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Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net -- presentationzen.com -- shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today's world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations. .
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This up-to-date medical text (4th Edition) contains the latest approaches to diagnosis, evaluation, and management for commonly occurring primary care problems. The most recent diagnostic and evidence-based treatment guidelines from major authoritative sources are incorporated in order to make this a comprehensive, yet practical and useful book for the primary care clinician.

The book also contains a focus on development assessment for children as well as approaches to commonly occurring behavioral problems. The latest nutrition guidelines from the Institute of Medicine as well as new recommendations by the Third US Preventive Services Task Force are also included..
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An engaging and clinically applicable work on the principles and structure of the U.S. healthcare system

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Understanding Health Policy is the best-written, most informative book available on the subject--and it's the #1 choice for healthcare students and professionals alike. The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters that make important health policy issues both interesting and understandable.

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Fully updated to reflect current issues in the ever-changing world of healthcare, the newest edition addresses all the topics that affect you most, from the structure and organization of the industry to issues regarding government and private insurance, to access to healthcare.

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Everything you need to understand how the healthcare system works - and your role in it:

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• Clinical vignettes in every chapter illustrate key points.
• Detailed treatment of both U.S. and international issues.
• A complete chapter of review questions .
• NEW Expanded coverage of healthcare workers other than physicians.
• NEW Closer scrutiny of the pharmaceutical industry.
• NEW Brand-new chapter on the medical education system

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In a clear, cohesive format, Delivering Health Care in America provides a comprehensive overview of the basic structures and operations of the US health system from its historical origins and resources, to its individual services, cost, and quality. Using a unique systems approach, it brings together an extraordinary breadth of information into a highly accessible, easy-to-read text that clarifies the complexities of health care organization and finance, while presenting a solid overview of how the various components fit together..
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2007 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner

Now you can get back to the part of your job that matters most...caring for your patients! Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice, 3rd Edition is a focused and thorough primary care reference that covers a multitude of adult disorders and related issues. It presents disorders alphabetically so you can quickly find what you're looking for and it addresses disorders and issues not usually found in other primary care books - including barotrauma, rehabilitation, and domestic violence. Plus, each disorder is discussed from a primary care perspective, so you are given the information you need to treat your adult patients in a caring, cost-effective manner.

• Diagnostic and Differential Diagnosis Boxes aid in test selection and diagnosis.
• Includes easy-to-find special icons for Emergency and Physician Referral Boxes to indicate conditions that require immediate referral to a specialist or emergency room.
• Health Promotion Content in many sections highlight the importance of health teaching and health promotion in the care of patients.
• Management sections incorporate evidence-based recommendations including specialty organization guideline recommendations and current, ongoing research findings.
• Collaborative format recognizes the importance of comprehensive, cost-effective collaborative patient care.
• Features a 10-page, 4-color plate section with high-quality photos of physical findings.
• Thoroughly covers cardiac conditions and office emergencies, areas not usually discussed in detail in other primary care texts.

• Includes a new introductory unit concerning the business and practical aspects of nurse practitioner practice.
• New Collaboration in Research chapter contains information regarding the clinical partnership or collaboration with academic colleagues.
• New Population-Based Care chapter addresses the fact that health care systems are beginning to become more community focused. The role of the health care provider is expanding to provide programs that focus on community needs.
• New Chronic Disease Management Teams chapter provides current research-based information regarding a team-oriented approach to care of the patient with chronic health issues.
• New Reimbursement chapter addresses the financial issues facing the NP in private practice.
• New Infectious Diseases unit addresses the most current health care issues in primary care, including mutating infections and emerging infectious diseases.

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A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendary leader in innovation . . .

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Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future generations.

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We need a cure, and we need it now.

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Harvard Business School�s Clayton M. Christensen�whose bestselling The Innovator�s Dilemma revolutionized the business world�presents The Innovator�s Prescription, a comprehensive analysis of the strategies that will improve. health care and make it affordable.

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Christensen applies the principles of disruptive innovation to the broken health care system with two pioneers in the field�Dr. Jerome Grossman and Dr. Jason Hwang. Together, they examine a. range of symptoms and offer proven solutions.

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YOU�LL DISCOVER HOW

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• �Precision medicine� reduces costs and makes good on the promise of personalized care.
• Disruptive business models improve quality, accessibility, and affordability by changing the way hospitals and doctors work.
• Patient networks enable better treatment of chronic diseases.
• Employers can change the roles they play in health care to compete effectively in the era of globalization.
• Insurance and regulatory reforms stimulate disruption in health care.
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This comprehensive text provides the most current and accurate health promotion and disease prevention information available. The book addresses health promotion for all ages and all population groups - individuals, families, and communities. It includes extensive coverage of growth and development throughout the life span, with an emphasis on normal development as well as the specific problems and health promotion issues common to each stage. A complete unit is devoted to health promotion interventions. It also offers a unique assessment framework based on Gordon's Functional Health Patterns to provide consistency in presentation and an approach in line with the promotion of health.

• Extensive coverage of growth and development throughout all stages of the life span.
  
• A unit on specific interventions for health promotion.
  
• Addresses health promotion for all population groups - individual, family, and the community.
  
• Incorporates Case Studies that depict actual clinical situations to give students a "real-life" perspective.
  
• Innovative Practice examples highlight unique and creative health promotion programs.
  
• Summarizes specific clinical interventions in Health Teaching boxes to provide students with "how-to" nursing actions.
  
• Think About It clinical scenarios provide critical thinking questions to help readers grasp important concepts.
  
• Multicultural Awareness boxes present cultural perspectives important to care planning.
  
• Introduces significant issues, trends, and controversies in health promotion through Hot Topics boxes to engage students in critical discussion and debate about these topics.
  
• Research Highlights emphasize current research efforts and research opportunities in health promotion.

• A new Study Questions section (with answers and rationales) helps you review and assess your understanding of chapter content.
  
• Care Plans are presented in a consistent format: Nursing Diagnosis, Defining Characteristics, Related Factors, Expected Outcomes, and Interventions.
  
• Healthy People 2010 boxes highlight current national health promotion priorities.
  
• A new full-color design helps to highlight important features and content.
  
• A new companion Evolve website offers case studies with questions and answers, WebLinks, content updates, and a Glossary with search capability to enhance your learning experience.

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A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in children Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines was responsible for the disease. If mercury caused autism, they reasoned, eliminating it from a child's system should treat the disorder. Consequently, a number of untested alternative therapies arose, and, most tragically, in one such treatment, a doctor injected a five-year-old autistic boy with a chemical in an effort to cleanse him of mercury, which stopped his heart instead.

Children with autism have been placed on stringent diets, subjected to high-temperature saunas, bathed in magnetic clay, asked to swallow digestive enzymes and activated charcoal, and injected with various combinations of vitamins, minerals, and acids. Instead of helping, these therapies can hurt those who are most vulnerable, and particularly in the case of autism, they undermine childhood vaccination programs that have saved millions of lives. An overwhelming body of scientific evidence clearly shows that childhood vaccines are safe and does not cause autism. Yet widespread fear of vaccines on the part of parents persists.

In this book, Paul A. Offit, a national expert on vaccines, challenges the modern-day false prophets who have so egregiously misled the public and exposes the opportunism of the lawyers, journalists, celebrities, and politicians who support them. Offit recounts the history of autism research and the exploitation of this tragic condition by advocates and zealots. He considers the manipulation of science in the popular media and the courtroom, and he explores why society is susceptible to the bad science and risky therapies put forward by many antivaccination activists.

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