Published November, 2007
By Sandra B. Lewenson, Eleanor Krohn Herrmann, Sandra Lewenson and Eleanor Herrmann
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Provides direction and tools for conducting historical research. This title describes types of research including biographic and oral histories. It covers frameworks used to study historical events, such as social, political, feminist, intellectual, and cultural.

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Published October, 2007
By Meredith Wallace
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Addresses basic competencies by focusing on clinical practice and presenting research-based ""best practices"" for effective care of older adults in various settings. Designed to fit into a one-semester course, this work provides essential clinical information needed to care for older adults.

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Published August, 2007
By Marilyn H. Oermann and Marilyn Oermann
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Addresses various trends, developments, and innovations in nursing education. This book provides information and ideas that educators and administrators can use in their nursing programs. It takes a look at such intriguing topics as innovations in clinical teaching and evaluation, partnerships for clinical teaching, and selecting clinical sites.

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Published July, 2007
By Albert Ellis and Windy Dryden
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Explains rational emotive behavior therapy as a general treatment model and addresses different treatment modalities, including individual, couple, family, and sex therapy. This book includes material on teaching the principles of unconditional self-acceptance in a structured group setting.

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Published July, 2007
By Audrey Nelson and Donna L. Algase
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Wandering behavior is among the most frequent, problematic, and dangerous phenomena associated with dementia and in the health care community. This book is designed to address the range of wandering behaviors of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

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Published June, 2007
By Joyce Fitzpatrick, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Adeline Nyamathi and Deborah Koniak-Griffin
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Posits that nurses are uniquely positioned to lead the way for the elimination of health disparities, through community-based projects and active partnerships with intervention recipients.

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Published April, 2007
By Gloria G. Mayer and Michael Villaire
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Presents major issues in health literacy from the standpoint of the patient, and the challenges that the problem places on health care providers. This book looks at some specific methodologies that have been demonstratively effective in communicating with low-literate patients. It describes alternatives to written forms of patient communication.

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Published April, 2007
By Lisette K. Bunting-Perry and Gwyn M. Vernon
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Provides clinical information that nurses may need in the care of patients with Parkinson's Disease. This book covers various topics including advanced care issues such as deep brain stimulation management, palliative care for frail older adults with Parkinson's, medication management, non-motor complications and psychosocial issues, and others.

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Published March, 2007
By K. Warner Schaie and Peter Uhlenberg
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Examines the effects of the aging baby boomers in America on health care, migration and immigration and how it can support the tax health care networks, cultural issues regarding access to health care, and changing cultural attitudes towards marriage and family that are affecting the relationships between the elderly and their communities.

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Published February, 2007
By Robert L. Taylor
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A clinical guide for practitioners who are likely to come into contact with psychological masquerade among their clients. It includes chapters on violent behavior, amnesia and dementia, sex obsession, and Munchausen-by-Proxy. It also contains case studies that help clarify diagnostic criteria.

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