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The Heart of Long Term Care

By: Rosalie A. Kane,Robert L. Kane,Richard C. Ladd

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The Heart of Long Term Care

By: Rosalie A. Kane,Robert L. Kane,Richard C. Ladd

Long-term care in the United States has taken the nursing home as its benchmark, but the monetary, social, and psychological costs of nursing home care are all too high. This book challenges the current dominance of nursing homes as the principal institution of long-term care. It offers a series of alternative models where both services and housing can be provided in a way that allows long-term consumers to enjoy dignified, "normal" lifestyles. It addresses the political and economic consequences of making this decision. The authors start with the premise that long-term care is designed to assist people who lack the capacity to function fully independently. They argue that no disabled person of any age should be required to forsake his/her humanity in exchange for care. The book rejects the artificial dichotomy between social and medical care, asserting that both play important roles in psychological and physical well-being of long-term care patients. The authors consider the need for competent and compassionate medicine and discuss the methods for improving both its coordination of care and its effectiveness. The book redefines the meaning of safety and protection in long-term care, and how this goal can be accomplished without sacrificing quality of living. As the new millennium and the aging of baby boomers approaches, more creative approaches to providing better long-term care are required. This volume outlines a useful framework for the provision of effective and humane community-based programs that are both feasible and affordable. It will be an invaluable guide for geriatricians, public health professionals, family physicians, nurses and others who care for elderly patients.

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356

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0195122380

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9780195122381

Hog Ties

What Pigs Tell Us about America

By: Richard P. Horwitz

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Hog Ties

What Pigs Tell Us about America

By: Richard P. Horwitz

From Charlotte's Web to Porky Pig and Babe, Americans betray a curiously deep regard for pigs. Hog Ties looks at this phenomenon, its relation to American culture, and the way in which themes of life and death are played out in the care, feeding, slaughter, and eating of pigs. Intermingling silly asides with serious subjects, existential concerns with environmental issues, the book considers the ways that pigs might help Americans address powerful human concerns.

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340

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816641838

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9780816641833

Writing the Social Text

Poetics and Politics in Social Science Discourse

By: Richard Brown

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Writing the Social Text

Poetics and Politics in Social Science Discourse

By: Richard Brown

During the past decade, it has become commonplace to interpret social and cultural reality-the very groundwork of the social sciences-as linguistic constructions. Not only is society viewed as a text, but scientific texts themselves are seen as rhetorical constructions. This collection of scholarly essays begins with an overview of this emerging field, and covers the specific stylistic practices by which social scientists create -objective- or -true- representations of society. The volume closes with a consideration of the more telling challenges to the rhetorics of the social sciences and how these might be encompassed or overcome.

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371

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Routledge

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1351470914

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9781351470919

Forensic Biology

By: Richard Li

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Forensic Biology

By: Richard Li

Focusing on forensic serology and forensic DNA analysis, this book introduces students to the methods and techniques utilized by forensic biology laboratories. Using schematic illustrations to clarify concepts, this second edition explores the latest DNA profiling tools, contains three new chapters, and provides 200 new images. It also includes new tables for many chapters. Covering the full scope of forensic biology, the book uses an accessible style designed to enhance students education and training so they are prepared, both in the laboratory and in the field.

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558

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CRC Press

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1439889724

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9781439889725

The professor game

By: Richard D. Mandell

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The professor game

By: Richard D. Mandell

Examines the life styles, ambitions, fears, idiosyncrasies and privileges of today's college professors, along with the politics of campus life. Includes fictional sketches of typical days in the live of five representative professors.

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274

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Doubleday Books

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0385111568

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9780385111560

The Presidency, Congress, and Divided Government

A Postwar Assessment

By: Richard Steven Conley

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The Presidency, Congress, and Divided Government

A Postwar Assessment

By: Richard Steven Conley

Can presidents hope to be effective in policy making when Congress is ruled by the other party? Conley argues that the conditions of -divided government- have changed in recent years, and he applies a rigorous methodology to examine the success of presidential initiatives, the strategies presidents use in working with the legislature, and the use of veto power. -Although split-party control has not produced policy deadlock or gridlock, neither has its impact on presidential leadership and the retention of congressional prerogatives been adequately explored and analyzed.---Lou Fisher.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1603446818

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9781603446815

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The Heart of Long Term Care

The Heart of Long Term Care

Hog Ties

Hog Ties

Writing the Social Text

Writing the Social Text

Forensic Biology

Forensic Biology

The professor game

The professor game

The Presidency, Congress, and Divided Government

The Presidency, Congress, and Divided Government

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