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RECORD NUMBER: 965 OF 2386Main Title | Health and wellness | |||||||||||
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Author | Edlin, Gordon | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Jones and Bartlett, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2004 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 53887445 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0763748196 (alk. paper) 9780763748197 (alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Health ; Holistic medicine ; Holistic Health | |||||||||||
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Edition | 8th ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xxi, 599 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Achieving personal health -- Mind-body communications maintain wellness -- Managing stress: restoring mind-body harmony -- Maintaining emotional wellness -- Choosing a nutritious diet -- Managing a healthy weight -- Physical activity for health and well-being -- Developing healthy intimate and sexual relationships -- Understanding pregnancy and parenthood -- Choosing a fertility control method -- Protecting against sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS -- Reducing infections and building immunity: knowledge encourages prevention -- Cancer: understanding risks and means of prevention -- Cardiovascular diseases: understanding risks and measures of prevention -- How genes affect health -- Using drugs responsibly -- Eliminating tobacco use -- Using alcohol responsibly -- Making decisions about health care -- Exploring alternative medicines -- Preventing unintentional injuries and accidents: what you can do -- Understanding aging and dying -- Violence in our society -- Working toward a healthy environment. |