Social, cultural, and economic barriers to FASD diagnosis and intervention abound. This book, from street level, makes the case that improving this situation requires judicial education, a standardized screening procedure, resources, an...
Medicine, health and fitness
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Author:Michaud, Sacha K., Michaud, MargaretSummary: - Author:Thompson, CherylSummary:
One of the first transnational, feminist studies of Canada's black beauty culture and the role that media, retail, and consumers have played in its development, Beauty in a Box widens our understanding of the politics of black hair...
- Author:St. Michael, Melyssa, Formichelli, LindaSummary:
Want to turn your passion for fitness into a lucrative career? Each year, more than 5 million Americans use personal trainers to take their workouts to the next level—and this plain-English guide shows you how to get in on the action....
- Author:Kreuz, Roger J., Roberts, RichardSummary:
Richard Roberts draws on insights from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can master a foreign language just as easily as children can if they bring to bear the skills and knowledge they have honed over a lifetime.
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Bedside and Community is the inside story of fifty years of health care and health research at the University of Calgary. Drawing on the first-person accounts of researchers, administrators, faculty, and students along with archival...
- Author:Gawande, AtulSummary:
Examines accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in this profession.
- Author:Martin, DanielleSummary:
An important check-up on our health-care system--and what urgently needs fixing--from a respected doctor and passionate Medicare advocate. Dr. Danielle Martin sees the cracks and challenges in our health-care system every day. Much like...
- Author:Doucette, FredSummary:
Fred Doucette always wanted to be a soldier. In the 1960s he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and served in Cyprus in the 1970s and 80s and Bosnia in the 1990s. When he returned home to in 1999 after his last overseas tour, he was...
- Author:Kinch, Michael S.Summary:
If you have a child in school, you may have heard stories of long-dormant diseases suddenly reappearing - cases of measles, mumps, rubella, and whooping cough cropping up everywhere from elementary schools to Ivy League universities...
- Author:Krause, CarolSummary:
Adults in their 20s share their real experiences living with disability. This collection of first-person narratives and dialogues is grouped into sections pertaining to different aspects of the writers’ lives, including education and...
- Author:Jaouad, SuleikaSummary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman's journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into "normal" life-from the author of the Life, Interrupted...
- Author:Green, Louise, Weiner, JessSummary:
In Big Fit Girl, Louise Green describes how the fitness industry fails to meet the needs of plus-size women and thus prevents them from improving their health and fitness. By telling her own story of how she stopped dieting, got off the...
- Author:Toland, Sarah, Willeumier, KristenSummary:
Neuroscientist Dr. Kristen Willeumier reveals how you can change your brain by making simple and easy modifications to your lifestyle. Combining clinical experience with revolutionary science, she details how biohacking your brain can...
- Author:Kraynak, John, Fink, CandidaSummary:
Bipolar Disorder affects many more people than just the millions who suffer from the disease. Like depression and other serious illnesses, bipolar disorder also affects spouses, partners, family members, friends and coworkers. Bipolar...
- Author:Venema, Kathleen RebeccaSummary:
Bird-Bent Grass chronicles an extraordinary mother–daughter relationship that spans distance, time, and, eventually, debilitating illness. Personal, familial, and political narratives unfold through the letters that Geeske Venema-de...
- Author:Gurevich, Rachel, Perkins, SharonSummary:
As an expectant mother and parent, navigating all of the information and options for labor and delivery can be cumbersome and confusing. Birth Plans For Dummies is the ultimate resource guide to help you understand, develop and...
- Author:Sutherland, ChristineSummary:
Use the healing power of touch for a healthier, happier pregnancy. Pregnancy is an exciting time full of promise, but most women could do without symptoms such as back pain, headaches, nausea, and swollen feet-luckily, many of these...
- Author:Martini, Clem, Martini, OlivierSummary:
In 1976, Ben Martini was diagnosed with schizophrenia. A decade later, his brother Olivier was told he had the same disease. For the past thirty years the Martini family has struggled to comprehend and cope with a devastating illness,...
- Author:Makary, MartySummary:
From Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay - an eye-opening look at the medical groupthink that has led to public harm, and what you need to know about your health. More...
- Author:Elliot, Charles H., Smith, Laura L.Summary:
Your clear, compassionate guide to managing BPD and living well Looking for straightforward information on Borderline Personality Disorder? This easy-to-understand guide helps those who have BPD develop strategies for breaking the...
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