Health & Wellness - Softcover

Edlin, Gordon, Ph.d.; Golanty, Eric, Ph.d.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284067297 ISBN 13: 9781284067293

Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, a full suite of instructor resources, and learning analytics reporting tools.Health & Wellness, Twelfth Edition covers many facets of personal health, including physical, emotional, mental, social, environmental, and spritual perspectives. Written in a personal and engaging style, the Twelfth Edition encourages students to make the right health choices and gives them the tools and information they need to improve their health habits. - Updated Health in Review sections, at the end of each chapter, highlight key points and emphasize the essential health message in each chapter. - New coverage of the Afforable Care Act (ACA) in chapter one and a more detailed discussion in Chapter 19. - Includes expanded coverage of the predicted health effects of climate change. - Provides an expanded discussion of spirituality and health. - New coverage on: e-cigarettes, changes in marijuana laws, and the right to marriage for gay couples. - New Self-Evaluation Exercises added to the end of each chapter ask students to look their own health and fitness lifestyle.With Navigate 2, technology and content combine to expand the reach of your classroom. Whether you teach an online, hybrid, or traditional classroom-based course, Navigate 2 delivers unbeatable value. Experience Navigate 2 today at www.jblnavigate.com/2.

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Gordon Edlin, PhD, has a bachelor's degree in physics from MIT and a PhD in chemistry from the University of Oregon. He was a professor of genetics at the University of California, Davis, for 22 years, where his research focused on the molecular biology of microorganisms. His interest in health was dramatically increased after he was tear-gassed on the Berkeley campus in the late 1960s while protesting the Vietnam War. Although his approach to health and medicine is scientific, he also has considerable experience with alternative medicines.

Eric Golanty is professor emeritus of health and wellness at Las Positas College in Livermore, California. He has a bachelor's and a master's degree in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and a PhD in human development and family studies from the University of California, Davis. He has taught personal health and human sexuality and supervised peer health counseling and health educator training at Las Positas College and UC Davis. He has taught personal health online since 2000 and has developed distance learning programs and trained faculty in educational uses of the Internet. He is co-author of the college texts'Health and Wellness,'Human Sexuality: The Basics, and'Human Reproduction. He also is co-author of the pocket handbook'First Aid for Sports Injuries'and author of the self-help book,'How to Prevent and Help Heal Running and Other Sports Injuries.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1284067297
• ISBN 13: 9781284067293
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 798
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Deutschland