Category: Textbooks

The foremost cause of disability in the US is serious mental illness, which poses economic, political, and social challenges. Almost 26% of American adults have a mental illness, and 6% have a serious mental illness. This population is the disability group least likely to be employed, with recent unemployment estimates

The excellent PDF eBook, Evidence-Based Nursing: The Research-Practice Connection 4th Edition (PDF) introduces nursing students to research methods and evidence-based practice. The etextbook helps students understand research methods, how to appraise and use research evidence in clinical decision-making, and how to fully understand and engage in evidence-based practice. By linking

In America’s criminal justice system, irrespective of the assumption of innocence until one is proved guilty, the accused is usually incarcerated in a county facility pending trials that can be postponed for years. This situation is worsened by the plea bargaining process, which makes those accused admit to crimes they

Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract make up some of the most common illnesses experienced across the lifespan affecting individuals in childhood, adulthood and infancy. Gastrointestinal Nursing: A Lifespan Approach (PDF), an essential guide to the gastrointestinal system will enable allied health professionals and nurses to apply principles of anatomy and

John Paul Stevens: Defender of Rights in Criminal Justice, (PDF) explores the judicial opinions and criminal justice policy influence of Justice John Paul Stevens, the U.S. Supreme Court’s most productive opinion author in his 35-year career on the nation’s highest court. Though Justice Stevens, a Republican appointee of President Gerald