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| DISABILITY : The Social, Political, & Ethical Debate [Robert M Baird (ed)] What is it like to experience disability? What are the prevailing cultural attitudes toward those who experience disability? How do social norms and public policies affect those experiencing disability? This book provides a vivid and concrete introduction to the wealth of social, political, and ethical debates that surround the disabled. Beginning with an exploration of the perspective of persons with disabilities, the essays demonstrate the extent to which the disability experience is affected by social and cultural values, attitudes, and policies. In addition to these first-person reflections, there are essays relating to such issues as: The disability rights movement; Disability studies; Social policy relating to disability; Physician-assisted suicide; genetic testing; selective abortion; the moral status of handicapped new-borns; living and dying with dignity. Written in an engaging style with a focus on the concrete, this collection of essays includes contributions by John Hockenberry, Charles Krauthammer, Peter Singer, and others. It is a marvellous resource for enabling the reader to comprehend the experience of disability and to explore contemporary issues involving the disability community. { 350pp, 155x230mm, May 2008; PB, £13.99, 1591026148:9781591026143 , Prometheus Books } |
| ELDERCARE 911 [Susan Beerman] The intricacies of elder caregiving duties and responsibilities can be overwhelming, especially because adult children of ageing parents do not know the ins and outs of the medical and social service systems, let alone how to cope with the emotional burdens of providing care for their ailing parents. They desperately wish for a single resource that answers their questions with "how to" information that restores their feelings of competence and control. "Eldercare 911" is that resource. With the steady growth of the elderly population, it is estimated that approximately one-third of Americans will be providing care for an elderly person in the near future. This well-researched, compassionate, and comprehensive handbook will empower caregivers to be the best they can be without neglecting their own very legitimate needs. The authors use excerpts from a compilation of caregiver interviews to demonstrate the most common problems in eldercare. "Eldercare 911" is organised into easily accessible sections and subsections: 20 chapters divided into 131 topics and then into another 77 subtopics, making it simple for readers to find exactly what they are looking for. The authors give full consideration to the time limitations and career needs of working caregivers, and the special challenges faced by women with teenage children, spouses, or significant others who may not always be sensitive to the caregiver's balancing act. Among the topics discussed are knowing when elderly people need help; how to intervene; finding and using support systems; handling burnout; managing medical, insurance, and benefits issues; overseeing medications; coping with Alzheimer's Disease and other serious illnesses; how to decide when hospitalisation is necessary; detecting and dealing with abuse; working with eldercare professionals; setting up home care; making decisions and arrangements for alternate housing. The authors also examine rarely discussed, sensitive issues that affect family communication and relationships like parents, sexual behaviour, dating and remarriage, and death and dying. { 640pp, 155x230mm, May 2008; PB, £18.99, 1591026164:9781591026167 , Prometheus Books } |
| FORGETTING : When to Worry, What to Do [Joan Carson Breitung] Memory problems and the accompanying confusion can have any number of causes. As the elderly population swells with the ageing of 77 million baby-boomers, Americans will increasingly face the challenge of trying to understand and cope with problems associated with cognitive decline. This informative, user-friendly guide defines the kinds of memory problems that have straightforward explanations and remedies, as well as those that are more complex and ominous. Joan Carson Breitung, an expert on the mental health of the elderly, clarifies the difference between normal brain ageing and the onset of dementia. Among the important topics included are: Mild Cognitive Impairment; Alzheimer's Disease; Late-Life Depression; Caregivers; Dementia; Falls. A goldmine of useful information, this popular reference work will help anyone facing the cognitive problems associated with ageing. { 175pp, 155x230mm, May 2008; PB, £14.50, 1591026172:9781591026174 , Prometheus Books } |
| HELPING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES : The Bedouin-Arab Case [Alean Al-Krenawi, Ben Gurion & John Graham] This new and significant book deals with the helping professions in general and social work, in particular. It provides important insights into how helping professional intervention needs to be culturally situated through the unique time and person centred prisms of individual, community and place. As a case study, it focuses on the Bedouin-Arab peoples generally and in the Negev. Practices that are also new to helping professions are discussed in relation to cultural mediation conflict resolution and traditional healing. { March 2008; HB, £71.99, 1600215491:9781600215490 , Nova Science } |
| IMMIGRATION CRISIS : Issues, Policies & Consequences [Paul W Hickman & Thomas P Curtis (eds)] One of the hottest topics in America is the burning issue of immigration. On the one hand, immigration is what has kept America growing and prospering. On the other hand, the demographics are politically sensitive, the emotions high and sometimes mean-spirited, and some state government services in as bad shape as America's bridges. This book presents important issues on this nontrivial issue { March 2008; HB, £63.99, 1604560967:9781604560961 , Nova Science } |
| NAVIGATING THE MINDFIELD : A Guide to Separating Science from Pseudoscience in Mental Health [Scott O Lilienfeld] Can self-help recordings containing subliminal messages improve your self-esteem or memory? Is hypnotic age-regression therapy a valid way of rediscovering lost childhood memories? Does Thought Field Therapy effectively treat anxiety by manipulating energy fields? A dizzying array of popular psychology books, articles, and promotion campaigns tout these and other alleged remedies for psychological problems. So confusing is this welter of advice that those in need of counselling or treatment, and even many therapists, have difficulty sorting out reliable information from unproven hype. Faced with this confusion, consumers of mental health services need guidelines for finding effective therapy. This useful book brings together accessible, non-technical articles by leading scientific researchers and clinicians to help answer such critical questions concerning mental health care as: How should I select a therapist? How can I tell the difference between scientifically valid and questionable psychotherapy? Can I trust the diagnosis I have received? If you or someone you know is seeking therapy, this excellent reference book will provide needed guidance for navigating the mental health maze. { 400pp, 150x230mm, April 2008; PB, £17.50, 1591024676:9781591024675 , Prometheus Books } |
| NO EASY ANSWERS [Deanna Lueder] Child-protection social worker Lexie Doucette tumbles into her profession by chance and has a quick and dramatic introduction to this challenging and essential line of work. Fuelled by outrage at the cyclical pattern of abuse that leaves innocent children in its wake, Lexie draws upon her seemingly bottomless supply of empathy to motivate her to get through the long days. "No Easy Answers" is a compelling collection of interrelated short stories about the social work profession, told from the perspective of a child-welfare social worker. Though fictional, the tales are based on the author's many years of experience. Raw, powerful, and candid in its depiction of an often-misunderstood profession, the collection offers the reader a startlingly real picture of child-protection investigations and case-work, as well as insight into the conflicted emotional life of a social worker. "No Easy Answers" will appeal to the general reader, and may be of particular interest to those working and/or teaching in the social work field, and related professions. { 180pp, 140x210mm, May 2008; PB, £11.99, 0889614652:9780889614659 , Canadian Scholars' Press (Women's Press) } |
| PRISON SYSTEM & ITS EFFECTS : Where From, Whereto, & Why? [Antony Taylor] This book traces the fascinating development of the New Zealand Prison System which includes the history of penology prior to the phenomenon coming there. But this book is not only a history: it is also an exploration of more complex managerial and social issues concerning crime and its treatment, including the interweaving of different penal policies that have brought the situation to where it is today. As such, it raises psychological issues of isolation in all shades of confinement, captivity, and deprivation that will appeal to everyone who is trying to grapple with the administrative, clinical, and legal problems they create. The work also traces the origins of imprisonment as a strategy used by rulers and ruling classes to retain their power, and more recently by duly elected governments to maintain social control and good order in their communities. { May 2008; HB, £63.99, 1604561939:9781604561937 , Nova Science } |
| TREATISE ON SLAVERY : Selections from De Instauranda Aethiopum Salute [Alonso de Sandoval; Edited & Translated by Nicole von Germeten] In 'De Instauranda Aethiopum Salute' (1627) -- the earliest known study of African slavery in the colonial Americas -- Jesuit priest Alonso de Sandoval described dozens of African ethnicities, their languages and beliefs, and provided an exposé of the abuses of slaves in the Americas. This collection of previously untranslated selections from Sandoval's book is an invaluable resource for understanding the history of the African Diaspora, slavery in colonial Latin America, and the role of Christianity in the formation of Cartagena de Indies. A general introduction and headnotes to each selection provide cultural, historical, and religious context; copious footnotes identify terms and references that may be unfamiliar to modern readers. A map and an index are also provided. { 232pp, April 2008; PB, £11.95, 0872209296:9780872209299 / HB, £29.95, 087220930X:9780872209305 , Hackett Publishing } |