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Fat Consequences
In the mid-1990s, a teenager from northern California—let’s call her Melanie—became in death the poster child for the end-game many obese Americans,...
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Fat Taxes, Bans, and Discrimination
Everyone has a fat person story. Start discussing the economic implications of the weight and obesity crisis, and people (sometimes including heavy...
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Restorative Justice and Prison Reform
Crime happens everywhere. No country is immune to its occurrence or impacts. In response, many countries turn to incarceration in order to do...
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United States of America
The earliest inhabitants of the North American continent can be traced back to Palaeolithic times. The Pueblo culture in modern-day Colorado and New...
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The Economics of Young Women Today
The steady decrease of employment discrimination has positioned many women age 25–34 to achieve the full financial self-determination denied to...
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Alzheimer’s Disease and l-Deprenyl: Rationales and Findings
The purpose of this chapter is to summarize the theoretical and empirical bases for the administration of l-deprenyl (selegiline) to persons...
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Physostigmine in Alzheimer’s Disease
Medical illnesses of the aging community in the United States are a major public health concern because of current life expectancy. In 1990,...
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Coercion or Caregiving? Client and Caregivers’ Perspectives on Court Mandated Disulfiram Use
The past decade of legal action in this country has reflected an increased concern by members of both the legal and mental health professions for...
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Treating the Person Confronting Death
Help the dying patient? Can one realistically hope to improve the lot of a 35-year-old mother dying of cancer by making her feel better? Feel better...
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Ethnicity and Transculturality: Its Relevancy in Training Personnel to Work with Clients with Dependency Disorders
Probably due to the social revolution taking place throughout the world, ethnicity and transculturality have become a fashionable issue. It is an...
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Ethics and the Care of the Child with Terminal Illness
Health care is overwhelmingly a profession of pathos. The emotional strain of co** with crisis tells on nurses, physicians, and other health care...
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The Consequences of Prematurity: Understanding and Therapy
The birth of an infant before the completion of the normal 40-week gestational period has been postulated to represent a perinatal trauma with...