Specialist Care Books

New and Published Books

1. The Essence of Play

   A Practice Companion for Professionals Working with Children and Young People

   By Justine Howard, Karen McInnes

   A unique companion to professional play practice! All play professionals are united in their belief that play is important for children’s development – and there are inherent characteristics of play that underpin professional play practice across contexts. Providing an overarching concept of play,...

   Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Heart Failure

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Marc Semigran, Jordan T. Shin

   Series: Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology

   Keep up-to-date with the latest advancements in heart failure research with the Second Edition of Heart Failure. More than 200 high quality figures and illustrations help the cardiologist and emergency care physician quickly and accurately identify the cause and severity of a patient’s cardiac...

   Published December 6th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Environmental Gerontology

   What Now?

   Edited by Rick Scheidt, Benyamin Schwarz

   Environmental gerontology – the research on aging and environment – evolved during the late 1960s, when the domain became a relevant topic due to societal concerns with the problems of housing for elderly people. The field proliferated during the 1970s and 1980s, and remains viable and active today...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
4. Rhythms of Recovery

   Trauma, Nature, and the Body

   By Leslie E. Korn

   Rhythm is one of the most important components of our survival and well-being. It governs the patterns of our sleep and respiration and is profoundly tied to our relationships with friends and family. But what happens when these rhythms are disrupted by traumatic events? Can balance be restored,...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
5. Vitamin D

   Oxidative Stress, Immunity, and Aging

   Edited by Adrian F. Gombart

   Series: Oxidative Stress and Disease

   Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is a worldwide, public health problem in both developed and developing countries. Rickets among infants has reemerged. Low levels of vitamin D are associated with increased risk and mortality from cancer. At the same time, the beneficial effects of vitamin D on a...

   Published November 20th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Age-Related Macular Degeneration

   3rd Edition

   Edited by Jennifer I. Lim

   The value of Age Related Macular Degeneration has clearly stood the test of time, but progress in both basic and clinical ophthalmology has been relentless, thereby mandating the need for an updated book. The physicians, scientists, and patients who read this Third Edition will be reassured that...

   Published November 14th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology

   2nd Edition

   By Peter Mitchell, Fenja Ziegler

   This new edition of the highly successful Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology of Childhood has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the exciting new findings in the thriving area of developmental psychology. The book addresses a number of fascinating questions including: Are...

   Published October 25th 2012 by Psychology Press
8. Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine

   Edited by Antje Kampf, Barbara L. Marshall, Alan Petersen

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

   Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men’s aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective. The first of its kind, it investigates the interrelated aspects of aging, masculinities and biomedicine, allowing for a timely...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Partners in Palliative Care

   Enhancing Ethics in Care at the End-of-Life

   Edited by Mary Beth Morrissey, Bruce Jennings

   The Collaborative for Palliative Care ("Collaborative") is a grassroots consortium of public and private organizations that came together in 2005 for the purposes of studying the increasing need for palliative care and the methods for such care. It has grown from a small fledgling group to a...

   Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge
10. Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism

    By Brian Watermeyer

    Series: Routledge Advances in Disability Studies

    In recent years, disability studies has been driven by a model of disability which focuses on the social and economic oppression of disabled people. Although an important counterbalance to a pathologising medical model, the social model risks presenting an impoverished and disembodied view of...

    Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge