by Peter H. Klopfer (1999)
Politics and People in Ethology: Personal Reflections on the Study of Animal Behavior is the memoir of a man who has spent his life among animals and academics: observing, studying, playing, and thinking about them. From a childhood in southern California to years spent at Yale, Cambridge and Duke Universities, Peter Klopfer has always made connections between his academic work with animals, his political convictions, and his wide-ranging intellectual interests. Rather than a straightforward history of a discipline that grew up along with his own academic career, Klopfer offers personal and candid insights into ethology (the study of animal behavior). He offers reminiscences about the "fathers" of the field - Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, and others. Klopfer details the ways in which he has changed his mind on the causes of species diversity in songbirds, mother-infant attachments (and the connection to the hormone oxytocin) in goats, mechanisms that control aggression, as well as observations in exotic places inhabited by elephant seals and lemurs. He also explains the work of others, such as the contribution to the study of behavior of his teacher, Yale's famed G. E. Hutchinson; his close friend and field companion Robert MacArthur and his role in the development of behavioral ecology. Klopfer provides an analysis of the possible connections between Konrad Lorenz and the National Socialist Party, as well as a polemical attack on the part of the field known as sociobiology. The book closes with a meditation on the state of the discipline, including the problems facing young scientists today.
[edited by] Jennie Naidoo, Jane Wills
"Health Studies: an Introduction is a comprehensive introduction to health and illness, approaches to healthcare, and the psychological, social and environmental factors that influence public and personal health. This thoroughly revised edition includes new chapters on geography & physiology, and increased coverage of global health issues"--Provided by publisher.
David Robinson, Val Reed
A major function of research is to strengthen the knowledge base of health professions and so enhance patient care. The rapid growth has unfortunately led to it being seen by many as an elitist activity full of jargon, carried out by academics. This book will enable readers to demystify and enhance their understanding of terminology used in research and contains almost 300 terms. It offers readers a unique approach to explanations for each term by offering its Everyday use; its Research use; an Example and Related terms.
Kathleen J. Sawin, Marcia P. Harrigan
Written by a nurse-social worker team, this book examines nearly 20 instruments for measuring family functioning. The measures are grouped by level - well-established, moderately established, and those early in development. The discussion for each includes a history of the instrument, an overview of the model and its conceptual framework; a description of the instrument; information on scoring, reliability, and validity; sample items; a description of its sensitivity to cross-cultural issues, gender, and variant family structures; a summary of studies using the instrument; and information on where to get the instrument. In recognition of the interdisciplinary nature of the study of the family, the measures described are derived from the disciplines of nursing psychiatry, psychology, social work, and sociology.
Marianne J. Legato
The field of gender-specific medicine examines how normal human biology and physiology differs between men and women and how the diagnosis and treatment of disease differs as a function of gender. This revealing research covers various conditions that predominantly occur in men as well conditions that predominantly occur in women. Among the areas of greatest difference are cardiovascular disease, mood disorders, the immune system, lung cancer as a consequence of smoking, osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, and infectious diseases. The Second Edition of Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine will decrease in size from two to one volume and focus on the essentials of gender-specific medicine. In response to the market as well as many of the reviewers' suggestions, the Editor has eliminated approximately 55 chapters from the first edition to make the book more compact and more focused on the essentials of gender-specific medicine. The content will be completely updated, redundant sections and chapters will be merged with others that are more relevant to the current study of sex and gender differences in human physiology and pathophysiology. Editor has eliminated approximately 55 chapters from the first edition to make the book more compact and more focused on the essentials of gender-specific medicine. Longer bibliographies and suggested reviews/papers of particular relevance and importance will be added at the end of each section. Each author will be asked to include recent meta-analysis of data Each chapter will progress translationally from the basic science to the clinical applications of gender-specific therapies, drugs, or treatments Section on drug metabolism will be eliminated but the subject will be incorporated into each relevant chapter Section on aging will be eliminated but age will be considered as a variable in each of the separate chapters.