A debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript.
Presents opposing essays debating controversial issues related to the health care industry, society and health, and sexuality. Each issue includes a brief introduction and a conclusion listing additional readings.
"The ability to prioritise long-term goals above short-term gratifications is crucial to living a healthy and happy life. We are bombarded with temptations, whether from fast-food or faster technologies, but the psychological capacity to manage our lives within such a challengin…
"The ability to prioritise long-term goals above short-term gratifications is crucial to living a healthy and happy life. We are bombarded with temptations, whether from fast-food or faster technologies, but the psychological capacity to manage our lives within such a challengin…
This textbook offers a comprehensive analysis of medical decision-making under uncertainty by combining test information theory with expected utility theory. The authors show how the parameters of Bayes theorem can be combined with a value function of health states in order to a…
Handbook of health behavior change
by Riekert, Kristin A., Ockene, Judith K., Pbert, Lori
Choice Outstanding Academic Title! 4 Stars - Doody's!. Praise for the Third Edition:. ""This work will be one that students and clinicians keep on their shelves as the gold-standard reference for health behavior change. Summing up: Essential""--Choice. Substantially revised to r…