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Being self-aware is particularly important for healthcare professionals who need to manage their cognitive, affective and behavioural self in order to engage effectively in therapeutic relationships. This book examines how self-awareness can be developed and applied in practice by combining theoretical and practical approaches.

Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique.  Extrait:  Au mois d’octobre 1872, il n’était question à Péking que du prochain mariage de l’Empereur Tong-tche alors âgé de dix-sept ans. Contrairement à nos coutumes occidentales,...

An anthology of 18 short romance stories.  Not love stories, although some of them do include aspects of that.  But whereas love stories are often sad, each of the selections in A Wink and a Smile has either a 'happily-ever-after' ending, or at least a strong suggestion that this is where...

Until few thousand years ago, virtually all humanity lived as hunters and gatherers. The same foragers may hold the key to some of the central questions about the human conditionsocial life, politics, economy and genderabout the possibility of living with nature, without destroying it.The intention behind...

Nature has often provided valuable molecules either as lead compounds or for use in the fight against pests. Though a number of conference proceedings deal with the control of insects using natural products, there is no comprehensive account of what materials have been studied and what results have...

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool and a comedy for the rich and a tragedy for the poor. I have made an attempt to portrait life as you and I live and believe. This is purely my perception. I may be right or I may even be wrong. You may agree or agree to disagree. I believe that Life...

The Second Edition of this bestseller brings together basic plant pathology methods published in diverse and often abstract publications. The Second Edition is updated and expanded with numerous new figures, new culture media, and additional methods for working with a greater number of organisms....

This brief explores two of the main challenges of spatial network data analysis: the many connected components in the spatial network and the many candidates that have to be processed. Within this book, these challenges are conceptualized, well-defined problems are explored, and critical techniques...

Everyone deserves a second chance. Or do they? Sean and Martim fell in love at Harvard. Things broke apart when Martim fell into a downward spiral of addiction after his father died. Sean kicked him out but has regretted it ever since. He’s never gotten over losing Martim. But then, not many aspects...

Fans of the hit picture book I Don’t Want to Be a Frog will love this silly companion featuring a frog that's still as stubborn as ever and his surprisingly patient father. "Reminiscent of Mo Willems’s 'Elephant and Piggie' series"—Publishers Weekly Frog does NOT want to grow up....

When they move in to their new home, Sergeant First Class Chris Williams and his wife Molly discover they are not alone. An evil older than time itself lives there. Now, enough sacrifices have been made to its blood hunger that it can finally give birth to a powerful, deadly offspring intent on dominating...

As far as Naj is concerned, identity is not the issue, hes English; full stop. His Indian born parents, on the other hand, with their experience as immigrants, have a different perspective. When they arrange a visit to India for him to visit his Grandmother, his Journey Home turns out to be...

Pranayam, Kundalini & Hathayoga form a part of our ancient heritage which has lost their relevance in the fast moving modern world. On the contrary, they have become indispensable because now we want perfect health in such a stressful and fast moving life. If you devote just half-an-hour every...

From newborns switched in the nursery to medication mix-ups and hospital-acquired infections, we are all familiar with the horror stories about hospital safety, and unfortunately, the statistics say we aren‘t exaggerating. The safety issue in U.S. hospitals has become so profound and embedded, that we cannot hope to fix it without a paradigm shift