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Parenting for Peace: Raising the Next Generation of Peacemakers

by Marcy Axness

If we really want to change the world, let's raise a generation hardwired for peace and innovation. Marcy Axness details a unique seven-step, seven-principle matrix for helping children achieve self-regulation, self-reflection, trust, and empathy. These qualities are the result of dynamic interactions between genetics and environment, beginning before the child is even born: foundations for this level of health begin forming during the prenatal period, and some aspects of optimal development are influenced as early as conception.

Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids (An Eckhart Tolle Edition)

by Susan Stiffelman, MFT

Our children can be our greatest teachers. Parenting expert Susan Stiffelman writes that the very behaviors that push our buttons — refusing to cooperate or ignoring our requests — can help us build awareness and shed old patterns, allowing us to raise our children with greater ease and enjoyment. Filled with practical advice, powerful exercises, and fascinating stories from her clinical work, Parenting with Presence teaches us how to become the parents we most want to be while raising confident, caring children. “Shows parents how they can transform parenting into a spiritual practice.” — Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now “Clear, wise, soulful, and poetic.” — Alanis Morissette

Parenting: Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth

by Paula Spencer Parenting Magazine Editors

THE ONLY PREGNANCY RESOURCE YOU'LL EVER NEED!For the past decade, Parenting magazine has gained the loyal readership of smart, involved parents by getting to the heart of what moms and dads need to know about raising a child. Now Parenting, with an advisory board of leading experts, have created a comprehensive sourcebook to give parents-to-be--and their newborns--the best start possible. The Parenting Guide to Pregnancy & Childbirth takes you from conception through the first weeks of a baby's life. Here is up-to-the minute information on: What's Going on in Your Body: Common changes Tips for a good night's sleep When to call the doctor Pregnancy and sexWhat's Going on in Your Head: Mood swings Miscarriage fears Ways to feel your best How Baby Grows: Trimester-by-trimester look at fetal development First flutters and kicks PrematurityCheckups and Tests: Choosing a caregiver All about prenatal tests Genetic counseling Eating and fitness: sensible weight gain Sneaking in nutrients Foods to avoid Exercise basics Getting your body back after pregnancySpecial Situations: Multiple births Placenta problems Gestational diabetes Older mom Bed rest The breech babyThe Big Day: Why every labor is different Pain management Stage of labor Epidural pros and cons Cesarean birthPlus: Work Concerns Newborn basics Naming baby Travel tips Real moms' advice stories Handy checklists And much more!

Parents and Family Planning Services

by Ann Cartwright

Parents and Family Planning Services focuses on parents of a sample of newborns in twelve areas of England and Wales during the 1970s. The parents were asked about their contraceptive practices, attitudes toward different methods of birth control, and opinions of-and experience with-different types of services. General practitioners, health visitors, and doctors at family planning clinics were interviewed about their views and practices. This juxtaposition of the attitudes of parents and professionals highlights the reasons why people do not use effective methods of birth control, and leads to suggestions as to how they could be helped to do so. Several chapters discuss fathers' attitudes and actions, the views of parents and professionals, and the influence of religion, social class, education, and geographic location. The final chapter is concerned with possible changes in contraceptive habits, and the ways in which services can develop to help more women avoid unwanted pregnancies. The work has ongoing policy implications, and also indicates how attitudes and change evolve over time. Parents and Family Planning Services is predicated on the assumption that unwanted fertility is to be avoided. It underscores the need for a proliferation of different sorts of services: more clinics, an increase in the help and advice given at hospitals, the development of a supportive and integrated home service. This volume is a significant contribution to the literature in this vital field. It remains essential reading for both professionals and concerned policy personnel, particularly those interested in the evolution of policy and practice.

Parents and Young Mentally Handicapped Children: A Review of Research Issues (Routledge Library Editions: Children and Disability #10)

by Helen McConachie

First published in 1986, this book reviews research on the role parents play in fostering the early development of children with mental handicaps. Professionals and parents must work together to give such children the chance of living as ordinary lives as possible and here, the author develops a broadly-based conceptual framework for the involvement of parents as teachers of their young handicapped children. McConachie identifies characteristics of parents which seem of particular relevance to the design and success of intervention programmes. Although written in the 1980s, this book discusses topics that are still important today.

Parents' Nutrition Bible: A Guide To Raising Healthy Children

by Earl Mindell

An invaluable guide to selecting the vitamins, foods, nutrients, and supplements that are right for your child.

Parir (edición actualizada): El poder del parto

by Ibone Olza

Parir no es un manual médico, sino un ensayo sobre la experiencia más vital por la que pueda pasar una mujer desde el punto de vista de ella y del bebé. Un análisis de lo que pensamos del parto, lo que sabemos, lo que históricamente ha sido y qué significa en el imaginario colectivo. «Es interesante preguntarse el porqué de todo esto. ¿Por qué el parto tiene semejante intensidad psíquica? ¿Por qué las hormonas que lo dirigen son las mismas que producen la vivencia amorosa? Quiero pensar que la respuesta está ahí, en el amor. El amor entre madres e hijos o hijas, el amor como base de toda la evolución social y comunitaria que ha permitido el fabuloso desarrollo cerebral que produce el lenguaje y la inteligencia humana.Esta es mi propuesta: comprender el parto desde la psicología y las neurociencias. Partiendo de lo que cuentan las mujeres, integrar los relatos de las vivencias del parto con la ayuda de la psicología, la neuroendocrinología o incluso la neuroimagen. Intentemos integrar los datos y profundizar en el sentido último o evolutivo de lo que observamos.»Ibone Olza «Creo que con su excelente libro Ibone arroja luz sobre un tema complicado y controvertido. Y que va a ayudar no solo a las mujeres y a los profesionales de la salud a revisar la aproximación que hacemos al parto, sino que también ayudará en la tarea de recuperar el parto como algo que nos concierne, definitiva y profundamente, a las mujeres.»Del prólogo de Icíar Bollaín

Parir en libertad: En busca del poder perdido

by Raquel Schallman

La partera más importante de la Argentina devuelve a las mujeres elpoder que la fuerza médica les ha quitado y les enseña que puedendecidir cómo y dónde parir. El nacimiento de un hijo responde a una profunda necesidad vital. Y elparto es un hecho absolutamente genital y sexual. Por lo tanto, el partono es meramente una situación médica, de enfermedad y riesgo, sino quetiene que ver con la vida, el placer, la alegría, la esperanza y lasemociones intensas.Si cada uno se animara a preguntarse ¿cómo quiero tener a mi hijo?, ¿dónde?, ¿de qué manera?, cada cual buscaría lo que necesita, tomaría eldolor y el temor, que sí existen -y que tienen su razón de ser-, yaprendería a utilizarlos para favorecer el proceso. Y así encontrarestrategias mucho más prácticas, cotidianas, simples y cercanas que unaanestesia peridural, que, como bien dice el nombre, anestesia y nosolo el dolor, sino también el placer. ¿El que se asusta tanto del dolorse asusta tanto del placer?Entonces, algunas mujeres descubren que la posibilidad de elección esinfinitamente más amplia de lo que se habían imaginado. Se puede teneral bebé en casa, con un alto grado de seguridad, con todo un equipoobstétrico, o mejor aún, con un pequeño equipo obstétrico. O biensentirse seguras en el interior de una institución, pero después dehaber acordado qué es lo más importante para ellas.No hay solo un tipo de parto. No es necesario que todas las parturientassean tratadas como enfermas. Cada una es el centro de esta situación.Los que estamos alrededor, profesionales de la obstetricia, debemostener un solo objetivo: acompañarlas y cuidarlas y, fundamentalmente,respetarlas en sus deseos y decisiones, siempre que estos no las dañen.Las mujeres deben animarse a recobrar este espacio propio, tal vez elmás importante y trascendente de la vida, eligiendo parir en libertad.

Parkers' Encyclopedia of Astrology

by Derek Julia Parker

Discover everything you would ever want to know about astrology, including its history and its terms and techniques, with this comprehensive encyclopedia.

Parkers' Encyclopedia of Astrology

by Julia Parker Derek Parker

Derek and Julia Parker are two of the most famous and best-selling names in the field of astrology: their Compleat Astrologer introduced thousands to the subject. With this new encyclopedia, they have produced a must-have tool for the professional, student, and amateur astrologer. The Parkers' work encompasses everything from the entire history of astrology to its terms and techniques. There's plenty in here for everyone: fascinating facts and anecdotes, biographies of top astrologers, textbook definitions of such phrases as trine aspect, and answers to such questions as: Are Scorpios REALLY sex mad?

Parkers' Encyclopedia of Astrology

by Julia Parker Derek Parker

Derek and Julia Parker are two of the most famous and best-selling names in the field of astrology: their Compleat Astrologer introduced thousands to the subject. With this new encyclopedia, they have produced a must-have tool for the professional, student, and amateur astrologer. The Parkers' work encompasses everything from the entire history of astrology to its terms and techniques. There's plenty in here for everyone: fascinating facts and anecdotes, biographies of top astrologers, textbook definitions of such phrases as trine aspect, and answers to such questions as: Are Scorpios REALLY sex mad?

Parkinson's Bayangaram

by Lakshmi Mohan A.V. Srinivasan

This book speaks on the deadly Parkinson Disease-Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, Questions and Answers and an Appendix on UPDRS (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scales).

Parkinson's Disease For Dummies

by Michele Tagliati Gary Guten Jo Horne

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease you’re probably wrestling with fear, despair, and countless questions about the future. It’s brighter than you think. In Parkinson’s Disease for Dummies, you’ll discover how to keep a positive attitude and lead an active, productive life as this user-friendly, guide pilots you through the important steps toward taking charge of your condition. It helps you: Make sure you have an accurate diagnosis Assemble and work with your health care team Inform others about your condition Choose the most effective medications Establish a diet and exercise regimen Consider surgical options, alternative therapies, and clinical trials Maintain healthy personal and professional relationships Adjust your routine as your PD progresses This one-stop resource provides proven coping skills, first-hand advice, and practical tools, such as worksheets to assess care options, questions to ask doctors, and current listings of care providers.

Parkinson's Disease For Dummies

by Michele Tagliati Jo Horne

Maintain a take-charge attitude and live your life to the fullest with Parkinson's Whether the diagnosis is yours or that of a loved one, Parkinson's Disease for Dummies contains everything you need to know about living with this disease. This book is an easy-to-understand, straightforward, and sometimes humorous guide that offers proven techniques for coping with daily issues, finding the right doctors, and providing care as the disease progresses. This user-friendly guide helps you navigate you through the important steps toward taking charge of your condition. You aren't alone—inside, you'll discover proven coping skills and first-hand advice, along with practical tools that will help you navigate the treatment journey. In classic, compassionate Dummies style, Parkinson's Disease For Dummies will answer all your questions, and guide you through the process of finding your own answers as well. Keep your mind sharp, stay in shape, and keep your stress under control Life a full and satisfying life after a Parkinson's diagnosis Get the most current information on Parkinson's medications and treatments Learn the best ways to support loved ones living with Parkinson's With updates on the latest in alternative treatments, dementia, and young onset PD, Parkinson's Disease for Dummies is here to show you how you can keep a positive attitude and lead an active, productive life.

Parkinson's Disease Guide for the Newly Diagnosed: Understanding the Disease, Managing Your Symptoms & Navigating Treatment

by Peter LeWitt

Effective and modern treatment strategies for those newly diagnosed with Parkinson'sWhether it's you or a family member, receiving a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease can generate emotions of anger, frustration, sadness, and confusion—but you're not in this fight alone. Parkinson's Disease for the Newly Diagnosed is one of the most helpful Parkinson's disease books, giving you the tools to conquer those feelings of being overwhelmed and helping you to be better prepared for life post-diagnosis.In one of the most extensive, up-to-date Parkinson's disease books, you'll find resources for maintaining realistic optimism while living with Parkinson's disease. With helpful information and advice from how to build a community and patient-caregiver relationships, to assembling your primary care team and more, there's practical advice for addressing what life will be like moving forward.This standout among Parkinson's disease books includes:Set expectations—Go beyond other Parkinson's disease books with an in-depth overview of all the stages from early to advanced.Tailored for you—Use strategies for managing your symptoms that are straightforward and specifically designed for the newly diagnosed.Positive, practical advice—Find out about support groups, how best to adapt your home, preserve your independence, and more in one of the most comprehensive Parkinson's disease books available.If you're looking for Parkinson's disease books that help you understand and manage your symptoms, Parkinson's Disease for the Newly Diagnosed delivers results.

Parkinson's Disease and the Family: A New Guide (The Harvard University Press Family Health Guides #2)

by Nutan Sharma Elaine Richman

Too often, with Parkinson's disease, a loved one serves as medical interpreter, patient advocate, and caregiver. Sharma and Richman draw on the latest research and clinical practice techniques to offer valuable suggestions for managing patient care and, perhaps more important, for healing the family unit.

Parkinson's Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

by William J. Weiner Lisa M. Shulman Anthony E. Lang

The third edition incorporates findings from years of intensive research.Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people who have Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, patients and families continue to face many challenges. They have long relied on this book for reliable advice about medical, emotional, and physical issues. Bringing this trusted guide up to date, three expert neurologists describe• New understandings gained by five years of additional research on Parkinson's disease• New focus on the importance of exercise• New information about imaging techniques such as SPECT Scan and DATScan that are aiding in the diagnosis• New findings about the genetics of the disease• Promising uses of new technologies such as tablet devices for people who have trouble communicating• Information about impulse control disorders caused by some drugs used to address the symptoms of the disease• A complete update on treatments such as medications, surgery, and more

Parlem de càncer: Més de 50 respostes als principals dubtes

by Manel Esteller

L'autor de No sóc el meu ADN desemmascara les faules i els falsos mites sobre la malaltia més comuna del nostre temps: el càncer. Autoritat mundial en la matèria, Manel Esteller, ens explica que la millor manera de fer front al càncer és conèixer-lo i desemmascara tots els mites que hi ha entorn seu a la vegada que revela, amb una prosa senzilla i clara, tots els dubtes sobre aquesta malaltia. El càncer es pot contagiar? El meu estil de vida o el lloc on treballo poden influir perquè arribi a tenir càncer? Manel Esteller respon aquestes i moltes altres preguntes en aquest llibre clau per conèixer i entendre els mecanismes d'aquesta malaltia. «Aquest és un llibre sobre tu. I sobre mi. I sobre les nostres famílies i els nostres amics. I sobre el desconegut amb qui ens creuem al carrer. Perquè tots emmalaltim i un nombre gens menyspreable de nosaltres tindrem càncer. I llavors ens assaltaran preguntes i dubtes. En aquest llibre trobaràs les respostes i les esperances que ens dona la ciència més rigorosa. Fem-nos preguntes i contestem-les sense por»Dr. Manel Esteller

Part-Time Paleo

by Leanne Ely

Going Paleo does not have to be a full-time job!Paleo is today's fastest-growing food trend, and while it has many benefits, getting started can be intimidating and confusing. In Part-Time Paleo, nutritionist and New York Times bestselling author Leanne Ely helps remove those obstacles as she teaches you how to: Equip your kitchen for success Stock your pantry, fridge, and freezer for quick and easy meals Simplify your life with menu plans, grocery lists, and serving suggestions Harness the magic of your slow cooker Make dozens of delicious gluten-and dairy-free recipesPart-Time Paleo makes going Paleo fun, easy, and delicious.

Participation in Health and Welfare Services: Professional Concepts and Lived Experience (Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare)

by Arne H. Eide Staffan Josephsson Kjersti Vik

Today, healthy ageing and active, meaningful lives are core values and aims for international and national health policies. Health services are challenged to ensure that the recipients of their services are active participants in their own care and beyond. Participation allows patients to become less dependent on healthcare providers, increasing their control over their own treatment and health. Increasingly, the idea of ‘participation’ is shifting, from participation in services to participation in mainstream society. This book examines the concept of participation, as well as the different meanings it takes on in the context of health and welfare services. It asks how services can enable and stimulate participation outside of those services. The contributions in this volume particularly focus on participation as engagement in daily life and ‘everyday life’ in order to develop the field of participation beyond the sphere of health and social care services. This book will appeal to researchers in the fields of health and social care, social services, occupational therapy and the sociology of health and illness. It will be of interest to practitioners of health and welfare services.

Participatory Health Research: Voices From Around The World

by Michael T. Wright Krystyna Kongats

This groundbreaking resource explores core issues in participatory health research (PHR) and traces its global emergence as a force for improving health and well-being, healthcare services, and quality of life. The PHR approach is defined as including community members, health practitioners, and decision-makers as co-researchers, using local knowledge to reduce disparities in care, advocate for responsive health policy, and accelerate positive change in society as a whole. The book’s first half surveys themes essential to the development of the field, including evaluating PHR projects, training professionals in conducting PHR, and the ambitious work of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research. International perspectives showcase the varied roles of PHR in addressing urgent local health problems in their specific public health and sociocultural contexts.Among the topics covered:Demonstrating impact in participatory health researchReviewing the effectiveness of participatory health research: challenges and possible solutionsKids in Action—participatory health research with childrenParticipatory health research: an Indian perspectiveParticipatory health research in Latin America: scientific production on chronic diseasesParticipatory health research in North America: from community engagement to evidence-informed practice Participatory Health Research benefits those teaching and learning about participatory health research at institutions of higher education and in community settings, addressing diverse fields including health promotion and disease prevention, medicine and public health, quality of life, social work, and community development.

Parting Visions: Uses and Meanings of Pre-Death, Psychic, and Spiritual Experiences

by Paul Perry Melvin Morse

Parting Visions is a brilliant and compassionate work that proves death-related dreams, premonitions, angelic encounters and visitations do exist. Using verified case studies and medical histories, New York Times best-selling author and respected physician Dr. Melvin Morse reveals an impressive array of confirmed spiritual experiences.

Partner Earth: A Spiritual Ecology

by Pam Montgomery

A well-respected herbalist describes how opening ourselves to the spirit forces of nature can promote personal well-being and restore a healthy relationship between humanity and Earth. The pace and demands of modern life have caused a great split between the material and the spiritual in our lives. Our bodies reflect this through fatigue, depression, and chronic illness. To become whole beings again, the author asserts that we must reclaim our birthright as partners with all of creation, opening ourselves to the spirits of plants, animals, and the elements, known as devas, through whom we can bridge the gap between the physical body and the energetic patterns that support all life. Partner Earth provides a wide range of practical exercises, based on traditional wisdom, visualizations, and the author's experience as an herbalist, that enable one to create sacred space, find plant and animal allies, and create flower essences that can help heal the rift between individuals and their environment.

Partner Workouts: Team up and train with exercises you can do anywhere

by Laura Williams Noel Ferrin

The first full-color fitness book that teaches you how to actively engage a partner in your workout routine, Partner Workouts features 70 step-by-step exercises that utilize another person, either directly for resistance or indirectly for stability and balance. Forty workouts put these 70 bodyweight exercises, yoga positions, cardio, and more into routines, and three long-term, comprehensive exercise programs provide regimens so you and your partner can motivate each other to achieve your fitness goals over a period of time.From choosing your partner and setting your goals to tracking your progress and nutrition, this step-by-step guide doesn't require a gym membership or expensive fitness equipment. So grab a friend and start your Partner Workouts.

Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader

by Haun Saussy Paul Farmer

This book illuminates the depth and impact of anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer's contributions and demonstrates how, over time, this unassuming and dedicated doctor has fundamentally changed the way we think about health, international aid, and social justice.

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