This informative and witty volume deals with such topics as nutrition, hospitals and medical emergencies, choosing a nursery school and day care, and how to amuse the toddler. Both fathers and mothers are provided with important advice on how to raise a non-sexist child.
That irrepressible team whose previous collaborations poked fun at bureaucracies (Cover Your Ass!) and expounded on the horrors and humour of fatherhood (Daddy Dearest and Sorry Daddy) hove now turned their considerable talents on the droll and wacky world of pet ownership. Although written in a typically light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek fashion, this informative book gives excellent advice on topics such as choosing a pet, the joy of housebreaking, feeding, veterinary visits and even fleas (and how to get rid of them). Although the book stars those all-time favourites (cats and dogs) in includes chapters on both exotic and surrogate pets. Reigning Cats & Dogs offers a selection of pet recipes and a brief overview of pet contributions in the areas of language, television, movies and literature. Ross and Shaw, described as "very perceptive and wildly funny" and "so funny they made me laugh out lout", have produced the indispensable guide for pet livers who own, have ever owned or are thinking of owning a pet. A must for all animal lovers!
Alzheimer’s Disease is now the fourth leading cause of death among the elderly in North America. It is estimated that 300,000 Canadians and 2 million Americans are victims of this mysterious illness. What is Alzheimer’s Disease? What causes it? How can we recognize it? How do we deal with it if it occurs in our families? Where do we go for assistance? The answers are provided in this comprehensive guide, including causes; symptoms; diagnosis; treatment; legal and financial considerations; caring for the patient; and sensible, sympathetic advice to help the caregiver through this agonizing time. Two case studies dramatically portray the onset, progression, and tragic conclusion of this disease, for which there is no effective treatment and no cure. This indispensable book, however, not only explains how to identify and deal with the illness, but also supplies useful, down-to-earth suggestions to ease the stress and improve the quality of life for families and victims of Alzheimer’s Disease.
This is an extensively revised and expanded edition of the classic, definitive, bestselling book on Future Search, which is one of most powerful methods for changing and improving all types of organizations and communities. If you want to do strategic planning, product innovation, quality improvement, organizational restructuring, or any other major change in a participative, whole system way, this book is your guide.
The purpose of this modest volume is to provide the new father with a true story of pregnancy, childbirth and newborns. A picture that is not coloured by the biases of the professional practitioner but contains the honest experiences of a hapless novice father who was caught up in a strange experience, managed to cope and wound up enjoying the process more than he anticipated. The book contains many amusing cartoon drawings by the noted Canadian illustrator, David Shaw.
Vision problems can be frightening, especially as we age and find our sight diminishing.Fortunately, many eye concerns are relatively easy to prevent and correct, and medical science has made great strides in treating more serious conditions. Eyes offers comprehensive information about problems of childhood, including wandering eye, lazy eye and infantile cataracts; refractive problems, such as myopia and astigmatism, and methods of correcting them; the aging eye, cataracts and glaucoma; and new treatments and technologies.BIO:MARVIN L.KWITKO, O.ST.J., BA MD, FAAO, FICS, FRCOPHTH, FRCS(C), Chief of Opthamology at St. Marys Hospital is one of Canadas most distinguished ophthalmic surgeons. He is President and founder of the Canadian Implant and Refractive Surgery Society, co-founder of the American Intraocular Implant Society, a recipient of the Senior Honor Award of the American Academy of Opthamology and La Medaille dHonneur, Lassociation Francaise des Implants Intraoculaires. MARVIN ROSS is a freelance medical journalist. He is also a registered correspondent for the European Press Network in Paris and a member of the Periodical Writers Association of Canada.He also received an award for writing one of the top five news stories from the Kenneth R. Wilson Memorial Awards in 2001 for an article in the Sept/Oct 2000 issue of Canadian Occupational Safety. Marvin also does a great deal of writing for the pharmaceutical industry. He writes summaries of conference symposia and continuing medical education programs for physicians.
Future search is used for large group planning meetings to work on task- focussed agendas. Brings together diverse groups with the aim of finding common ground.
Henry Marvin was born into a family with great ambitions and aspirations. His grandfather was an important character in the Revolutionary War, and his father owned much land in Webbs Mills, New York. His nephew was Ross Marvin, who died at the North Pole while with the Peary Expedition. His great-grand-nephew was Hollywood actor Lee Marvin. In 1873 Henry was 18 years old and he had to figure things out for himself.
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