Discover ways to raise staff awareness regarding diversity!Managing Multiculturalism and Diversity In the Library: Principals and Issues for Administrators is an academic guide to diversity issues such as affirmative action, career development of minorities in the library science profession, racism, and scholarship solutions to increase the diversity of people in the library and information science profession.
The first five chapters discuss the diagnosis of clinical depression, its impact on the patient, and principles of good clinical management, including patient education. The middle chapters present the clinically relevant pharmacology of the various antidepressants. The last three chapters cover managing antidepressant therapy. In summary this book is designed to provide the practitioner with: A basic understanding of clinical depression A system for rapid diagnosis and rational, efficient, and…
Society today, writes Stephen Post, is 'hypercognitive': it places inordinate emphasis on people's powers of rational thinking and memory. Thus, Alzheimer disease and other dementias, which over an extended period incrementally rob patients of exactly those functions, raise many dilemmas. How are we to view—and value—persons deprived of what some consider the most important human capacities? In the second edition of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, Post updates his highly praised acco…
The key for any beginning radiologist who wishes to recognize pathological findings is to first acquire an ability to distinguish them from normal ones. This outstanding guide gives beginning radiologists the tools they need to systematically approach and recognize normal MR and CT images. Highlights include: Reference-quality images from the author's own teaching files show all standard normal findings as seen in CT and MRI; Checklists in each section offer the reader a systematic way to appro…
Sohlberg and Mateer's landmark introductory text helped put cognitive rehabilitation on the map for a generation of clinicians, researchers, educators, and students. Now, more than a decade later, the discipline has come of age. This new volume provides a comprehensive overview of this fast-evolving field. More than a revised edition, the text reflects the dramatic impact of recent advances in neuroscience and computer technology, coupled with changes in service delivery models. The authors d…
The effective delivery of primary care now requires a much higher calibre of staff than was previously considered acceptable. Selection, assessment and management are skills that need to be properly understood to ensure that the best possible service is being provided; and inappropriate actions can lead employers into a legal minefield with unwelcome consequences. This manual provides concise but comprehensive information on the situation as applied to general practice, illustrated by numerous …
Use stress to enrich understanding and personal growth.In this update of the classic, Beside Ourselves, psychologist Naomi Quenk further explores what we keep hidden within but reveal when we are stressed. Outlining the stress patterns of the 16 personality types, this newly revised edition includes startling information on work-related stress and what happens to us when we operate in a stressful mode over extended periods.