Family & Health Law

This book focuses specifically and in-depth on the legal and business issues that NPs face, and provides state by state coverage of Nurse Practitioner's scope of practice and state regulations.... More

Help! is the first word a parent yells when dealing with a child custody battle. Author Guy White cuts through and captures the essence of how child custody cases are won and lost. "Child Custody A to Z" navigates you through the flawed system of justice. Evidence is the most overlooked aspect of a ... More

This book uses interviews to illustrate the viewpoints of foster youth who are involved with the juvenile justice system and then identifies innovative programs that address their special issues as they overlap the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.This book uses interviews to illustrate th... More

* Focuses on clinical issues of professionalism and understanding in midwifery practice * Encourages midwives to be reflective practitioners * Explores ethical questions, such as the competing interests of mother and baby* Focuses on clinical issues of professionalism and understanding in midwifery ... More

"The Private Investigator's Legal Manual" is written especially for California private investigators and the attorneys who hire and represent them. This is the first and only complete source for answers to the often tricky and difficult legal issues unique to California investigators. The 300+ page... More

The main problem in the use of medicinal plants, discussed in this book, is that citizens are being persuaded that herbal medicine is based on its low or even absent toxicology. A good efficacy is assumed as self-evident, and therapeutic benefit without risks is expected. Many users prefer natural m... More

This text addresses ethics, law, risk management, and safety in diagnostic imaging and therapeutic radiology. Each chapter contains case studies or scenarios in order to better illustrate concepts to the reader. Sample forms at the end of the text offer guidance in the preparation and drafting of fo... More

New developments in biotechnology radically alter our relationship with our bodies. Body tissues can now be used for commercial purposes, while external objects, such as pacemakers, can become part of the body. Property in the Body: Feminist Perspectives transcends the everyday responses to such dev... More

As the trial over her fate rages in a stately old courtroom in southwestern Missouri, the unmistakable voice of Ted Koppel tells the nation about Nancy Cruzan--"This is, at one and the same time, one of the simplest and one of the most complicated stories with which we have ever dealt." Long Goodbye... More

Providing several full case studies in more than a dozen appendices, this book addresses both psychological and neuropsychological concepts in the context of the legal system and allows for a practical understanding and application of behavioral, legal, and ethical issues in civil and criminal cases... More

NOMINATED FOR THE MANFRED S. GUTTMACHER AWARD BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION Although advances in clinical/forensic theory and technology continue to elucidate our understanding of deception analysis, the current state of the art is crude in most applications. With new interviewing techniqu... More

This multidisciplinary book brings into focus the five different groups involved in rape investigation: the police investigator, the examining nurse, the forensic scientist, the crisis counselor, and the prosecutor. It demonstrates how each must work together for more effective handling of all kinds... More

Significant advances in DNA analysis techniques have surfaced since the 1997 publication of the bestselling An Introduction to Forensic DNA Analysis. DNA typing has become increasingly automated and miniaturized. Also, with the advent of Short Tandem Repeat (STR) technology, even the most minute sam... More

This book examines the pathbreaking legal process that has brought the pervasiveness and severity of domestic violence to public attention and has led the United States Congress, the Supreme Court, and the United National to address the problem.As recently as the 1960s the harm of domestic violence ... More

The first in-depth history of miscegenation law in the United States, this book illustrates in vivid detail how states, communities, and the courts have defined and regulated mixed-race marriage from the colonial period to the present. Combining a storyteller's detail with a historian's analysis, Pe... More

The level of conflict between parents is the key factor in how children overcome the challenges divorce creates. This book provides an overview of relevant trends in law, conflict resolution and mental health and the empirical research that supports them. It analyzes the principal challenges facing ... More

Dental hygienists and dental assistants need to be aware of current accepted legal processes related to such issues as infection control, insurance, malpractice, liability, and negligence. LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND ASSISTANTS provides them with strong theoretical and... More