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Understanding Health Care Ethics and Medical Law, Second Edition

Author(s): Dan Bustillos, Susan Vellek

UNDERSTANDING HEALTH CARE ETHICS & MEDICAL LAW, Second Edition, explores the complex relationship between law and ethics in modern health care, highlighting the need for moral practice in the health care professions and leadership. Theoretical and practical analysis of legal precedents, political hi...

Reading Theme and Skills: A Skills-Based American Culture Reader

Author(s): Brian Altano

Reading Themes and Skills 2nd edition introduces fascinating elements of American culture. Topics range from Halloween to the Super Bowl, and also include college dining halls, leftovers, fast food, tailgating, American clothes styles, Ghosts in the White House, and the Vortex in Sedona, Arizona, an...

Theories of Personality

Author(s): Jeffrey J. Magnavita

Our fascination with personality is evident in almost all parts of contemporary society. We watch movies, read books and magazines, watch our favorite sitcoms, and feel like we know the characters we meet in these settings. We are not only interested in fictional characters. Most of us have a keen i...

Personality

Author(s): Len B. Lecci

Personality examines classic and contemporary theories of personality and their applicability to the present day. Written with a focus on “how we know what we know” and the importance of critical thinking, the text encourages learners to apply abstract theories to the modern world through investigat...

The Commitment-Based Teacher: Cultivating Professional Character for Lasting Impact

Author(s): Amy Hoaglund, Karen Birkenfeld

The Commitment-Based Teacher: Cultivating Professional Character for Lasting Impact introduces readers to the “The Eight Commitments of the Teaching Profession,” a set of foundational professional character principles developed by a team of teacher education faculty. The authors endeavor to share th...

Write It .5: A Process Approach to College Essays, with Readings

Author(s): Linda Strahan, Kathleen M Moore

The goal of Write It .5 is to introduce international and generation 1.5 students to the idea of academic argument and the academic essay form that they will encounter in many of their classes in American colleges and universities. The opening sections of the book help familiarize these students wit...