Tipping The Scale

Author : Patricia Westmoreland, M.D.
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 1615373497
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tipping the Scales written by Patricia Westmoreland, M.D. and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unlike patients with other mental health disorders, such as schizophrenia or bipolar illness, for whom a medical physician rarely needs to be involved in care delivery, patients with eating disorders have a litany of significant medical complications that demand close oversight by a medical doctor knowledgeable in treating these disorders. However, prior to the 1980s, little available literature elucidated the best medical practices for these patients, and currently, very few physicians have much medical expertise in this specialized area. This is disconcerting, because these patients are known to be frequent utilizers of the medical system who are often admitted to hospitals and emergency departments for medical complications of their disorders. In addition, anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder except opioid abuse, and the standardized mortality ratio for bulimia nervosa is almost twice that seen in age-matched control subjects. Moreover, much of the excessive mortality rate in AN is attributable to medical complications. Thus, there is an impelling need for this book, which highlights the medicolegal and ethical challenges in treating individuals with EDs. Progress in the medical and psychological treatment of eating disorders over the past half-century has shown us what we can do but sometimes leaves unanswered questions about what we should do in difficult situations, such as the case of a person with a severe and enduring eating disorder who is symptomatic, resists treatment, and requires repeated involuntary hospitalizations. This book explores the ethical and legal dimensions of these difficult questions"--

Author : Michael Brubeck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781619616561
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tipping the Scale written by Michael Brubeck and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the legalization of marijuana spreads across the United States, a multibillion-dollar industry-as large in revenue as Big Tobacco-is emerging from underground. Yet more than 90 percent of today's investments into budding cannabis producers will end in failure because so few people understand how the industry works and where it's headed. However, one man hopes to change that. Standing at the forefront of innovation is financial whiz Michael Brubeck, CEO of Centuria Natural Foods, the largest cannabis manufacturer in North America. Drawing from his experience in the financial and legal marijuana fields, he reveals winning strategies for investors and entrepreneurs looking to enter this newly emerging "green rush." Part how-to manual, part history book, and part memoir on Brubeck's own career in the cannabis industry, Tipping the Scale is a must-read for anyone interested in learning how and why marijuana legalization is on the verge of transforming the American economy.

Author : Evin Joseph
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781511448567
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tipping the Scales written by Evin Joseph and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-05 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tipping the Scales

Author : Sondra Solovay
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615923691
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tipping the Scales of Justice written by Sondra Solovay and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What rights, if any, do fat people have? If a child is obese, are the parents legally responsible? Can employers treat overweight employees as different, or disabled? Should fat people be protected by disability laws? Cases of illegal hiring practices, workplace prejudice, harassment, unfair treatment, medical malpractice, and denial of public access are being filed in increasing numbers as the nation continues to obsess over, and misunderstand, weight.Two events in 1998-the controversial felony prosecution of a mother whose child died of obesity-related complications, and the National Institutes of Health declaration of a national weight standard-forced the weight debate to a new level of public awareness.Very little literature on the law and weight exists, so each new case is a potential precedent-setter. Tipping the Scales of Justice presents actual cases and the stories behind the legal arguments, showing for the first time the varied and surprising ways that fat has become a courtroom topic.An attorney who focuses on weight-related cases, Sondra Solovay details court attitudes toward weight in relation to employment and discrimination law, child/family law, disability law, civil rights, minorities, public policy, diets and exercise, and much more, while intermingling a personal narrative on major cases and their outcomes. This fascinating book will be essential for law courses and libraries, as well as a one-of-a-kind perspective for anyone concerned about weight as a legal issue.

Author : Enki Bilal
Publisher : Humanoids Inc
ISBN 13 : 1594657025
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tipping Point written by Enki Bilal and published by Humanoids Inc. This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 14 international creators—all renowned and all unique—present 13 short stories in this love letter to the endless possibilities of sequential art in all its forms.

Author : Sondra Solovay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781573927642
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tipping the Scales of Justice written by Sondra Solovay and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

Author : Claudio Feser
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
ISBN 13 : 1473690013
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership at Scale written by Claudio Feser and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A first-class template demonstrating how to use superior leadership to drive performance in large organizations." - Paul Myners (Lord Myners), former FTSE100 Chair and Treasury Minister Leadership effectiveness drives organizational performance, yet almost half of all organizations face some kind of leadership gap that they are not able to fill. In Leadership at Scale, McKinsey experts C laudio Feser, Michael Rennie and Nicolai Nielsen share their secrets on how to increase leadership effectiveness across an organization. Using extensive research, distilled insights from McKinsey's leadership development work in practice, and lessons from a highly successful leadership development program, this book will focus on the leadership behaviors that matter most.

Author : Timothy O'Riordan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197265537
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Addressing Tipping Points for a Precarious Future written by Timothy O'Riordan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tipping points are zones or thresholds of profound changes in natural or social conditions with very considerable and largely unforecastable consequences. Tipping points may be dangerous for societies and economies, especially if the prevailing governing arrangements are not designed either to anticipate them or adapt to their arrival. Tipping points can also be transformational of cultures and behaviours so that societies can learn to adapt and to alter their outlooks and mores in favour of accommodating to more sustainable ways of living. This volume examines scientific, economic and social analyses of tipping points, and the spiritual and creative approaches to identifying and anticipating them. The authors focus on climate change, ice melt, tropical forest drying and alterations in oceanic and atmospheric circulations. They also look closely at various aspects of human use of the planet, especially food production, and at the loss of biodiversity, where alterations to natural cycles may be creating convulsive couplings of tipping points. They survey the various institutional aspects of politics, economics, culture and religion to see why such dangers persist.

Author : Darren Shan
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 031604184X
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare written by Darren Shan and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Master of Horror comes the first gripping book in the twelve book New York Times bestselling Saga of Darren Shan. Start the tale from the beginning in the book that inspired the feature film The Vampire's Assistant and petrified devoted fans worldwide. A young boy named Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a wonderfully gothic freak show featuring weird, frightening half human/half animals who interact terrifyingly with the audience. In the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognizes that one of the performers-- Mr. Crepsley-- is a vampire! Stever remains after the show finishes to confront the vampire-- but his motives are surprising! In the shadows of a crumbling theater, a horrified Darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea. As if by destiny, Darren is pulled to Mr. Crepsley and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody world of vampires. This is the beginning of Darren's story.

Author : Joshua Denne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781943157242
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inevitable written by Joshua Denne and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: