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Presents findings and theoretical models within a psychosocial framework, which draws upon understanding the physiological, psychological, interpersonal, and social forces that are the causes of youthful drug addiction.

Represents an important collection of writings about technical communications. Focusing on a range of theoretical and practical issues, this title includes essays which reflect the rigor, vitality, and interdisciplinary nature of modern technical communications.

Includes articles which offer a mix of theoretical analysis, case history and empirical research, interspersed with good, practical advice from those who have sat long hours at the bargaining table.

Emphasizes that death occurs to us as unique individuals living within particular sociocultural settings. This title is intended for those who plan projects, programs, courses, and services concerned with death and bereavement, and those who fund, plan, direct, and perform those services.

Includes articles which offer an alternative view of the political and economic causes of substandard health care in the underdeveloped societies of the Third World.

A sourcebook devoted to historical archaeology, a significant field of study which blends together the theories and methods of anthropology, history, and archaeology.

Locates workers' health and safety problems in the broad political economy. This title argues that without a deep understanding of the social/political/economic context of particular industries or workplaces, we cannot fully grasp the process of recognition and control of industrial hazards.

A collection of essays that focuses on both how and why assessment serves as a key element in the teaching and practice of technical and professional communication. It offers teachers, students, scholars, and practitioners evidence of the increasingly valuable role of assessment in the field, as it supports and enriches our thinking and practice.

A collection of articles that delves into the world of content management systems.

This book examines Texas regulations dating as far back as the Texas Black Codes of 1866 to contemporary Texas Child Care Licensing regulations. It presents case studies that test contemporary African American perceptions of various styles of regulatory writing.

Explores five areas where technology affects society, and suggests ways in which human communication can facilitate the use of that technology.

Provides the instructors of introductory technical communication courses with a set of resources for their classrooms.

A set of essays on the relationship between discourse and the many institutions within which people act.

Offering an insider perspective from a 'cop doc on the job,' this book for clinicians defines and treats what Dan Rudofossi terms Police and Public Safety Complex PTSD. It helps in understanding of how to work with police officers who experience cumulative loss in trauma.

Describes fresh approaches to aesthetics, creativity and psychology of the arts, approaching these topics from a point of view that is biological or related to biology. This book begins with a consideration of ten theories on the evolutionary function of specific arts such as music and literature.

When Diane Sher Lutovich set out to attain closure of her mother's death she simultaneously discovered how other women address their losses. This book tells the big and little stories of women who, having come of age during the feminist revolution, lived very different lives than their mothers.

Provides an overview of the elderly population who have developmental disabilities. This book attempts to assess their needs and their lives as they age. In many ways, this is a pioneer population, one of the first generations of persons with developmental disabilities who have survived into later life.

A guide for clinicians to operationally define, understand, and responsibly treat complex post-traumatic stress and grief syndromes in the context of the unique varieties of police personality styles.

Work, so fundamental to well-being, has its darker and more costly side. Work can adversely affect our health, well beyond the usual counts of injuries that we think of as 'occupational health'. This book advances a social environmental understanding of the workplace and health.

Brings together contributors to theoretical advances in social gerontology field. This volume incorporates advanced theorizing with a focus on selected topical areas facing gerontologists around the world. Using their keen insights into substantive issues, it examines personal and structural changes affecting individuals over the life course.

Within the framework of New Literacy Studies, Dirk Remley presents a historical study of how technical communication practices at a World War II arsenal sponsored literacy within the community in which it operated from 1940 to 1960 and contemporary implications of similar forms of sponsorship.

Says that a decision to commit suicide is highly personal and not to be enforced by others, whether psychiatrist, psychologist, law-maker, clergy, friend, or relative. This book contends that the choice of suicide can be both rational and morally sound.

The workplace is not immune to the problems, pressures, and challenges presented by experiences of loss and trauma and the grief reactions they produce. This book offers insights and understanding to help us appreciate the difficulties involved and prepare ourselves for dealing with such demanding situations when they arise.

Examines the impact of outsourcing on the field of technical communication. This title addresses the needs of graduate students, faculty, and technical communicators who want to teach, practice, or conduct research in this area. It explores issues of curriculum, project management, legal considerations, and intercultural communication problems.

Reflects on some major themes - death and after-life, religion and spirituality, rites and rituals, secularist approaches, cultural variations, suicide, and other issues. This book includes which chapters describe progress in end-of-life care, including some tools to evaluate hospice care.

Features papers directed to fire protection in various environments other than building structures including fuel transporting vehicles, spacecraft, a sports arena, an offshore oil rig and propane fueling bus facilities.

Highlights the diversity of approaches that are underway under the banner of neuroaesthetics. This book presents a possible framework for neuroaesthetics by highlighting what the contributors consider to be its defining features and offering a working definition of neuroaesthetics that captures these features.