Physicians who care for patients with life-threatening illnesses face daunting communication challenges. Patients and family members can react to difficult news with sadness, distress, anger, or denial. This book defines the specific communication tasks involved in talking with patients with life-th[...]
In few places in American society are adults so dependent on others as in nursing homes. Minimizing this dependency and promoting autonomy has become a major focus of policy and ethics in gerontology. Yet most of these discussions are divorced from the day-to-day reality of long-term care and are im[...]
The Eighth Edition features a diverse and balanced variety of works and thorough but judicious editorial apparatus throughout. The new edition also includes more complete works, much-requested new authors, 170 in-text images, new and re-thought contextual clusters, and other tools that help instruct[...]
Provides coverage of the design principles and statistical concepts necessary to make sense of real data. This book provides an integrated example of how to apply the concepts and procedures covered in the chapters of the section. It reviews research planning and data exploration in statistics. It i[...]
This 1937 book discusses of the nature of Christian faith and belief in its relationship with the concept of redemption.[...]