Project Self Discovery: Artistic Alternatives for High Risk Youth -- by Cleo Robinson, Harvey Milkman, Kenneth Wanberg (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"This book provides a comprehensive description of Projects Self Discovery (PSD), a national demonstration model, that uses artistic alternatives as a vehicle for transforming the lives of high-risk...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Exploring the Biomedical Revolution: A Look at the Work of Frontline Scientists and How They Are Changing Medicine (Book - Parent)
"Exploring the Biomedical Revolution tells the human stories behind the research. We see the scientists' excitement as they develop magnetic imagery to "spy" on the brain's activity. We see...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City -- by Katherine Newman (Author) (Book)
"In No Shame in My Game, Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work, family, and self-esteem are top priorities despite all the factors that make earning a...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Spanish for Pediatric Medicine: A Practical Communication Guide -- by The American Academy of Pediatrics (Author) (Book)
"This easy-to-use manual is designed to help you enhance communications with Spanish-speaking children and parents. The guide is a quick reference to help you identify and explore medical problems....
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Building Healthy Communities through Medical-Religious Partnerships -- by W. Daniel Hale, Richard G. Bennett (Authors) (Book)
"Building Healthy Communities through Medical-Religious Partnerships describes an innovative approach to the development of community-based health education and patient advocacy programs targeted at...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass -- by Theodore Dalrymple (Author) (Book)
"Here is a searing account of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does, written by a British psychiatrist who treats the poor in a slum hospital and a prison in England. Dr. Dalrymple's...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Helping the Children: A Practical Handbook for Complex Humanitarian Emergencies -- by Karen Olness, Kristine Torjesen, Anna Mandalakas (Authors) (Book)
"Political and natural disasters have forced more and more children into emergency shelters and refugee settings. Now this new manual, designed to be used in the field by caregivers with little or no...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The American Medical Ethics Revolution: How the AMA's Code of Ethics Has Transformed Physicians' Relationships to Patients, Professionals, and Society -- by Arthur Caplan, Robert B. Baker, Linda Emanuel, Stephen Latham (Authors) (Book)
"The authors begin with a look at how the medical profession began to consider ethical issues in the 1800s and subsequent developments in the 1900s. They then address the sociological, historical,...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Understanding Poverty -- by Sheldon Danziger, Robert Haveman (Authors) (Book)
"In spite of an unprecedented period of growth and prosperity, the poverty rate in the United States remains high relative to the levels of the early 1970s and relative to those in many industrialized...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Negotiating Managed Care : A Manual for Clinicians -- by Michael Fauman (Author) (Book)
"For many psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, the clinical review is the most burdensome and disagreeable part of managed care. In that review they are asked, by a representative of...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)