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ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Stephen P. Hinshaw and Katherine Ellison

Published in Print:: 26 November 2015

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569122

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190223809.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190223809

Rates of diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are skyrocketing, throughout America and the rest of the world. U.S. rates of youth diagnosis have increased 40% from ... More

Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Steven R. Sabat

Published in Print:: 26 April 2018

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569313

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190603106.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190603106

Alzheimer’s is swiftly on the rise: it is estimated that every 67 seconds, someone develops the disease. For many, the words ‘Alzheimer’s disease’ or ‘dementia’ immediately denote severe ... More

Alzheimer’s is swiftly on the rise: it is estimated that every 67 seconds, someone develops the disease. For many, the words ‘Alzheimer’s disease’ or ‘dementia’ immediately denote severe mental loss and, perhaps, madness. Indeed, the vast majority of media coverage of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other types of dementia focuses primarily on the losses experienced by people diagnosed and the terrible burden felt by care partners yearning for a "magic bullet" drug cure. Providing an accessible, question-and-answer-format primer on what touches so many lives, and yet so few of us understand, Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: What Everyone Needs to Know® contributes what is urgently missing from public knowledge: unsparing investigation of their causes and manifestations, and focus on the strengths possessed by people diagnosed. Steven R. Sabat mines a large body of research to convey the genetic and biological aspects of Alzheimer’s disease, its clinical history, and, most significantly, to reveal the subjective experience of those with Alzheimer’s or dementia. By clarifying the terms surrounding dementia and Alzheimer’s, which are two distinct conditions, Sabat corrects dangerous misconceptions that plague our understanding of memory dysfunction. People diagnosed with AD retain awareness, thinking ability, and sense of self; crucially, Sabat demonstrates that there are ways to facilitate communication even when the person with AD has great difficulty finding the words he or she wants to use. From years spent exploring and observing the points of view and experiences of people diagnosed, Sabat strives to inform as well as to remind readers of the respect and empathy owed to those diagnosed and living with dementia. Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia conveys this type of information and more, which, when applied by family and professional caregivers, will help improve the quality of life of those diagnosed as well as of those who provide support and care.Less

Antibiotics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Mary E. Wilson

Published in Print:: 22 August 2019

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569504

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190663414.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190663414

A STIRRING EXAMINATION OF A LOOMING CRISIS Virtually everyone has taken antibiotics. They can be lifesavers -- or they can be useless. But what are they? How are they used? And what ... More

Bioethics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Bonnie Steinbock and Paul T. Menzel

Published in Print:: Mar 2023

Published Online:: Jan 2024

eISBN:: 9780197658000

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780197657997.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780197657997

Bioethics is everywhere in the news media today. Should people who refuse to be vaccinated be treated if they catch COVID and end up in intensive care units when that may ... More

Birth Control: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Beth L. Sundstrom and Cara Delay

Published in Print:: 24 September 2020

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569047

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190069674.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190069674

Birth control offers women the opportunity to prevent pregnancy, plan and space their births, or have no births at all. And yet, in the United States, half of all pregnancies remain ... More

Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Philip J. Landrigan and Mary M. Landrigan

Published in Print:: 26 April 2018

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569498

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190662646.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190662646

Over the past four decades, the prevalence of autism, asthma, ADHD, obesity, diabetes, and birth defects has increased substantially among children throughout the world. Not coincidentally, ... More

Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

P.K. Newby

Published in Print:: 08 November 2018

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569573

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190846640.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190846640

From gluten-free to all-Paleo, GMOs to grass-fed beef, our newsfeeds abound with nutrition advice. Whether sensational headlines from the latest study or anecdotes from celebrities and food ... More

The Global Pain Crisis: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Judy Foreman

Published in Print:: 25 May 2017

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569191

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190259242.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190259242

Hundreds of millions around the world live in chronic pain - many in such severe pain they are disabled by it. The Institute of Medicine estimates that chronic pain costs the U.S. alone ... More

The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Yngvild Olsen and Joshua M. Sharfstein

Published in Print:: 28 August 2019

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569702

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190916039.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190916039

An incisive, essential guide to understanding one of today’s most urgent -- and complex -- problems. The opioid epidemic is responsible for longest sustained decline in U.S. life expectancy ... More

Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Peter C. Doherty

Published in Print:: 31 October 2013

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197570067

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199898107.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199898107

From HIV to H1N1, pandemics pose one of the greatest threats to global health in the twenty-first century. Defined as epidemics of infectious disease across large geographic areas, ... More

Physician-Assisted Death: What Everyone Needs to Know®

L. W. Sumner

Published in Print:: 14 September 2017

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569276

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190490188.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190490188

The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. ... More

The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. Driven by an increasingly aging population, and a baby boom generation just starting to enter its senior years, the issue is not going to go away anytime soon. In Physician-Assited Death L.W. Sumner equips readers with everything they need to know to take a reasoned and informed position in this important debate. The book provides needed context for the debate by situating physician-assisted death within the wider framework of end-of-life care and explaining why the movement to legalize it now enjoys such strong public support. It also reviews that movement's successes to date, beginning in Oregon in 1994 and now extending to eleven jurisdictions across three continents. Like abortion, physician-assisted death is ethically controversial and the subject of passionately held opinions. The central chapters of the book review the main arguments utilized by both sides of the controversy: on the one hand, appeals to patient autonomy and the relief of suffering, on the other the claim that taking active steps to hasten death inevitably violates the sanctity of life. The book then explores both the case in favor of legalization and the case against, focusing in the latter instance on the risk of abuse and the possibility of slippery slopes. In this context the experience of jurisdictions that have already taken the step of legalization is carefully reviewed to see what lessons might be extracted from it. It then identifies some further issues that lie beyond the boundaries of the current debate but will have to be faced sometime down the road: euthanasia for patients who are permanently unconscious or have become seriously demented and for severely compromised newborns. The book concludes by considering the various possible routes to legalization, both political and judicial. Readers will then be prepared to decide for themselves just where they stand when they confront the issue both in their own jurisdiction and in their own lives.Less

Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Rickie Solinger

Published in Print:: 14 March 2013

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197570043

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199811403.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199811403

Reproductive politics is a term coined by feminists in the 1970s to describe contemporary, Roe v. Wade-era power struggles over contraception and abortion, adoption and surrogacy, and other ... More

Vaccines: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Kristen A. Feemster

Published in Print:: 14 December 2017

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569252

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190277901.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190277901

Immunization is regarded by many as one of the greatest advances in modern civilization. The widespread use of vaccines has led to increases in life expectancy, reductions in the occurrence ... More

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Stephen P. Hinshaw and Katherine Ellison

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Steven R. Sabat

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Mary E. Wilson

Bioethics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Bonnie Steinbock and Paul T. Menzel

Birth Control: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Beth L. Sundstrom and Cara Delay

Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Philip J. Landrigan and Mary M. Landrigan

Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®

P.K. Newby

The Global Pain Crisis: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Judy Foreman

The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Yngvild Olsen and Joshua M. Sharfstein

Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Peter C. Doherty

Physician-Assisted Death: What Everyone Needs to Know®

L. W. Sumner

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Rickie Solinger

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