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Kooperationsmanagement in der Altenhilfe
Tectum Verlag 2012; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung Marketingstrategien propagieren als eines der wesentlichen Ziele für Unternehmen, sich abzugrenzen von Konkurrenten oder Mitbewerbern der jeweiligen Branche - "anders zu sein als andere". Dies scheint für Einrichtungen im Segment der stationären Altenhilfe auf den ersten Blick schwierig realisierbar. Sind doch Dienstleistungsqualität... more...
It's Enough to Make You Sick
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2012; US$ 26.99It's Enough to Make You Sick explains how the American health care system developed and how it has deteriorated into a national disgrace. Lobosky indicts the special interests who have played a role in the demise of American health care, examines the current attempts at reform, and offers a practical, compassionate blueprint for effective change.... more...
Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Your Future
Childhood Cancer Guides 2012; US$ 23.95More than 325,000 children, teens, and adults in the United States are survivors of childhood cancer. The surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and stem cell transplants used to cure children can affect growing bodies and developing minds. If survivors know of these potential problems, they can take steps to identify, cope with, or treat them early if... more...
The Heart of Care
Souvenir Press 2012; US$ 19.99Aimed at transforming how people care for others and themselves, this life-changing handbook examines how caregivers and caring professionals can reconnect to an actively compassionate nature, enriching the lives of those they look after as well as their own. The guide contends that person-centered care should be at the heart of the care industry,... more...
Death in Slow Motion
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 12.99When her once-glamorous and witty novelist-mother got Alzheimer's, Eleanor Cooney moved her from her beloved Connecticut home to California in order to care for her. In tense, searing prose, punctuated with the blackest of humor, Cooney documents the slow erosion of her mother's mind, the powerful bond the two shared, and her own descent into drink... more...
Death in Slow Motion
HarperCollins 2013; Not AvailableWhen her once-glamorous and witty novelist-mother got Alzheimer's, Eleanor Cooney moved her from her beloved Connecticut home to California in order to care for her. In tense, searing prose, punctuated with the blackest of humor, Cooney documents the slow erosion of her mother's mind, the powerful bond the two shared, and her own descent into drink... more...
Close to the Bone
Red Wheel Weiser 2007; US$ 14.95This is a book for any person who is living with a life-threatening illness and for anyone who is caring for and/or loves a person who is ill. Bolen affirms that the price of going into the scary places, of feeling like a piece of green meat on a hook, is high, but worth it. We have no choice. We will all face health crises--our own and others. We... more...
The Sociology of the Caring Professions, Second Edition
Routledge 2002; US$ 95.00This updated and substantially revised second edition of a key textbook, provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of professions including social work, probation, nursing, midwifery and health visiting. The authors discuss the changing role of the caring professions, focussing on their status and the strategies used... more...
Birth By Design
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 49.95This collection brings together the leading research in maternity care from the US, Canada, and Europe to discuss systems of care for pregnancy and childbirth. A groundbreaking work which gives a truly international understanding. more...
The Eldercare Handbook
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99In this comprehensive and accessible guide, long-term care expert Stella Henry helps readers navigate the daunting logistics and powerful emotions of making care decisions for an elderly parent or loved one. Drawing from her 36 years as a registered nurse and a nursing home administrator, as well as her experience caring for both her parents (both... more...









