New Library books in Health and Health Technology

Title Living Well and Dying Faithfully: Christian Practice for End-of-life Care
Author: Eds. John Swinton & Ricyard Payne
Publisher: Eerdmans
Call Number: R726.L556 2009
Synopsis:

Living Well and Dying Faithfully explores how Christian practices - love, prayer, lament, compassion, and so on - can contribute to the process of dying well. Working on the premise that one dies the way one lives, the book is unique in its constructive dialogue between theology and medicine as offering two complementary modes of care. Book jacket.

Title Obesity: Opposing Viewpoints
Author:
Publisher: Greenhaven
Call Number: RA645.O23 O22 2011
Synopsis:
Part of a research series which presents two divergent views on various aspects of chosen topics, this book updates earlier Viewpoints (2008) about Obesity issues such as the seriousness of the problem, the causes, who should be responsible for solving obesity, and the solutions offered.

Title Kids, Sports, and Concussion: A Guide for Coaches and Parents
Author: William Paul Meehan III, MD
Publisher: Praeger
Call Number: RC1218.C45 M44 2011
Synopsis from publisher:

Written by an expert physician, Kids, Sports, and Concussion: A Guide for Coaches and Parents offers a thorough understanding of concussive brain injury, its symptoms, its potential long-term effects, and the current prevention options. Equally important, it provides insights into how this injury is treated and what parents and athletes can do to facilitate recovery. In addition to explaining in simple, clear, and complete terms what a concussion is and how it can alter the brain function of children and youths, this guide discusses new technologies and equipment that may help prevent concussion. It looks at the incidence of concussion in football, hockey, cheerleading, skiing and snowboarding, soccer, basketball, and equestrian sports, and it explores related issues, such as the movement to have soccer and rugby players wear helmets. A final chapter focuses on emerging research designed to facilitate better treatments and on safety measures, including testing for a genetic predisposition to concussion.

 

Title biology is technology: The promise, pereil, and new business of engineering life
Author: Robert H. Carlson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Call Number: TP248.2.C37 2010
Synopsis from publisher:
Technology is a process and a body of knowledge as much as a collection of artifacts. Biology is no different—and we are just beginning to comprehend the challenges inherent in the next stage of biology as a human technology. It is this critical moment, with its wide-ranging implications, that Robert Carlson considers in Biology Is Technology. He offers a uniquely informed perspective on the endeavors that contribute to current progress in this area—the science of biological systems and the technology used to manipulate them.