Category: Textbooks

Handbook of Dialysis 5th Edition (PDF) is a completely revised and updated edition of this popular handbook. It provides accessible, practical information on all aspects of dialysis with emphasis on day-to-day patient management. Authored by international experts, chapters provide complete coverage of peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis, special problems in dialysis patients, and

DSM-V broke new ground in May of 2013, labeling a new disorder called “behavioral addiction.” Clinicians instantly wanted to know: how is a behavioral addiction different from an impulse control disorder? What are the criteria for determining that some behaviors are addictions instead of impulses? What, if anything, does this

Written for helping professionals, Counseling Theory and Practice, 2nd edition, (PDF) explains what it means to be a useful helper, discusses foundations of classic counseling and psychotherapy theories, offers an overview of emerging theories, and provides college students the opportunity to develop their own approaches to counseling and psychotherapy practice. The

Food and Culture, 7th Edition, (PDF) is the market-leading textbook for cultural foods courses, offering current information on the health, food, culture, and nutrition habits of the most common racial and ethnic groups living in the United States. It is designed to help chefs, health professionals, and others in the

This ebook addresses some of the most pressing questions of our time: Is democracy threatened by globalisation? Is the welfare state in different countries under pressure from international trends? Is there a legality crisis in contemporary democracies? Does authoritarianism pose a challenge? What are the effects of high-level migration and