Nutrition counseling & communication skills

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[edited by] Michelle H. Cameron

"This resource covers everything from thermal agents, hydrotherapy, traction, compression, ultrasound, electrical currents, and electromagnetic fields to recent advances and new applications. You'll find clear discussions of the scientific basis for these agents' function, the types of conditions they can be used to treat, and their effectiveness according to the current research. You'll also discover practical guidelines that explain how to use them, when to use them...and when not to, how to integrate them into a patient's overall treatment plan, and how to document your treatment to optimize reimbursement and minimize liability."--BOOK JACKET.

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[edited by] Susan B. Bastable

The role of the nurse in patient teaching is central and critical to improving the health of individuals and the population at large. It is important in both institutional and community-based settings. Nurse as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice prepares nurse educators, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners for their ever-increasing roles in patient teaching, health education, and health promotion, and is an excellent text for students in nursing education.

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Julia Buckroyd and Sharon Rother

Based on a five-year research project, Therapeutic Groups for Obese Women introduces an innovative approach to overcoming the growing socio-economic burden of morbidity and mortality resulting from emotionally-driven female obesity. Julia Buckroyd and Sharon Rother (both of the Obesity and Eating Disorders Research Unit at the University of Hertfordshire), offer a complete 36-week programme based on emotional intelligence and the removal of barriers to improvement, along with learning tools for clinicians to use with participants. Worksheets and a range of other tools are provided as appendices.

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Raj S. Bhopal

This text explains and illustrates the key concepts, language, principles and methods that underpin the science of epidemiology and its applications to policy making, health service planning and health promotion.