ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription delivers best-practice instructions on how to administer exercise tests across both healthy and clinical populations; and how to prescribe exercise to those populations after completing and interpreting those tests. It serves as the basis for practice for health and fitness professionals; allied health practitioners; researchers; and sports medicine practitioners teams physicians.

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Bioethics: Principles, Issues, and Cases explores the philosophical, medical, social, and legal aspects of key bioethical issues. Opening with a thorough introduction to ethics, bioethics, and moral reasoning, it then covers influential moral theories and the criteria for evaluating them. Integrating eighty-nine readings, numerous classic bioethical cases, and abundant pedagogical tools, this text addresses the most provocative and controversial topics in bioethics.

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This is a practical introduction to designing, conducting and appraising qualitative research in areas such as public health, health services research, nursing and health promotion. Whether you are looking to interpret and evaluate existing health research, or conduct your own, this book discusses every step of the research process, from theory and ethics to data collection, analysis and dissemination.

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This book is about the clinical modality of Experiential Therapy with the addition of Mindfulness Practices and a trauma sensitive lens. We have defined Experiential Therapy as "a guided activity, a game, a mental puzzle to work out, time in nature, or a physical challenge to support clinical growth" (Laser & Nicotera, 2021, p. 194). Experiential Therapy provides hands-on, engaged, holistic experiences aimed at exploring, better understanding, and resolving clinical issues.

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Few diabetes books focus specifically on the day to day issues facing people who use insulin. Diabetes educator Gary Scheiner provides the tools to "think like a pancreas" - to successfully master the art and science of matching insulin to the body's ever changing needs.

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Few people know much about Latina/o physicians as students, people, or workers in a high-skill occupation in the United States. The Weight of the White Coat traces the life stages that Latina/o physicians follow and the mechanisms that disadvantage or advantage them throughout their careers, from the family to the practice of medicine.

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This book provides information, guidance, and, above all, hope for adults struggling to support their young adult children in psychological distress,

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From a neurologist and award-winning author of The Sleeping Beauties, a meticulous and compassionate exploration of how our culture of medical diagnosis can harm, rather than help, patients. I'm a neurologist. Diagnosis is my bread and butter. So why then would I, an experienced medical doctor, be very careful about which diagnosis I would pursue for myself or would be willing to accept if foisted upon me?

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Provides a resource for sport coaches trying to prevent and properly handle illnesses and injuries involving their athletes within their limited medical skill set and knowledge.

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This book argues that the growing disconnection between humans and nature leads to a loss of awareness of their responsibilities and accountabilities in safeguarding health and wellbeing. It critically evaluates established definitions, policies, and interventions on health and wellbeing. It draws inspirations from South Asian philosophical traditions and highlights the value of "ancient wisdoms" in comprehending and addressing health and wellbeing challenges.

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