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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Penelope Leach's Your Baby & Child is the most loved, trusted and comprehensive book in its field--with almost two million copies sold in America alone. Newsweek says that it is not only one of the best parenting books, but also "by far the most pleasurable to read." This new version, completely rewritten for a new generation, encompasses the latest research and thinking on child development and learning, and reflects the realities of today's changing...
Publisher
Bantam books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
All parents want to provide the very best care for their children. This essential resource from the most respected organization in child health is the one guide pediatricians routinely recommend. Parents can safely trust the guidance, which covers everything from preparing for childbirth to toilet training and from breastfeeding to nurturing your childs self-esteem. Whether its resolving common childhood health problems or detailed instructions for...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From the pediatrician whose advice has shaped parenting practices for more than half a century comes the essential parenting bookfully revised and updated with the latest research and written in clear, accessible prose for parents of all backgrounds. Generations of parents have relied on the influential bestseller Dr. Spocks Baby and Child Care as the most authoritative and reliable guide for child care. This timeless yet up-to-date edition has been...
Author
Language
English
Description
The founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute outlines scientifically based recommendations reversing heart disease and other chronic health problems through lifestyle changes designed to slow cellular aging.
Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the aging process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to reverse diseaseas well as prevent and reduce symptomsfrom the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle...
27) Hello, doctor
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little boy does everything the doctor tells him to do when he goes for his check-up.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Advanced directives and living wills have improved our ability to dictate end-of-life care, but even these cannot guarantee us the dignity of a natural death. Designed by two sisters - one a doctor, one a lawyer - who draw on decades of experience, the five-step Compassion Protocol outlined here offers a simple and effective framework for leaving caretakers concrete, unambiguous, and legally binding instructions about your wishes for your last days....
Publisher
American Academy of Pediatrics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Most parents do not expect to begin life with their new baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). They often feel lost and powerless amidst this new world of medical vocabulary, technology, and numerous health care providers. Understanding the NICU will guide you through your NICU journey, help you communicate with members of the NICU team, and learn about your baby’s condition so that you can ask questions and participate as a valuable...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
"[P]hysician and [...] author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is a [...] look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we've made old age into a disease,...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring, informative, and practical guide to navigating end of life issues, by a groundbreaking expert in the field and the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door. In the mid-1400s, an unnamed Catholic monk composed a popular self-help book called Ars Moriendi, or The Art of Dying. Written in Latin, this medieval death manual taught people how to navigate the trials of the deathbed, using simple rituals of repentance,...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
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Description
When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted more than anything to be a Union soldier, an impossible dream for a thirty-nine-year-old woman, who stood a slender five feet tall. Determined to serve, she became a veritable soldier, a nurse, and a one-woman relief agency operating in the heart of the conflict. Now, award-winning author Stephen B. Oates, drawing on archival materials not used by her previous biographers, has written the first complete...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"An award-winning physician-writer exposes how pervasive cracks in the health care system cost us time, energy, and lives―and how we can fix them. There’s an unspoken assumption when we go to see a doctor: the doctor knows our medical story and is making decisions based on that story. But reality frequently falls short. Medical records vanish when we switch doctors. Critical details of life-saving treatment plans get lost in muddled electronic...
36) The 36-hour day: a family guide to caring for people who have Alzheimer disease and other dementias
Author
Series
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For four decades, this guide has been the leading reference for those who take care of people with dementia. The new seventh edition reflects updates in the field, including discussion of working with home care aides, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Huntington disease, and promising potential therapies such as electrical signaling and nerve growth factors"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide offers essential advice from two pediatrician-moms. It covers everything new parents need to know, from feeding and dressing, to diapering and bathing, and from crying and sleep to travel and activities. Updates include: a section on baby blues and postpartum depression; added information on breastfeeding, pumping and insurance benefits; new safety information on SIDS and car...
39) Advice for future corpses*, *and those who love them: a practical perspective on death and dying
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
We Are All Future Corpses. Former NEA fellow and Pushcart Prize-winning writer Sallie Tisdale offers a lyrical, thought-provoking, yet practical perspective on death and dying in Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them). Informed by her many years working as a nurse, with more than a decade in palliative care, Tisdale provides a frank, direct, and compassionate meditation on the inevitable. From the sublime (the faint sound of Mozart as...
40) The everything guide to raising a toddler: all you need to raise a happy, healthy, confident toddler
Author
Series
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The toddler years are a wondrous time of exploration and independence. If you're prepared, you can enjoy the toddler years with ease and confidence. Filled with practical advice and sound strategies, this guide give you tips on handling technology and toddlers, a slew of activities to build brainpower, and recipes that will help keep toddlers performing at their best.
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