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Health & wellness / Gordon Edlin, Eric Golanty.

By: Edlin, Gordon, 1932-.
Contributor(s): Golanty, Eric.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2007Edition: 9th ed.Description: xx, 588 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780763741457; 0763741450.Other title: Health and wellness.Subject(s): Health | Holistic medicineDDC classification: 613
Contents:
Part 1 Achieving wellness: Achieving personal health -- Mind-body communications maintain wellness -- Managing stress: restoring mind-body harmony -- Mental health and mental illness -- Part 2 Eating and exercising towards a healthy lifestyle: Choosing a nutritious diet -- Managing a healthy weight -- Physical activity for health and well-being -- Part 3 Building healthy relationships: Sexuality and intimate relationships -- Understanding pregnancy and parenthood -- Choosing a fertility control method -- Protecting against sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS -- Part 4 Understanding and preventing disease: Reducing infections and building immunity: knowledge encourages prevention -- Cancer: understanding risks and means of prevention -- Cardiovascular diseases: understanding risks and measures of prevention -- Heredity and disease -- Part 5 Explaining drug use and abuse: Using drugs responsibly -- Eliminating tobacco use -- Using alcohol responsibly -- Part 6 Making healthy choices: Making decisions about health care -- Exploring alternative medicines -- Accidents and injuries -- Part 7 Overcoming obstacles: Understanding aging and dying -- Violence in our society -- Working toward a healthy environment.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 613 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00116362
Total holds: 0

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Achieving wellness: Achieving personal health -- Mind-body communications maintain wellness -- Managing stress: restoring mind-body harmony -- Mental health and mental illness -- Part 2 Eating and exercising towards a healthy lifestyle: Choosing a nutritious diet -- Managing a healthy weight -- Physical activity for health and well-being -- Part 3 Building healthy relationships: Sexuality and intimate relationships -- Understanding pregnancy and parenthood -- Choosing a fertility control method -- Protecting against sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS -- Part 4 Understanding and preventing disease: Reducing infections and building immunity: knowledge encourages prevention -- Cancer: understanding risks and means of prevention -- Cardiovascular diseases: understanding risks and measures of prevention -- Heredity and disease -- Part 5 Explaining drug use and abuse: Using drugs responsibly -- Eliminating tobacco use -- Using alcohol responsibly -- Part 6 Making healthy choices: Making decisions about health care -- Exploring alternative medicines -- Accidents and injuries -- Part 7 Overcoming obstacles: Understanding aging and dying -- Violence in our society -- Working toward a healthy environment.

See also For your health a study guide and self-assessment workbook to accompany Health & wellness shelved at 613