If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything Will Still Be Okay

As an Emergency Room pediatrician, Dr. Lara Zibners has seen it all. She's cared for a portion of the 25 million children in the U.S. who are taken to the ER each year-and she knows that more than 50%...

Human Factors and Ergonomics of Prehospital Emergency Care

This book provides an introduction to the field of human factors for individuals who are involved in the delivery and/or improvement of prehospital emergency care and describes opportunities to advanc...

Make the Day Matter!

An introduction to the volume addresses the background and evolution of day services, national trends, and guiding principles for meaningful daytimes. Chapters discuss: transition from school to meani...

Knocking on Heaven's Door

In Knocking on Heaven's Door,award-winning journalist Katy Butler describes in vivid and poetic prose what happened to her family as her parents were moved from a ripe and vigorous old age toward a lo...

Fast Food Genocide

Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?

Rich with real-life case studies, this groundbreaking book offers patients&;and those who care for them&;a road map to healthy use of prescription medications.In an epidemic of overmedication, where c...

Ensuring a Sustainable Future

There is very little argument that the world is facing severe environmental challenges. Ongoing air and water pollution, increasing energy consumption, and the depletion of natural resources have all...