Nursing Resource Guide

An interdisciplinary history of medicine and human disease.

The Encyclopedia of Health and Aging presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts on health and aging. This Encyclopedia also focuses heavily on geriatrics with respect to geriatric syndromes and common diseases of aging.

The Encyclopedia of Obesity is as much of a reference resource as it is a tool to raise awareness in the medical and public health communities.

Topics discussed include cocaine-dependent patients with antisocial personality disorder; drug abuse and neuro-AIDS; alcohol and substance abuse among older adults; sexual abuse in men with substance abuse problems; cognitive dysfunction in cocaine abuse; current controversies in the assessment and treatment of heroin addiction; psychotropic analgestic nitrous oxide (PAN) for substance abuse withdrawal; carisoprodol withdrawal syndrome and new research on methamphetamine abuse.

Delivers the collective wisdom of foremost scholars and practitioners in the death and dying movement from its inception to the present. Written by luminaries who have shaped the field, this capstone book distills the collective wisdom of foremost scholars and practitioners who together have nearly a millennium of experience in the death and dying movement.

Examines the history, use, and science of the 100 most important chemical compounds found in the world today