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Understanding Families: Supportive Approaches to Diversity, Disability, and Risk
by Marci J. Hanson Eleanor W. LynchThis book is about families in their many forms, their strengths and challenges, and the ways in which human service professionals can extend their effectiveness by working in partnership with families. This book is based on the authors' beliefs about families and the essential role that family members play in intervention. The textbook is a comprehensive guide to working effectively and respectfully with contemporary families.
Understanding Food: Principles And Preparation (Fifth Edition)
by Amy Christine BrownUNDERSTANDING FOOD: PRINCIPLES AND PREPARATION is your introductory guide to learning about foods, food preparation, food service, and food science. Integrating these key topics with relevant information about nutrition and the food industry, the Fifth Edition gives you a thorough overview of the different dimensions of food principles--and insight into the variety of career options available in the food industry. Numerous photographs and illustrations help you understand and apply what you read.
Understanding Food Science and Technology
by Peter MuranoUNDERSTANDING FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is a comprehensive introductory level text that provides thorough up-to-date coverage of a broad range of topics in food science and technology. The text begins with an explanation of the interdisciplinary nature of food science (including biology, engineering, chemistry, and physics) and describes avenues of advanced study in the field. The text explores key food commodities and food composition with an emphasis on the functional properties of each commodity. <p><p> Three chapters on food chemistry cover the chemical and physical properties of foods through the use of many easy to understand figures, tables, and illustrated concepts. Next the text includes an overview of food law that provides historical perspective as well as the latest information on nutrition labeling and food regulation. Thorough coverage of processing methods in included in all major food commodities as well as a background in microbiology and fermentation, food handling and safety, food contamination, HACCP principles and toxicology. The final chapters cover food engineering concepts and applications, biotechnology and the field of sensory evaluation and food product development with coverage of marketing principles.
Understanding Foreign Policy Decision Making
by Alex Mintz Karl Derouen Jr.Understanding Foreign Policy Decision Making presents a psychological approach to foreign policy decision making. This approach focuses on the decision process, dynamics, and outcome. The book includes a wealth of extended real-world case studies and examples that are woven into the text. The cases and examples, which are written in an accessible style, include decisions made by leaders of the United States, Israel, New Zealand, Cuba, Iceland, United Kingdom, and others. In addition to coverage of the rational model of decision making, levels of analysis of foreign policy decision making, and types of decisions, the book includes extensive material on alternatives to the rational choice model, the marketing and framing of decisions, cognitive biases, and domestic, cultural, and international influences on decision making in international affairs. Existing textbooks do not present such an approach to foreign policy decision making, international relations, American foreign policy, and comparative foreign policy.
Understanding Gender and Organizations
by Mats Alvesson Yvonne Due BillingIn the decade since the first edition of this critical and provocative text, many aspects of gender have changed, and many have stayed the same. While the gendered study of organizations is a growing field in its own right, in many real-life organizations gaps in gendered job roles and pay are as entrenched as they were.<P><P> This Second Edition is a long-awaited update to an essential text in this dynamic and expanding field of inquiry, incorporating new, international perspectives that incorporate recent theory and debate, and a new chapter on gender and identity.
Understanding Generalist Practice (Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series)
by Karen K. Kirst-Ashman Jr. Grafton H. HullOrganized around the authors' coherent and cohesive Generalist Intervention Model, this introductory guide to generalist social work practice gives students the knowledge and skills they need to work with individuals and families, as well as the foundation to work with groups, communities, and organizations. <p><p> Updated to reflect current topics and practice, the book focuses on micro levels of social work practice while also discussing the interrelationship between the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Part of the BROOKS/COLE EMPOWERMENT SERIES, UNDERSTANDING GENERALIST PRACTICE, 7th Edition, clearly identifies content related to the latest Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) with icons throughout the text. <p><p> New learning objectives, which are correlated to chapter headings and summaries, guide students' reading and reinforce their understanding.
Understanding Geography: Map Skills and Our World, Level 5
by Maps. ComBuild Fundamental geography skills with this introductory workbook, containing lower-level elementary maps, illustrations, and activities.Understanding Geography is a grade-specific map, graph and geography skills program that helps students learn about and better understand the world they live in. Understanding Geography is designed to be used as a stand-alone curriculum or to support existing social studies curricula. In grade 5, children use their map and geographic skills in activities focused on the United States. Key areas are population and immigration, transportation and resources and trade over time. Two other books are in the series: Grade Level 3 and 4.
Understanding Geography: Map Skills and Our World (Level #4)
by K12Maps are easy to carry around. Maps are flat drawings of the Earth or places on the Earth. A map can be folded to fit in your backpack. Maps can show more detail than globes. A map can show streets and buildings and help you find the places you want to visit. Understanding Geography teaches you all you need to know about understanding your geographical area.
Understanding Health and Wellness (Glencoe Teen Health Course #2)
by Glencoe Mcgraw-HillYour health is a combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being. These parts of your health make up the three sides of your health triangle. Your physical health involves how your body feels. If you eat a well-balanced diet, get plenty of sleep, and get enough physical activity, you will have good physical health.
Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement 2021
by Michelle A. GreenThis book helps develop the skills and background for a career in medical billing and insurance processing or revenue management. <p><p> This complete resource explains the latest medical code sets and coding guidelines as you learn how to assign ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS level II codes; complete health care claims and master revenue management concepts. You focus on today’s most important topics, including managed care, legal and regulatory issues, coding systems and compliance, reimbursement methods, clinical documentation improvement, coding for medical necessity and common health insurance plans. Updates address changes to ICD-10-CM and CPT 2021 codes and introduce electronic claims processing, clinical quality language and other developments. <p><p> A helpful workbook provides assignments; case studies and CPC-P and CPB mock exams, while Mind Tap online resources offer practice in CMS-1500 claims and assigning codes.
Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement
by Michelle A. GreenGive students the essential learning tool to prepare for a successful career in medical insurance billing with UNDERSTANDING HEALTH INSURANCE, 13E. This comprehensive, easy-to-understand, updated text presents the latest code sets and guidelines. <p><p>Students examine important topics, such as managed care, legal and regulatory issues, coding systems, reimbursement methods, medical necessity, and common health insurance plans. <p><p>Updates address new legislation that impacts health care, including the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare); ICD-10-CM coding; electronic health records; Medicaid Integrity Contractors; case mix management; hospital-acquired conditions; present on admission; and value-based purchasing. Practice exercises and the workbook (available separately) provide extensive review, application-based assignments, case studies and CMRS, CPC-P, and CPB Mock Exams.
Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach
by Thomas S. Bodenheimer Kevin GrumbachThis book provides everything you need to master the healthcare system’s nuances and complexities, work more effectively with other members of healthcare teams, and identify areas in need of change. <p><p> Written by practicing primary care physicians who are experts in healthcare policy, this peerless guide covers the entire scope of the U.S. healthcare system and draws on lessons from systems in other nations. The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters that make vital health policy issues interesting and understandable. Whether you’re a student, medical practitioner, or public policy professional, you will come away with a clearer, more systematic way of thinking about our healthcare system, its biggest challenges, and the most effective ways of making it better for everyone. <p><p> Features: Covers every aspect of healthcare, including finance, organization, and reimbursement; Delivers updated information on the Affordable Care Act, Accountable Care Organizations, and system consolidation; Provides new insights into the role of social determinants in patient health; Clinical vignettes highlight key policy issues and clarify difficult concepts
Understanding History: An Introduction to Analytical Philosophy of History
by Jonathan GormanThis book brings into question the very ability of historians to gather and communicate genuine knowledge about the past. Understanding History applies this general question from the philosophy of history to economic history of American slaveholders.
Understanding Human Anatomy & Physiology (5th edition)
by Sylvia S. MaderThis book will help entry-level students understand and enjoy the principles of human anatomy and physiology providing them up-to-date informative content with effective learning systems, piecing together the facts and fascination of human anatomy and physiology.
Understanding Human Behavior And The Social Environment (Cengage Learning Empowerment Series)
by Sarah Hessenauer Charles Zastrow Karen K. Kirst-AshmanThe main objective of social work is to facilitate positive changes in individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. The first step in this change process is accurate assessment -- and that's the primary focus of UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT. Focusing on individual behavior within families and other systems, this book will help you understand the underlying reasons why people act the way they do. You'll learn about biological, psychological, and social development at different lifespan stages, as well as about the benefits of strengths and empowerment approaches to social work. To further prepare you for your career, this edition's content aligns with the core competencies and recommended behaviors outlined in the current Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment (Cengage Learning Empowerment Series)
by Karen K. Kirst-Ashman Charles ZastrowZastrow and Kirst-Ashman's UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, 10th Edition looks at the lifespan through the lens of social work theory and practice, covering human development and behavior theories within the context of family, organizational, and community systems. Using a chronological lifespan approach, the book presents separate chapters on biological, psychological, and social impacts at the different lifespan stages with an emphasis on strengths and empowerment. Part of the Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series, this edition is completely up to date and thoroughly integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the current Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment (Ninth Edition)
by Charles Zastrow Karen K. Kirst-AshmanZastrow and Kirst-Ashman's UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT looks at lifespan through the lens of social work theory and practice, covering human development and behavior theories within the context of family, organizational, and community systems. Using a chronological lifespan approach, the book presents separate chapters on biological, psychological, and social impacts at the different lifespan stages with an emphasis on strengths and empowerment. As part of the Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series, this edition is completely up to date and thoroughly integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the 2008 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
Understanding Human Communication
by Ronald B. Adler George Rodman Carrie Cropley HutchinsonFor over three decades, this has been the best-selling text for the introduction to human communication course. Understanding Human Communication is written with one goal in mind: to provide students with the insights and skills to succeed in our changing world. Ronald B. Adler, George Rodman, and new author Carrie Cropley Hutchinson place communication theory within the context of everyday skills and draw from the latest media, culture, and scholarship, creating a distinctive pedagogy that gives students the tools they need to master--and enjoy--this intriguing and relevant subject.
Understanding Human Communication (Thirteenth Edition)
by Ronald B. Adler George R. Rodman Athena DuPré Darin Garard Heidi Kirkman Mary Ann McHughIf you want to push most communication professors' buttons, claim that the principles they study and teach are "just common sense." The truth is that communication, like many things in life, may look straightforward. But beneath the veneer of simplicity, it's fraught with challenges and questions
Understanding Human Development
by Grace Craig Wendy DunnFor undergraduate courses in Lifespan Development and Human Development. An interdisciplinary approach with an emphasis on culture and family. Using an interdisciplinary approach which emphasizes culture and family, Understanding Human Development challenges students to understand development from a broader perspective. Students draw on their own experiences as they weigh the research and ideas presented in the text.
Understanding Human Development
by Wendy L. Dunn Grace J. CraigAn introduction to development that emphasizes the importance of family and cultural contexts <P<P> Understanding Human Development, Books a la Cate Edition, 4/e presents an overview of development across the lifespan that emphasizes the dynamic interactions among biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces. Authors Wendy Dunn and Grace Craig present people as they are in the context of culture and subculture, helping all students to find themselves mirrored in the course. The 4th Edition has been thoroughly revised to include the latest research, as well as topics of contemporary interest – such as changing notions of family, the effects of media on children, and recent LGBT issues – that will draw students into their study of development.
Understanding Human Differences: Multicultural Education for a Diverse America, 5th Edition
by Kent L. KoppelmanA clear, engaging look at the issues of diversity in 21st Century America, focusing on culture, the individual, and institutions. This popular text uses a stimulating inquiry approach to engage students in discussion and debate around the most critical issues of diversity in America.
Understanding Human Sexuality
by John Delamater Janet Shibley HydeHyde and DeLamater's Understanding Human Sexuality examines the biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives of human sexuality, providing practical information needed for everyday living, all with a firm grounding in research. The author team features a unique combination of a psychologist and a sociologist, which gives the program a distinct interdisciplinary perspective. The twelfth edition features a new emphasis on critical thinking skill development, with input from expert Diane Halpern to ensure clarity and accessibility for students.
Understanding Human Sexuality
by Hyde Janet S.This trusted text examines the biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives of human sexuality and provides practical information needed for everyday living, all with a firm grounding in research. The thoroughly revised thirteenth edition of Hyde, Understanding Human Sexuality, features a new emphasis on critical thinking skill development, with input from expert Diane Halpern to ensure clarity and accessibility for students. The author team features a unique combination of a psychologist and a sociologist, which gives this text a distinct interdisciplinary perspective.
Understanding Human Sexuality, Ninth Edition
by Janet Shibley Hyde John D. DelamaterThis trusted text examines the biological, psychological, and social science of human sexuality, provides practical information needed for everyday living, and familiarizes students with research methods used in sexuality. The author team features a unique combination of a psychologist and a sociologist, which gives this text a distinct interdisciplinary perspective.