Focuses on implementation of the hospice concept in New Haven, Connecticut, and in other places in the United States and Britain to illuminate the advantages of a new humane approach to care of the te
"An important contribution in the burgeoning literature relating to the delivery of medical care, and to the broader question of responsible decision-making in those social areas where tragic choices
A family counselor provides parents and social workers with a straight-forward discussion of the special problems involved in adopting an older child and ways of dealing with them
This is a book that will generate debate, discussion, controversy, conflict, and perhaps some legislative reform when the impact of its arguments begins to be felt. Twenty doctors, economists, and pol
This collection examines the ambiguous relationship be-tween the politically mute, average drug user and the small number, socially distant from the common user, who started the work of undermining of
An extremely informative book which does not offer a plan for getting sober but does offer us sound advice about how to stay sober. Basic, essential information from Alcoholics Anonymous. As the book
When first published in 1970, Stations of the Lost won the C. Wright Mills Award for Best Book in the Area of Social Problems. The study considers the Skid Row alcoholic from two points of view, that
With the increased emphasis on reducing medical errors in an emergency setting, this book will focus on patient safety within the emergency department, where preventable medical errors often occur. Th
This is a fresh contribution to what we know about the role of poverty and low income in the health of individuals and households in developing countries.This book presents the reader with a clear pic
This is a fresh contribution to what we know about the role of poverty and low income in the health of individuals and households in developing countries.This book presents the reader with a clear pic
Principles of Inpatient Psychiatry is geared to psychiatrists working in inpatient settings: residents, psychiatrists who occasionally provide inpatient care, and psychiatric "hospitalists" who specia
