilderness Field Guide also includes the latest Wilderness Medical Society and American Heart Association CPR guidelines!

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

Control Diabetes in Six Easy Steps

Author: Maggie Greenwood Robinson

Diabetes has reached near-epidemic proportions in America. If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with it, you need to keep blood sugar in normal ranges and avoid serious complications. But how can you help control diabetes and not let it control you?

This handy guide offers step-by-step pointers to not only handle diabetes and keep it from getting worse-but also to reverse the harmful effects of the disease. It covers:

* What you need to know about the disease
* Six simple diet principles that can control blood sugar!
* Nutrients with remarkable healing power
* Herbs that bring blood sugar down
* A smart program for daily testing
*The right exercises to do
* Essential tips for taking medication
* The sugar-stress connection

Low Calorie Dieting For Dummies or Runners World Best

Low-Calorie Dieting For Dummies

Author: Susan McQuillan MS RD

Break your bad habits and start enjoying a low-cal lifestyle!

Want to lose weight and keep it off for good? This no-nonsense guide shows you how to consume fewer calories than you burn, providing a delicious, easy, and safe low-calorie plan you can follow for life! You'll find tools to improve your eating and exercise habits, cope with stress and boredom, assess your progress, and live healthier and happier.

Discover how to:

• Understand your metabolism.

• Set realistic, attainable goals.

• Maintain a healthy weight.

• Stock a low-cal kitchen.

• Eat right with simple, scrumptious, low-calorie recipes.

• Stay motivated long-term.

• Find outside support.

Order your copy today!

Book about: Digital Media Youth and Credibility or Adaptive Information

Runner's World Best: Run Faster

Author: Staff of Runners World Magazin

In Run Faster, readers learn how to achieve faster times with f exclusive tips from the editors of Runner’s World. Complete with full-color photographs that illustrate proper running technique and equipment, Run Faster is packed with a variety of speed-intensive drills. The book also provides strategies for complementing running with flexibility, strength training, core conditioning, and cross-training routines, while helping runners set realistic goals for going further and faster.

Meaningful Scents Around the World or The Diabetic Traveler

Meaningful Scents Around the World

Author: Roman Kaiser

In recent years, our knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of olfaction has grown enormously, accompanied by a growing appreciation of scent. This is reflected in the fact that the 2004 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded for discoveries of 'Odorant Receptors and the Organization of the Olfactory System'. This book naturally supports such developments, and takes the reader on a fascinating fragrant journey around the world to some of the exciting places the author has visited during his 30 years of olfactory research. Following an introductory section to the world of natural scents, including their biological meaning and history, the fragrance and flavor chemist, Roman Kaiser, who is renowned for his 'headspace' analytical technique, revisits some memorable scents. In doing so, he leads us to such exotic places as Lower Amazonia, Papua New Guinea, India, and many rain-forest biotopes in his quest for new molecules and new scent concepts, showing us along the way how a scent like tatami can be linked to culture. The third and final section describes the analysis of the compositions of the presented scents.

Interesting book: Professional Widgets with CSS DOM and AJAX or Mcitp

The Diabetic Traveler

Author: Davida F Kruger

This one-of-a-kind new guide features complete how-to information on preparing and packing necessary supplies for a trip; traveling by land, sea, or sky; eating well; coping with unexpected illness; taking insulin; and more. An international glossary includes helpful, diabetes-specific phrases in five languages.

Davida F. Kruger, M.S.N., C.D.E., R.N., has Type I diabetes and is vice chair of the Diabetes Research Foundation.

Speaking of Sadness or 101 Tips for Diabetes Self Management Education

Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness

Author: David Allen Karp

"Even though depression has periodically made me feel that my life was not worth living, has created havoc in my family, and sometimes made the work of teaching and writing seem impossible," writes David Karp, "by some standards, I have been fortunate." Indeed, depression can be devastating, leading to family breakups, loss of employment, even suicide. And it is a national problem, with some ten to fifteen million Americans suffering from it, and the number is growing. In Speaking of Sadness, Karp captures the human face of this widespread affliction, as he illuminates his experience and that of others in a candid, searching work.
Combining a scholar's care and thoroughness with searing personal insight, Karp brings the private experience of depression into sharp relief, drawing on a remarkable series of intimate interviews with fifty depressed men and women. By turns poignant, disturbing, mordantly funny, and wise, Karp's interviews cause us to marvel at the courage of depressed people in dealing with extraordinary and debilitating pain. We hear what depression feels like, what it means to receive an "official" clinical diagnosis, and what depressed persons think of the battalion of mental health experts--doctors, nurses, social workers, sociologists, psychologists, and therapists--employed to help them. We learn the personal significance that patients attach to beginning a prescribed daily drug regimen, and their ongoing struggle to make sense of biochemical explanations and metaphors of depression as a disease. Ranging in age from their early twenties to their mid-sixties, the people Karp profiles reflect on their working lives and career aspirations, and confidestrategies for overcoming paralyzing episodes of hopelessness. They reveal how depression affects their intimate relationships, and, in a separate chapter, spouses, children, parents, and friends provide their own often-overlooked point of view. Throughout, Karp probes the myriad ways society contributes to widespread alienation and emotional exhaustion.
Speaking of Sadness is an important book that pierces through the terrifying isolation of depression to uncover the connections linking the depressed as they undertake their personal journeys through this very private hell. It will bring new understanding to professionals seeking to see the world as their clients do, and provide vivid insights and renewed empathy to anyone who cares for someone living with the cruel unpredictability of depression.

Library Journal

This sociological consideration of illness and disease in contemporary America comes from a professor (Boston Coll.) who uses his own suffering, treatment, and theory along with reports of 50 others who volunteered to talk with him about their major depressive episodes. Karp writes well, addressing psychological, chemical, and cultural perspectives, with much credit to C. Wright Mills, Erving Goffman, and Arthur Kleinman. Many psychiatrists would agree that too little attention is paid to the nature of the pain and the impact of social context on our definitions of normality and treatment. "Self-help" comes under fire, too, as shallow ideology in a time of advancing anomie. A careful, honest writer, Karp has produced a classic equal to William Styron's Darkness Visible (LJ 8/90) and Clifford Beers's A Mind That Found Itself (1908). Highly recommended for sufferers, would-be healers, and anyone interested in the effects of depression.-E. James Lieberman, George Washington Univ. Sch. of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents:

1	Living with Depression	3
2	The Dialectics of Depression	22
3	Illness and Identity	50
4	The Meanings of Medication	78
5	Coping and Adapting	104
6	Family and Friends	134
7	Sickness, Self, and Society	165
	Postscript: Sociology, Spirituality, and Suffering	189
	Appendix: Thinking about Sampling	197
	Notes	203
	References	221
	Index	233

Interesting book: Colour Forecasting or Qigong A Legacy in Chinese Healing

101 Tips for Diabetes Self-Management Education

Author: Martha Mitchell Funnell

Educate patients individually or as a group about managing their diabetes with these practical tips from the esteemed educators at the University of Michigan Diabetes Research & Training Center. These 101 Q&A tips are designed to help you develop and foster an effective self-management education program. Your guidebook begins with developing your vision and designing your curriculum and advances through the program’s phases from marketing and needs assessment to evaluating your program. Includes powerful tips for effectively communicating with patients.

Healing with Music and Color or 101 Conditioning Games and Drills for Athletes

Healing With Music And Color

Author: Mary Bassano

This handbook gives the beginning student of healing a basic guide to the therapeutic use of color and music. In a clear, concise text, Dr. Bassano explains how musical tones and color rays can be used for physical, emotional, and mental healing. Though practical, with easy--to--follow instructions, Bassano's methods are based on spiritual precepts.

The concepts is simple: we are all spiritual beings who are highly susceptible to both positive and negative energies. These energies can cause imbalances that make us ddepressed, physically ill, or spiritually vacant. They can also uplift us, make us well, and keep our lifes in emotional and mental balance. You can easily learn which colors to wear in order to change your life, which musical tones will bring you peace, and how the body's chakras---the seven hling centers---are tuned into both music and color.

Unlock the potential of these subline cosmic energies--heal yourself and help others do it, too!

Look this: Kennedy Men or Welfare and Capitalism in Postwar Japan

101 Conditioning Games and Drills for Athletes

Author: Jay Dawes

Traditional training can be perceived by athletes as a monotonous chore to be endured rather than enjoyed. 101 Conditioning Games and Drills for Athletes presents 101 skill-based and competitive games designed to help coaches motivate and challenge their athletes while maintaining training intensity, building teamwork, and increasing participant enjoyment. Each game or drill is thoroughly explained, and includes materials needed (if any), the approximate playing area, coaching notes, as well as hints on how to vary the activities.

Cyber Rules or Babys Day at a Glance

Cyber Rules: What You Really Need to Know About the Internet

Author: Joanie Farley Gillispi

Ground rules for kids and their families in the new digital environment.

Although the social and psychological impact of Internet and wireless communication use is unknown, educators and parents must help steer children and adolescents through this new digital terrain. Filled with stories, self-assessment features and quizzes, and practical advice, this user-friendly guide will aid the Internet wary and experienced alike as they strive to make the best decisions for their children and clients.

New interesting book: Stuart Cookery or Taste of Montreal

Baby's Day at a Glance: A Workbook for Child Care Providers

Author: Arianne Weinberger

Finding it hard to keep track of your infant's and toddler's day while you’re at work? Feeling disconnected from your child’s daily schedule? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this book is for you.

Baby’s Day At A Glance is a helpful and detailed journal for your child care provider to quickly record your child’s daily eating, sleeping and playing schedule. This easy to use workbook will minimize the host of questions you would normally have at the end of the day for your child care provider. It will help you become more in tune with your child, allowing you to see how his or her day progressed at a glance. This book will also help you answer doctor’s questions about feeding and sleeping, and there is ample space for keeping track of medication.

Baby’s Day At A Glance is a lightweight workbook that can also be used in a day care setting. It’s made to last six months for a single child, but also works well for multiple children. You will finally be able to have a concise, organized and written record of your child’s day, leaving your mind at ease.

Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives or Mindful Eating

Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives, Vol. 3

Author: George A Burdock

This 3-volume set provides all the answers to technical, legal, and regulatory questions in clear, nontechnical language. Information once scattered among the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), other government and technical publications, or only available through the Freedom of Information Act, is made easily accessible. You will find descriptions of all substances listed in the Everything Added to Food in the U.S. (EAFUS) database, including categories and substances not considered to be "additives," such as corn oil. All data is clearly organized in alphabetical or numerical order, so having only minimal knowledge about any additive, you can locate it instantly. The Encyclopedia provides you with a quick, understandable description of what each additive is and what it does, where it comes from, when its use might be limited, and how it is manufactured and used.
•What? FDA or PAFA name. List of Synonyms. Current CAS Number. Other CAS Numbers. Empirical Formula. Specifications.
•Where? Description. Natural Occurrence. Natural Sources.
•When? GRAS status. Regulatory Notes. Table of Regulatory Citations.
•How? Purity. Functional Use in Food.You get all this data, plus an index by CAS number and synonym to make your research even easier.

Go to: One That Got Away or Down with Big Brother

Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food

Author: Jan Chozen Bays

Here is an accessible and encouraging exploration of how and why to apply the Zen art of mindfulness to transform our “issues” with food. Whether we are overweight (as are two-thirds of American adults today) or suffer from an eating disorder, learning to eat mindfully can liberate us from the suffering we experience with food. Practiced for centuries in the Zen tradition, mindful eating is an approach that involves bringing one’s full attention to the process of eating—becoming fully present to the tastes, smells, thoughts, and feelings that arise during a meal. Preliminary research funded by the National Institutes of Health indicates that mindfulness is effective in treating eating disorders.

Dr. Bays, a physician and Zen teacher, offers a wonderfully clear presentation of what mindfulness is and how it can help us create a healthier relationship with food. In Mindful Eating she shows us how to rediscover the simple act of eating, thereby gaining control of our eating problems from the inside out. Along the way she reviews the relevant research, offers medical information, and presents numerous practical exercises drawn from her workshops. Through mindful eating we not only overcome our issues with food, but we can reawaken our sense of pleasure and satisfaction. This book shows us how.

Childhood Ear Infections or Power Tennis Training

Childhood Ear Infections: A Parent's Guide to Alternative Treatments

Author: Michael A Schmidt

Research increasingly questions the safety and efficacy of antibiotics in treating ear infections in small children. This guide explores the underlying causes of the problem and suggests new strategies. The author discusses diet, homeopathic care, and children's vitamin absorption process. The book includes a checklist that advises parents when they should take their children to the doctor, and provides specific questions to ask in determining the appropriateness of antibiotics or surgery.

Book review: The Supreme Court or Jefferson and Monticello

Power Tennis Training

Author: Donald A Chu

Don Chu, training consultant to the United States Tennis Association and top tennis pros, presents an easy-to-follow, balanced conditioning program specifically designed to help tennis players at all levels put more power into their game. Through a regimen of stretching, weight training, plyometrics, medicine ball exercises, and court drills, you'll become faster and able to hit the ball harder. You'll also find that you're less injury-prone and can bounce back from injury sooner.

Let Power Tennis Training put more power into your game.

About the Author:
A frequent contributor to the National Strength and Conditioning Association Journal, Don Chu is a leading authority on power training and conditioning. In addition to serving as a consultant for the United States Tennis Association, Chu has been a conditioning consultant for the Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Lions, and Chicago White Sox. He is owner, director, and consultant to individual athletes at the Ather Sports Injury Clinic in northern California.

Dr. Chu earned his PhD in physical therapy and physical education from Stanford University and is a professor emeritus of kinesiology and physical education at California State University, Hayward. In 1978, his only year as a head coach, Dr. Chu was named the Far Western Conference Track and Field Coach of the Year. He is a registered physical therapist, a certified athletic trainer through the National Athletic Training Association, and an National Strength and Conditioning Association-certified strength specialist.

Pervasive Developmental Disorder a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References or Piroxicam a Medical Dictionary Bibliography and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Pervasive Developmental Disorder - a Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: Icon Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to pervasive developmental disorder. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to pervasive developmental disorder.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

See also: Principes fondamentaux de Design Graphiques

Piroxicam - a Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: Icon Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to piroxicam. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to piroxicam.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Table of Contents:

Forward
Chapter 1. Studies on Piroxicam
Overview
The Combined Health Information Database
Federally Funded Research on Piroxicam
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed
Chapter 2. Nutrition and Piroxicam
Overview
Finding Nutrition Studies on Piroxicam
Federal Resources on Nutrition
Additional Web Resources
Chapter 3. Alternative Medicine and Piroxicam
Overview
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Additional Web Resources
General References
Chapter 4. Books on Piroxicam
Overview
Book Summaries: Online Booksellers
Appendix A. Physician Resources
Overview
NIH Guidelines
NIH Databases
Other Commercial Databases
Appendix B. Patient Resources
Overview
Patient Guideline Sources
Finding Associations
Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries
Overview
Preparation
Finding a Local Medical Library
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada
ONLINE GLOSSARIES
Online Dictionary Directories
PIROXICAM DICTIONARY
INDEX

Getting Pregnant and Staying Pregnant Overcoming Infertility and Managing Your High Risk Pregnancy or The Warrior as Healer

Getting Pregnant and Staying Pregnant: Overcoming Infertility and Managing Your High-Risk Pregnancy

Author: Diana Raab

You Dream of Having a Baby. You just never dreamed conceiving would be so difficult. Or you never expected to have a high-risk pregnancy. Here is a sensitive guide to the medical and emotional landscape of these conditions, written by a nurse and medical writer who battled infertility and difficult pregnancies herself, and emerged with three healthy children.

The first part of the book focuses on infertility: causes and symptoms, female and male fertility tests, the latest reproductive technologies and alternative methods of conception such as surrogate parenting. The second section covers all aspects of high-risk pregnancy, including dealing with prolonged bed rest and the use of medications to prevent preterm labor. A special chapter addresses birth defects and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The book includes vital new information on amniocentesis; miscarriage; premature birth; and delivery options, including vacuum-assisted delivery, cesareans and vaginal birth after cesarean.

Woven with illuminating personal stories, Getting Pregnant and Staying Pregnant will give you the thoughtful, practical advice you need to help make your dream of parenthood come true.

Go to: Multicultural Cookbook of Life Cycle Celebrations or 101 recetas con pasta

The Warrior as Healer: A Martial Arts Herbal for Power, Fitness, and Focus

Author: Thomas Richard Joiner

A comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the herbal formulas traditionally used in martial arts for healing injuries, increasing vitality, and focusing meditation. 

• Over 100 authentic Chinese formulas. 

• Complete instructions for preparing your own decoctions, medicinal wines, pills, and salves.

American Herb Association

This unique approach to herbalism blends the Old World with the new.

Table of Contents:

Dhanwantari or The Straight Path of the Spirit

Dhanwantari: A Complete Guide to the Ayurvedic Life

Author: Harish Johari

A guide to living the Ayurvedic way from one of its most celebrated practitioners.

• A vast and practical presentation of Ayurvedic principles addressing diet, breathing, meditation, bathing, sleeping, exercise, medicine, jewelry, and sex

Over the past 20 years Harish Johari's books and workshops on India's Ayurvedic traditions of cooking, massage, numerology, gemology, meditation, and Tantra have changed the lives of countless individuals in the West and have established Johari's reputation as the foremost ambassador of the Ayurvedic life. Now, for the first time, Johari's vast knowledge of Ayurveda and Yoga has been distilled into one convenient volume.

Named for the classical Indian god of medicine, Dhanwantari is a complete guide to living the Ayurvedic way. Chapters focus on diet, breathing, bathing, meditation, sleeping, exercising, medicine, jewelry, and sex. Anyone seeking a logical, scientific, and practical set of principles for daily life will discover an excellent guide in the time-tested system presented here. By improving the health of their bodies and minds, individuals will find that a greatly expanded breadth of life experiences is suddenly open to them.

Yoga Journal

Harish Johari is Ayurveda's Renaissance man.

Hinduism Today

A fine introduction both to the science of Ayurveda and to its cuisine.

Table of Contents:

Book review: Secrets of a New Orleans Chef or New Wok

The Straight Path of the Spirit: Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji

Author: Richard Katz

The inspiring story of one man's exploration of indigenous healing in a culture fighting to preserve its spiritual health.

• A firsthand account of a little-known healing tradition.

• A dramatic story of self-transformation by a well-respected Harvard-educated anthropologist.

In the late 1970s Richard Katz, a clinical psychologist trained in anthropology, spent two years living in a remote island community in Fiji, hoping to record the practices of its healers. At the foundation of their healing, he discovered, was the concept of the straight path, a journey through life whose truth is revealed only to the extent that it is searched for with honesty and faith. It is a way of healing that in its very essence is a way of living, a path that emphasizes the spiritual dimensions of health and the relevance of these to the community. But while interviewing healers at work, Katz was drawn into an increasingly suspenseful drama. Unexplained deaths, rumors and suspicions, and the intrusion of a zealous evangelist rocked the village and soon revealed to the author the dangerous alternative to the straight path: the misuse of power that some call witchcraft. 

The Straight Path is an engrossing story of indigenous healers and a dramatic account of cultures in collision. Through the story of his own self-transformation, Katz reveals not only those aspects of life essential for the Fijians as they struggle to hold onto their identity, but also what is of importance to all of us who seek to retain our humanity.

American Herb Association

His presentation is in the academic style of the psychologist and anthroplogist that he is, yet he makes the book readable and engaging.

What People Are Saying

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
This is no New-Age vapor, but a sensitive, penetrating insight into a deeply mysterious aspect of humanity that has no parallel in Western culture. Katz was blessed by the Fijians, and imparts his blessing to us. (Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Harmless People and Reindeer Moon)

Mental Retardation or In the Pursuit of Winning

Mental Retardation: Nature, Cause, and Management

Author: George S Baroff

Mental Retardation, now in the third edition, was hailed as a "classic" when it was first published in the 1970's. This edition provides up-to-date material on the major dimensions of mental retardation-its nature, its causes, both biological and psychological, and its management.

Mani Pavuluri

This is a comprehensive book on mental retardation in which the presentation, etiology, and management are outlined. An added unique feature in this third edition is a series of potential discussion questions at the end of each chapter. The reference list has benn expanded to include the most recent publications. This book is particularly readable and includes well-organized details in all areas that are relevant for mental retardation. Authors intend to highlight "person." They have met their objectives in providing accurate information on the most recent definitions of mental retardation, biopsychosocial variables, and the obstacles and rewards in treating mental retardation. According to the authors, this book is written for upper level undergraduate and graduate students and for the professionals in the field. I agree that it will be of immense interest to those in the fields of psychology, child psychiatry, pediatrics, education, and social services. Both the senior author and the guest author have extensive experience in the field of mental retardation and it is a treat to get a distilled version of their experience in the form of a readable textbook. Definitions, biological factors, and environmental factors are all well covered. Psychiatric disorders and mental retardation, comprehensive services, and support services are well covered for all age groups, severity, and in various settings. Authors have covered all the key concepts related to mental retardation. This book has all there is to learn on the topic. While the medical management of various behavior/psychiatric problems is mentioned in some detail, the presentation lacks a systematic approach. This, however, isa small detail compared to the rich detail in other areas.

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Reviewer: Mani Pavuluri, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This is a comprehensive book on mental retardation in which the presentation, etiology, and management are outlined. An added unique feature in this third edition is a series of potential discussion questions at the end of each chapter. The reference list has benn expanded to include the most recent publications.
Purpose: This book is particularly readable and includes well-organized details in all areas that are relevant for mental retardation. Authors intend to highlight "person." They have met their objectives in providing accurate information on the most recent definitions of mental retardation, biopsychosocial variables, and the obstacles and rewards in treating mental retardation.
Audience: According to the authors, this book is written for upper level undergraduate and graduate students and for the professionals in the field. I agree that it will be of immense interest to those in the fields of psychology, child psychiatry, pediatrics, education, and social services. Both the senior author and the guest author have extensive experience in the field of mental retardation and it is a treat to get a distilled version of their experience in the form of a readable textbook.
Features: Definitions, biological factors, and environmental factors are all well covered. Psychiatric disorders and mental retardation, comprehensive services, and support services are well covered for all age groups, severity, and in various settings.
Assessment: Authors have covered all the key concepts related to mental retardation. This book has all there is to learn on the topic. While the medical management of various behavior/psychiatric problems is mentioned in some detail, the presentation lacks a systematic approach. This, however, is a small detail compared to the rich detail in other areas.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	The Nature of Mental Retardation
	Personality and Mental Retardation
	Biological Factors in Mental Retardation: Chromosomal and Genetic
	Nongenetic Biological Factors: Prenatal, Perinatal, and Postnatal
	Psychological Factors in Mental Retardation
	Introduction to Services and Supports
	Services and Supports to Children and Youth
	Services and Supports to Adults
	Maladaptive or "Challenging" Behavior: Its Nature Treatment

Interesting textbook: The Diabetes Snack Munch Nibble Nosh Book or Tasting Italy

In the Pursuit of Winning: Problem Gambling Theory, Research and Treatment

Author: Masood Zangeneh

Gambling is an underrecognized problem from both a clinical and a public health point of view. It is not uncommon for an adolescent or adult to participate in one form of gambling or another on a regular basis, be it the lottery, card playing for money, sports wagering, or gambling on electronic gaming devices. Nor is it uncommon for such participation to reach excessive or destructive proportions, with negative effects on the individual's psychological, social, economic, and family life. The results of the National Research Council's 2000 review of empirical studies suggest that 85% of adolescents report having gambled during their lifetime, with 73% of adolescents reporting having gambled in the past year. Despite gains in knowledge concerning the correlates and risk factors associated with severe gambling problems among youth during the past ten years, a general lack of public and parental awareness exists. This raises serious mental health and public policy concerns.

Written from an international perspective, this book covers gambling research and interventions in the following categories: role of helpline services; a Jungian–transpersonal approach to treatment; cognitive therapy for problem gambling; pharmacological interventions for problem gambling; desensitization/biofeedback as treatment for problem gambling; binge gambling; pathological gambling; past and contemporary aboriginal peoples' experiences with gambling; problem–gambling counselor certification; measurement of outcomes in problem gambling treatment; overview of teen gambling–related issues from leading researchers.

20 Common Problems or Indian Head Massage

20 Common Problems: End of Life Care

Author: Barry M Kinzbrunner

The most practical book available for caring for the needs of dying patients and their families

End of Life Care: A Practical Guide offers unmatched coverage of all the real-world issues and challenges that arise daily for those caring for dying patients and their families. The Second Edition has been made even more essential with the addition of chapter-ending questions and answers, the addition of the latest guidelines and evidence-based information on outcomes in end of life care and on prognosis in cardiac and neurological disease. You will also find a new chapter on multicultural medicine and an increased number of algorithms to assist you through decision making on complicated clinical, legal, and ethical issues.

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Reviewer: Lisa Stepp, PhD, RN, APN, AOCN, CRNH (Private Practice)
Description: End-of-life care continues to be a very challenging area of medical care. Authors continue to explore and report on the evolution of caring for individuals and their loved ones during this difficult time. This book continues an emerging tradition of disseminating information to clinicians regarding end-of-life care.
Purpose: This book has been specifically designed to help clinicians overcome their own feelings of distress and provide quality care during difficult times. Although certain symptomatology is common for hospice and palliaitve care patients, each situation requires its own form of individualized intervention. The authors' attention to detail provides a framework in which the clinician can design and implement this individualized care.
Audience: Due to the tone, writing style, and vocabulary of this book, the most appropriate audience is clinicians involved in and those preparing to practice in the hospice and palliative care arena. The authors and editors are well respected in the field of end-of-life care.
Features: The book is divided into three main areas, preparing for the transfer of the patient to end-of-life care, common symptomatology, and ethical dilemmas in end-of-life care. The section on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia is of particular interest. The authors approach this sensitive topic in a very compassionate, straightforward manner.
Assessment: To date, there have been numerous articles, journals, and books produced to address the issues that patients, caregivers, and clinicians face at the end of life. The overlapping of information can be seen however in most cases as unavoidable. This book is well written and accurately reflects the state of end-of-life care in America.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

Table of Contents:

Preparing Patients for Enf of Life CareHow to Decide When End of Life Care is Needed: Predicting Prognosis How to Help Patients Access End of Life Care How to Inform the Patient: Breaking Bad News How to Work with an Interdisciplinary Team How to Measure Quality of Life near the End of Life Common Symptoms at the End of Life Pain Dyspnea Gastrointestinal Symptoms Disorders of the Nervous System Disorders of the Skin and Mucous Membranes Depression and Other common Symptoms Near the End of Life The Last Days: The Actively Dying Patient Psychosocial and Spiritual Disorders Near the End of Life Bereavement Ethical Issues and Controversies Near the End of Life Advance Directives and the Question of CPR Nutritional Support and Parenteral Hydration Near the End of Life Diagnostic Studies and Invasive Therapies Near the End of Life Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Special Groups End of Life Care for Patients with HIV Care of the Pediatric Patient Near the End of Life

Books about: Making of a Chef or Summertime Treats

Indian Head Massage

Author: Helen McGuinness

Indian Head Massage covers the fundamentals of the subject, from anatomy and physiology to health and safety, massage routines and marketing techniques. The new edition contains new information on Ayurveda and hair oils and covers the specifications for all major examining boards including the VTCT and ITEC diplomas as well as the Indian head masage units for Beauty Therapy NVQ 2 and 3. Full of step-by-step photographs, FAQs and definitions, and including a free CD-ROM with interactive revision activities, this is an essential text for all students of Indian head massage.

Whats Love Got to Do with It Love Power Sex and God or Ironmans Ultimate Guide to Building Muscle Mass

What's Love Got to Do with It? Love, Power, Sex, and God

Author: Frank A Thomas

This workbook is designed to provide you with a personal and in-depth focus on the messages in What's Love Got to Do with It? Love, Power, Sex, and God, by Frank Thomas. This companion workbook features a twelve-week format, with five daily devotions in each week, as well as focus questions for each day's topic. In the daily section "Reflect on the Message," you will be directed by page number to read and reflect on a selection in the original book. Whether you are working alone or as a part of a small group that meets weekly to discuss what love has to do with your life, this companion workbook will open up an avenue for your personal spiritual growth. Includes Leader's Pages to guide the twelve weekly meetings.

Book review: Cuando Regla de Corporaciones el Mundo:SEGUNDA EDICIÓN

Ironman's Ultimate Guide to Building Muscle Mass

Author: Ironman Magazin

Continuously published since 1936, Ironman is the dean of bodybuilding magazines. It has been showcasing every major bodybuilder, training technique, scientific advance, and other aspects of the iron game longer than any other bodybuilding magazine. With articles by and photos of the greatest names in bodybuilding, the Ironman archives represent the best of bodybuilding. This definitive, information-packed volume contains the best that Ironman has to offer for building muscle mass. Ironman's Ultimate Guide to Building Muscle Mass is a how-to guide that includes the best mass-building routines of the greatest bodybuilders so that reader's can get the maximum, proven results. Included is complete information on:

• arm training for mass
• leg training for mass
• back training for mass
• shoulder training for mass
• chest training for mass
• mass training for hardgainers
• the science of supersetting
• targeting muscle fibers
• high-intensity training
• mass training versus strength training
• power bodybuilding
• bodybuilding nutrition
• and much, much more

This authoritative resource contains the step-by-step methods used by champion bodybuilders and top bodybuilding researchers. For instance, you will learn Vince Gironda's training secrets, Bill Pearl's secrets for building massive size and power, and Sergio Oliva's saturation bombing arm routine. Beginners and seasoned bodybuilders alike can pack on more muscle mass than ever before by using the tricks and secrets revealed by experts who have spent decades examining every technique of the sport. Editor Peter Sisco is the author or coauthor of numerous fitness andbodybuilding books, including Power Factor Training, Power Factor Specialization: Chest & Arms, Power Factor Specialization: Shoulders & Back, Power Factor Specialization: Abs & Legs, Static Contractions Training, and The Golfer's Two-Minute Workout.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	vii
	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	xi
1	Power-Mass Training: Work Heavy and Get Huge	1
2	Mass Machine Training	9
3	Resurrection: Tried-and-True Workouts for Modern-Day Mass	23
4	The Mass-Building Hardgainer Solution	35
5	Compound Aftershock: Science-Based Training for Arms	49
6	The Science of Supersetting	59
7	Hardgainer's Call to Arms	69
8	Giant Splits: Stretch Your Routine for Maximum Recovery and Gains	79
9	Size Made Simple: Blast Your Bodyparts with One Exercise per Muscle Group	89
10	Mass Versus Strength: Target-Training Your Muscle Fibers	99
11	High-Intensity Training	107
12	Mass Mania: Radical Routines for Shocking Size	117
13	How to Turn 10 Good Exercises into Explosive Mega-Mass Boosters	127
14	Power Bodybuilding for Serious Size and Strength	139
15	Monster Pump: Tips for Outrageous Muscle Growth	161
16	Vince Gironda's Training Secrets	173
17	Bill Pearl's Secrets for Building Massive Size and Power	179
18	Sergio Oliva's Saturation Bombing Arm Routine	189
19	Dinosaur Training: The Secrets to Building Jurassic Size and Strength	201
20	6 X Nutrition for XL Results	227
	Index	239

How to Feed a Teenage Boy or The New Glucose Revolution

How to Feed a Teenage Boy: Recipes And Strategies for Good Eating

Author: Georgia Orcutt

As parents of teenage boys know, providing our ravenous, junk food-loving sons with tasty and nutritious meals and snacks is a daily challenge. How to Feed a Teenage Boy comes to the rescue with solid information on growing boys' nutritional needs and savvy shopping and organizational strategies so we don't have to spend untold hours in the store and in the kitchen. This book presents more than 150 recipes for simple, satisfying fare the whole family can enjoy, including Greek Pizza, Slow-Cooker Vegetable Chili, Tuesday Night Pork Sandwiches, Sweet Potato Fries, and Turkey Lasagna.

Georgia Orcutt's food expertise and her understanding of boys and their quirks shine through in a cornucopia of road-tested parent-to-parent advice, including: how to get a green-phobic boy to eat salad, ideas for easy, junk-free snacks, the lowdown on protein powder supplements, ways to share kitchen chores and nutritional knowledge with teenagers. With a focus on healthy food choices, balanced nutrition, and flexible meal planning, How to Feed a Teenage Boy makes it easy for even the busiest parents to feed their hungry boys well every day-and to inspire them to eat well for life.

See also: MCITP Self Paced Training Kit or VBNET Language Pocket Reference

The New Glucose Revolution: Pocket Guide to the Metabolic Syndrome and Your Heart

Author: Jennie Brand Miller

The latest medical research clearly confirms that the glycemic index (GI)—an easy-to-understand ranking of foods based on their effect on blood glucose levels—is vitally important for heart health and the prevention of the Metabolic Syndrome (aka Syndrome X and insulin resistance). Slowly digested, low-GI carbohydrates like pasta, grainy breads, and cereals based on wheat bran and oats play an important role in treating and preventing heart disease—in addition to controlling blood sugar and aiding weight loss. This handy pocket guide shows readers how to choose the right amount of the right carbohydrates for reducing the risk of heart attack and for lifelong health and well-being. Included is a 7-day, low-fat, low-GI meal plan for heart health, a healthy-heart pantry checklist, and the glycemic index values, fat, and carbohydrate content for over 300 foods and drinks.

Pilates Edge or Profound Healing

Pilates Edge: An Athlete's Guide to Strength and Performance

Author: Karrie Adamany

Pilates is a unique conditioning method-originally developed by Joseph Pilates for boxers, gymnasts, and dancers-based on the philosophy of a unified body, mind, and spirit. The Pilates Edge uniquely applies the Pilates Method to sports training, revealing how the basic principles of Pilates relate to athletic achievement as well as everyday health and fitness. With more than 200 photographs, the book includes a basic mat routine with as well as specific workouts for golf, running, racket sports, swimming, cycling, and skiing, giving special attention to the muscle groups and common injuries associated with each sport. Pilates can improve the physical and mental well-being for athletes at any level, enhancing performance and confidence, improving control, increasing range of motion in the limbs, and preventing injuries-giving them The Pilates Edge.

Karrie Adamany is the founder of ab lab(r), a service that sends certified Pilates instructors to hotels and private residences. This service has been recognized as a hot fitness trend in magazines such as Elle, Gotham, and Where New York. She is the cofounder of The Pilates Edge Studio in New York City.

Daniel Loigerot is an athletic trainer, a certified personal trainer, and a martial arts instructor in judo. He is a former French national triathlete who served as strength coach for the French basketball and cycling teams. He is the cofounder of The Pilates Edge Studio in New York City.

New interesting book: Wine Aficionado or Low Carb Gourmet

Profound Healing: The Power of Acceptance on the Path to Wellness

Author: Cheryl Canfield

At the age of 41 Cheryl Canfield was diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer. Going against warnings from doctors, she rejected proposed surgeries that would involve removing her uterus, cervix, lymph nodes, and surrounding nerves. Instead, she decided to accept death and focused her energy on attempting to die well. In the process, she cured herself.
Profound Healing is Canfield’s down-to-earth account of her journey as she inadvertently experiences a modern-day miracle, and her subsequent reflections on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing. Her story is intertwined with the exercises, dreams, visualizations, and experiences that assisted her healing process--from her encounters with the modern mystic Peace Pilgrim to her own acceptance of cancer. Canfield summarizes her healing techniques--emotional clearing, meditations, and lifestyle changes--into twelve self-help practices of wellness so others may use her hard-earned insights as a source of hope, inspiration, and practical advice. Relevant to anyone seeking personal growth and life wisdom, Profound Healing is not merely about dying or living; it is about discovering one’s life and living it fully.
CHERYL CANFIELD is a wellness counselor who lectures nationally on topics of profound healing and steps toward inner peace. She is the editor of Peace Pilgrim’s Wisdom and co-compiler of Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words. She lives in northern California.

Cheryl Canfield is a wellness counselor who lectures nationally on topics of profound healing and steps toward inner peace. She is the editor of Peace Pilgrim's Wisdom, co-compiler of Peace Pilgrim:Her Life and Work in Her Own Words, and author of Profound Healing:

The Power of Acceptance on the Path to Wellness. She lives in northern California.

Joseph Chilton Pearce is the author of The Death of Religion and the Rebirth of the Spirit, The Biology of Transcendence, The Crack in the Cosmic Egg, Magical Child, and Evolution’s End. For the past 35 years, he has lectured and led workshops teaching about the changing needs of children and the development of human society. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

A sensitive, clear description of guidelines for dealing with a catastrophic illness from someone who has been there . . . that can help the reader cross the bridge of forgiveness and spiritual transformation.

Table of Contents:

Profound Healing
The Power of Acceptance on the Path to Wellness

Foreword by Joseph Chilton Pearce
Acknowledgments  
Introduction  Mobilizing Our Inner Resources  

Part I    
Preparing for the Possibilities
One--Face to Face with Mortality          
Two--Weighing the Alternatives           
Three--Exploring Death              
Four--Buying Time             
Five--Tying Up Loose Ends               
Six --Making My Way Through the system 

Part II    
Life Stories
Seven--The Spiritual Path            
Eight--Encounter with a Modern Mystic: A Woman Called Peace Pilgrim
Nine--Peace Pilgrim on Healing           
Ten--The Journey Home              
Eleven--Land of Vastness              
Twelve--Sojourn in Paradise               
Thirteen--Testing the Water                
Fourteen--The Greatest Gift               
Fifteen--More Goodbyes 

Part III 
ReEngaging Life
Sixteen--Surviving the Dark Night 
Seventeen--Time in the Wilderness            
Eighteen--Embracing the Possibilities            
Nineteen--Five Healing Stories    

Part IV 
Twelve Steps in the Healing Process
Twenty--The Beginning of Self Transformation
Twenty-One--Step One: Take Charge   
Twenty-Two--Step Two: Develop an Empowered Attitude   
Twenty-Three--Step Three: Create a Healing Environment        
Twenty-Four--Step Four: Practice Forgiveness 
Twenty-Five--Step Five: Explore Attitudes and Beliefs        
Twenty-Six--Step Six: Transform Negative Feelings to Heal and Release the Past        
Twenty-Seven--Step Seven: Build a Support System                  
Twenty-Eight--Step Eight: Simplify Life         
Twenty-Nine--Step Nine: Establish Personal Integrity           
Thirty--Step Ten: Open to Intuition            
Thirty-One--Step Eleven: Love Yourself           
Thirty-Two--Step Twelve: Do All You Can and Release the Rest        
 
Epiloque Heal Ourselves, Heal the World      
Appendix: Summary of Steps in the Healing Process
Recommended Reading 

Good Doctors Guide to Colds and Flu or On Angels Eve

Good Doctor's Guide to Colds and Flu

Author: Neil Schachter

The latest and most effective information on preventing and treating colds and flu

Under the weather? Eminent lung specialist Neil Schachter, M.D., arms you with the knowledge you need to boost immunity and avoid illness. And when colds, flu, and other respiratory infections do strike, you'll know exactly how to relieve uncomfortable symptoms like congestion and fever.

In this book you'll find:

• Treatment plans for the most common respiratory infections, including colds, flu, bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, and strep throat
• The right way to use vitamin C and zinc to combat a cold
• The important difference between a head cold and chest cold
• The five best ways to quiet a cough
• Three signs that indicate if it's a cold or flu
• Three symptoms that signal it's time to call a doctor
• Why humming five seconds a day can reduce risk of sinus problems
• The surprising reason why women catch more colds
• And much more

With Dr. Schachter's guidance, you'll stay one step ahead of colds and flu.

See also: Gary Nulls Ultimate Anti Aging Program or Hot Plants

On Angel's Eve: Making the Most of Your Final Time Together

Author: Garnett Arledg

A growing number of people are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of saying, "I love you" and "good-bye" to those on the threshold of death. It is a poignant, powerful time. As human beings, we are all fragile, and the fear of dying is something everyone shares. When we face death, we face an uphill climb to conquer this fear, but it is a journey that can be made successfully, especially with the support of those we love.

As a hospice chaplain and spiritual mentor, Garnette Arledge has helped hundreds of people through this time of approaching death, which she refers to as "Angel's Eve." It is a time in which the anxiety and fear of dying is replaced with the calming presence of "Angels"—the children, siblings, parents, partners, and dear friends who help fill last moments together with remembrances, reconciliation, and even forgiveness. On Angel's Eve is a guidebook for these comforters of the dying. Through her hands-on involvement and the knowledge gained from world traditions on death and dying, Arledge shares the tools and skills that help make this a time of happiness and fulfillment rather than one of fear and anxiety. In addition to helping alter negative views of death, she offers practical suggestions for passing bedside time together with activities such as administering therapeutic massage, having taped conversations, relaxing through breathing techniques, and using laughter to lift spirits. On Angel's Eve is designed to replace the final moments belonging in myth to the Grim Reaper with the blessing of a gathering of Angels.

Let the eve of death be angelic, bright, full of caring. Believing that one's final moments are in the hands of the Angels opens up new vistas. When someone you love begins that last journey, you'll want to be one of those Angels. On Angel's Eve, with its message of hope, helps show you how.

About the Author:
Garnette Arledge received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, and a Master of Divinity degree from Drew Theological School. A spiritual director specializing in death and dying education, Garnette is a professional writer and columnist, as well as an experienced Hospice Chaplain. An active lecturer and educator, Garnette chaired the New Jersey Coalition for On Our Own Terms—a Bill Moyer's PBS special on dying.

Library Journal

If indeed a "dying phobia" pervades our culture, then Arledge's mission is to counter it by dispelling the "frightening and dark associations" surrounding death. A hospice patient center coordinator and chaplain to adult caregivers, Arledge opens with her own encounters with death and encourages readers to confront the way they think and feel about the dying process. She offers advice about conversing with terminally ill family members, coping through nontraditional arts therapies, and seeking help from a range of professionals, family, and friends. The section "What the World Religions Teach Us About Dying" reads well but is misplaced, given the nonreligious tone of the rest of the book. A reminder that caregivers can consult spiritual leaders would have been sufficient. Interactive activities, interviews with relevant experts, and poetry provide a useful framework for working through this emotionally charged topic. Recommended for public libraries and hospital libraries. Heather O'Brien, Acadia Univ. Lib., Wolfville, N.S. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Frank Shorters Running for Peak Performance or The Boundaries of Blackness

Frank Shorter's Running for Peak Performance

Author: Frank Shorter

Whether you've just started running or have been running for years, Frank Shorter's Running for Peak Performance is an excellent guide that tells you everything you need to know about the sport from the heart and soul of a man who knows the sport inside and out. From setting practical goals to keeping yourself motivated, this book covers every aspect of running any runner wants to know.

About the Author:
Winner of the gold medal in the Olympic marathon in the 1972 Munich games and a silver medal in the Montreal games in 1976, Frank Shorter put running on the map in the U.S. Besides being a regular contributor to Runner's World magazine and television commentator, Shorter is the founding Chairman of the United States Anti Doping Agency.

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The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics

Author: Cathy J Cohen

Last year, more African Americans were reported with AIDS than any other racial or ethnic group. And while African Americans make up only 13 percent of the U.S. population, they account for more than 55 percent of all newly diagnosed HIV infections. These alarming developments have caused reactions ranging from profound grief to extreme anger in African-American communities, yet the organized political reaction has remained remarkably restrained.
The Boundaries of Blackness is the first full-scale exploration of the social, political, and cultural impact of AIDS on the African-American community. Informed by interviews with activists, ministers, public officials, and people with AIDS, Cathy Cohen unflinchingly brings to light how the epidemic fractured, rather than united, the black community. She traces how the disease separated blacks along different fault lines and analyzes the ensuing struggles and debates.
More broadly, Cohen analyzes how other cross-cutting issues—of class, gender, and sexuality—challenge accepted ideas of who belongs in the community. Such issues, she predicts, will increasingly occupy the political agendas of black organizations and institutions and can lead to either greater inclusiveness or further divisiveness.
The Boundaries of Blackness, by examining the response of a changing community to an issue laced with stigma, has much to teach us about oppression, resistance, and marginalization. It also offers valuable insight into how the politics of the African-American community—and other marginal groups—will evolve in the twenty-first century.

Publishers Weekly

Yale professor Cohen combines rigorous research and fresh sociological insights to build her argument that a black political agenda based solely on race promotes exclusionary practices. Cohen tracked responses to AIDS by black civic and church leaders and media in New York City (where, since 1990, AIDS has infected more blacks than any other racial or ethnic group), finding that they have espoused an understanding of racial identity that privileges middle-class, heterosexual males, while using code words "to designate who was expendable." Starting at the beginning of the AIDS crisis, she compares coverage by network television news and the New York Times with that of black newspapers and magazines. Cohen attributes the failure of black media to focus on AIDS at the beginning of the epidemic to homophobia, classism and sexism, resulting in the extreme stigmatization of the most disempowered members of black communities. She finds that in the 1980s, the black political response to AIDS came largely from black lesbians and gays. In recent years, women and children of color have come to be most at risk, while the black media focuses on alternative treatments and new heterosexual dating patterns in response to AIDS. Although Cohen's analysis is encumbered by academic jargon, it is astute and eye-opening. (Apr.)

What People Are Saying

Angela Y. Davis
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— Author of Blues Legacies and Black Feminism