| The Marriage & Family Experience: Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society (with InfoTrac) | | Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:41:35 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | The Marriage and Family Experience is an engaging, student friendly Marriage and Family best seller. The text's up-to-date material, real-life cross-cultural examples, and balanced presentation make it an accessible and compelling read for the Marriage and Family student. It successfully bridges all elements of the course, including intimate relationships, family policy, and family issues. The combination of this classic book's strengths fosters consistent positive student reaction and feedback semester after semester.... | |
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| | | Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods (7th Edition) | | Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 5:42:04 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | This edition emphasizes contemporary approaches such as narrative and solution-focused therapies, and highlights such issues as poverty, social class, ethnicity, and spirituality. There is more emphasis on clinical practice, with clinical examples added throughout the book. There are new chapters on Integrative Models (Chapter 13) and on Research in Family Therapy (Chapter 15). The new chapter on Integrative Models includes information on working with family violence and conducting community family therapy. For anyone interested in family therapy.... | |
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| | | Health Psychology: An Introduction to Behavior and Health (with InfoTrac), Fifth Edition | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:41:45 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | Backed by a strong and current research base, Brannon and Feist's proven book offers balanced coverage of the cognitive, behavioral, and biological approaches to health psychology. Adopters praise its even-handed discussions of research and applications, as well as the equal emphasis given to illness and prevention. Integrated coverage of physiology (including immunity, pain, and stress) rounds out the text. The authors include many innovative learning tools in every chapter to encourage active participation, giving students the strategies and tools for behavior modification and critical thinking.... | |
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| | | Family Therapy: An Overview (with InfoTrac) | | Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:41:34 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | FAMILY THERAPY provides a balanced presentation of the major theoretical underpinnings and clinical practices in the field. By presenting an overview of traditional and evolving viewpoints, perspectives, values, intervention techniques, and goals of family therapy, Herbert and Irene Goldenberg provide current, relevant, practice-oriented content laying the foundation for students to become proficient family therapists. This edition reflects the Goldenbergs' commitment to providing students with not only traditional family therapy theoretical frameworks, but also the field's evolving models of practice. It is the complete resource for assisting students in mastering the many facets of family therapy. For this new edition, Michael White, founder of Narrative Therapy, has written a new foreword for the text.... | |
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| | | Clinical Guidelines in Family Practice | | Posted Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:41:33 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | This up-to-date medical text (4th Edition) contains the latest approaches to diagnosis, evaluation, and management for commonly occurring primary care problems. The most recent diagnostic and evidence-based treatment guidelines from major authoritative sources are incorporated in order to make this a comprehensive, yet practical and useful book for the primary care clinician. The book also contains a focus on development assessment for children as well as approaches to commonly occurring behavioral problems. The latest nutrition guidelines from the Institute of Medicine as well as new recommendations by the Third US Preventive Services Task Force are also included.... | |
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| | | Marriages and Families: Changes, Choices, and Constraints (5th Edition) | | Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:41:33 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Exceptionally comprehensive, innately interesting, and extremely readable, this best-seller introduces readers to the study of contemporary marriages and families in ways to which they can easily relate. It examines the diversity of American families-giving equal attention to all racial, ethnic, and other societal groups-and examines not only the choices, but the constraints that often limit our family-related choices today. This open-minded approach, combined with a set of practical guidelines presented in each chapter, encourages learners to think and act for themselves-and thereby join the effort to resolve some of the crucial issues confronting 21st century families. A six-part organization places marriage and the family in perspective, looks at the individual and developing relationships, as well as the individual and marital commitments, considers parents and children, explores conflicts and crises, and offers an understanding of changes and transitions. For those interested in a complete and current study of marital and family relationships in America.... | |
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| | | Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues | | Posted Saturday, August 19, 2006 11:41:34 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | A well-known and well-respected author provides this comprehensive yet accessible text that introduces students to population issues, concepts and theories. While keeping larger population issues in perspective, the text closely examines key factors in population processes, from fertility and mortality rates to agricultural production and urbanization. The text addresses both population problems and potential solutions, and engages students with intriguing essays, interesting examples, and up-to-date Internet resources. The text is the most comprehensive book on the market, encompassing the entire field of demography, including principle and practice: Chapters 1 - 8 provide the framework and tools while Chapters 9 - 13 apply these tools and demographic perspectives to real-world situations. The text is a classic in the field, and is respected for its comprehensive and contemporary approach.... | |
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| | | Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without | | Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 5:41:36 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | What's the quickest way to ruin a friendship? Do great friendships have anything in common? Are close friendships in the workplace such a bad thing?These are just a few of the questions that #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath asked when he embarked on a massive study about the impact of friendships. Along with several leading researchers, Rath pored through the literature, conducted several experiments, and analyzed more than 8 million interviews from The Gallup Organization's worldwide database.His team's discoveries produced Vital Friends, a book that challenges long-held assumptions people have about their relationships. And the team's landmark discovery - that people who have a "best friend at work" are seven times as likely to be engaged in their job - is sure to rattle the structure of organizations around the world.Drawing on research and case studies from topics as diverse as management, marriage, and architecture, Vital Friends reveals what's common to all truly essential friendships: a regular focus on what each person is contributing to the friendship - rather than the all-too-common approach of expecting one person to be everything.The book includes a unique ID code that provides access to the Vital Friends Assessment and website. This groundbreaking test reveals which friends play each of the eight vital friendship roles in your work and life.Tom Rath's fast-paced and inviting storytelling takes a mountain of important research and makes it remarkably accessible and applicable. By the time you finish reading Vital Friends, you'll see your coworkers, family, friends, and significant other in a whole new light.... | |
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| | | I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Death of a Loved One | | Posted Saturday, August 12, 2006 3:41:45 AM by BlogJeeves Team | | Each year about eight million Americans suffer the death of a close family member. The list of high visibility disasters, human suffering and sudden loss is long and will continue to grow. From TWA Flight 800 to Egypt Air, from Oklahoma City to Columbine, daily we face incomprehensible loss. Outside the publicized tragedies there are many families and individuals that are suffering behind closed doors in our neighborhoods, in our own homes, in hospital waiting rooms. Now for those who face the challenges of sudden death, there is a hand to hold. Both authors lost a loved one tragically. Noel's brother was stung by a bee and died instantly at age 27. Blair's husband died of a brain aneurysm. As they struggled to rebuild they found little printed material. I Wasn't Ready to Say Good-bye is the first book to devote all its pages to the unique challenges of sudden loss, written by two women who have walked the path. They cover such difficult topics as the first few we! eks, suicide, death of a child, when a body isn't found, children and grief, funerals and rituals, physical effects, homicide, depression and many others.... | |
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| | | Marriages & Families: Making Choices in a Diverse Society (with InfoTrac) | | Posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:41:44 PM by BlogJeeves Team | | The number one seller in the market, this mainstream marriage and family text combines a balanced scholarly and applied approach with a unique theme, "making choices in a diverse society" The text achieves an excellent balance between the sociological and ecological or family systems theoretical perspectives, while including coverage of family dynamics and interpersonal relationships. Lamanna and Riedmann's coverage offers insightful perspectives on diversity, including different ethnic traditions and marriage and family alternatives.... | |
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