Published May, 2023
By Mark S. Ferrara
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
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Weaves history, science, and psychology to recount the story of the author's struggles with allergic asthma and a life-threatening allergy to nuts - and his difficulties living and working in the Far East and Near East - to show how the quest for self-actualization can lead to an acceptance of transience that borders on the mystical.

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Published May, 2023
By Patricia Rushton
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
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This second volume of accounts by nurses who served with US forces in Vietnam presents recollections of 16 women who cared for American casualties during a controversial war. Representing all military branches, their experiences of struggle, friendship and love formed their professional and personal lives.

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Published March, 2023
By David R. Petriello
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
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From the 16th century to the present, this work traces the interactions of disease and politics in the United States. Major pandemics, local outbreaks, and even presidential illnesses are all examined to see how political parties have seized upon their origins, spread, and treatment to promote their own ideologies.

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Published March, 2023
By Rick Olderman, MSPT
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
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Discusses the author's ground-breaking approach to treating chronic musculoskeletal pain, drawn from decades in his orthopedic physical therapy clinic. Using a holistic, evidence-based strategy, he provides insight and hope to those seeking answers, arguing that the location of pain has little to do with where the pain originates.

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Published December, 2022
By Avis Rumney and Larry Fritzlan
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
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Presents a radically different addiction treatment paradigm, based on science, evidence and best practices, and has a success rate approaching 100% when followed closely. This model will profoundly upend the current addiction treatment industry.

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Published December, 2022
By Emily Katseanes
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
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As awareness of mental health increases, so does its predominance in popular culture, making for an interesting investigation into the representation of these concerns on our most ubiquitous streaming service: Netflix. These essays explore how the service's content jumps into those conversations, creating helpful - or harmful - messaging.

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Published July, 2022
By Richard W. Carlson, M.D.
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
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Dr Richard Carlson was an obstetrics-gynecology resident in inner city LA when he received his call to Vietnam. He served as chief medical officer with a unit of American doctors, nurses and corpsmen in Bac Lieu Province 1966-1967. With more than 80 photographs, his detailed account chronicles his team's harrowing work under primitive conditions.

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Published July, 2022
By Zane Robinson Wolf and Denise Nagle Bailey
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
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Addresses selected violations of professional nursing conduct and practices that take place in shadows or on the margins of clinical practice - incidents that represent 'dark' or 'gray' areas of nursing. The book also encourages organisations to promote a culture of ethical responsibility for nursing practices.

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Published May, 2022
By Sean Kelly and Carol King
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
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Covers the complexity of anxiety in everyday life, as well as its effect on happiness and achievement, told through the experiences of anxiety sufferers across life stages, from childhood through retirement years. The author uses scientific literature and over forty years of clinical experience to describe the major anxiety disorders.

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Published January, 2022
By Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III and Mickey P. McGee
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
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Syringe exchange programs and safe injection services are outside-the-box interventions increasingly being used by governments, nonprofits and citizens. This collection of essays covers policies and practices aimed at preventing both opioid-related deaths and related infections of hepatitis and HIV.

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