1) Managing Your Child's Diabetes
This is a practical book filled with important facts and compassionate advice. It brings help to families trying to understand diabetes and control it. In addition it carries coping strategies as well as the advice of doctors, nurses, nutritionists, psychologists and teachers. Accessible and solution oriented, the book includes easy-to-understand information about the disease and the research that will ultimately cure it.
Authors: Robert Wood Johnson, Sale Johnson, Casey Johnson and Susan Kleinman
Publishers: MasterMedia Limited
Date of Publication: 1992
No. of pages: 199
2) Bodily Harm
This book clearly defines what cutting is and explains the kinds of trauma that can lead to self mutilation. It also includes case studies, diaries, and success stories from a diverse group of patients. The book offers a course of treatment based on years of experience and extensive clinical research-as well as compassion, advice, and hope to the afflicted and their loved ones.
Authors: Karen Conterio and Wendy Lader
Publishers: Hyperion
Date of Publication: 1998
No. of pages: 329
3) Breaking The Surface
This book is a story of a lonely boy who struggled with dyslexia and discrimination yet discovered he had a great gift of acrobatics and driving. It's about a shy kid who battled low self-esteem, bouts of depression, and conflicts over his sexuality yet still went on to become one of the most accomplished divers of all time. It's about a man who had a world of opportunities yet lost his way when those opportunities ended.
Authors: Greg Louganis
Publishers: Random House
Date of Publication: 1995
No. of pages: 290
4) Guide to Prescription And Over-The-Counter Drugs
This guide serves as a quick, easy, and authoritative source to reinforce, clarify, and expand on doctor's advice. It covers all commonly prescribed drugs and widely used over-the-counter medications-more than 2,500 of them.
Authors: Greg Lougainis
Publishers: Random House
No. of pages: 591
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