Omnigraphics.Omnigraphics 2050 Elmweood Avenue Sharon Hills, PA 19079 $78.00 Each 1-800-234-1340 Three new titles in the Omnigraphics 'Health Reference Series' provide important reference overviews for any in-depth health library collection, and are highly recommended picks. Dawn Matthews edits Child Abuse Sourcebook (0780807-057), which appears in a first edition to consider basic consumer health information about the physical, sexual and emotional neglect of children. From withholding medical care to child malpractice malpractice, failure to provide professional services with the skill usually exhibited by responsible and careful members of the profession, resulting in injury, loss, or damage to the party contracting those services. situations, Child Abuse Sourcebook is packed with insights on all kinds of issues, from foster care and adoption to parenting and abuse prevention. Matthews also edits Domestic Violence Sourcebook (078080-6697), which appears in its second edition to consider the causes and results of abusive relationships. Facts about domestic violence in different populations, medical care, and more are all updated in this renewed resource. Karen Bellenir edits Infectious Diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. Sourcebook (0780806-751), appearing for the first time as an especially highly recommended survey of consumer health issues. Chapters discuss contagious contagious /con·ta·gious/ (-jus) capable of being transmitted from one individual to another, as a contagious disease; communicable. con·ta·gious adj. 1. Of or relating to contagion. and non-contagious bacterial, viral and fungal fungal /fun·gal/ (fun´g'l) fungous; pertaining to fungi. fun·gal or fun·gous adj. 1. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a fungus. 2. spreads, analyze science and health issues, and provide the latest info on treatments and transmission, not neglecting the possibilities of bioterrorism bi·o·ter·ror·ism n. The use of biological agents, such as pathogenic organisms or agricultural pests, for terrorist purposes. Bioterrorism . All are excellent college-level references. |
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