Iuniverse jun 2017 (4 résultats)

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The author s travels take us again back to Newfoundland Labrador and Nunavut after an absence of almost fifty years where he critically surveys the decaying remains of European influences of Moravian missionaries in that area during their two hundred year stay. The remnants of the hundred-year-long period of Basques whaling in southern Labrador are explored as are the few remnants of the Norse settlement at L Anse aux meadows in Northern Newfoundland 1000 CE. Why was it abandoned after a stay of only a decade How is global warming affecting the lives of Inuit and wildlife in Nunavut today What is happening in the world s oceans and its inhabitants.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Dr. Richard Ng can easily recall the darkest day of his life: Feb. 17, 2017. That was the day he was sentenced to eighty-seven months in prison after he admitted in a plea bargain that he prescribed hydrocodone without legitimate medical purposes to an undercover agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Although he had seen hundreds if not thousands of patients over the years, he was punished after a handful of visits from undercover agents. In telling his story, he explores the tough choices doctors face when treating patients suffering from chronic pain. Chronic pain patients usually try numerous treatment options before seeking opioid painkillers from doctors, which are effective for pain management. Easing chronic pain with opioids helps many more people than it harms, but addicts have made doctors who prescribe pain medication an easy target. Whether you're a patient suffering from chronic pain trying to understand and ease your condition, a health care provider seeking a larger view of the opioid landscape, or a young doctor considering pain management as a career, you'll find valuable information in A Pain Doctor's Dilemma.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - It's tough to be differentespecially when one has such a dark affliction to hide. A pact he made as a teenager in the woods of rural Alabama has rendered Dominic Hawkins dependent on human flesh to survive. Now, twenty-five years later and a successful, Southern California businessman, he is still bound by the deal that has cost him a normal life. Despite his attempts to keep his disturbing existence from others, a frustrated and lonely Dominic still craves human contact, an often dangerous proposition. As a favor to him on his fortieth birthday, Dominic's only friend, Trevor, sets him up on a blind date with an attractive co-worker. But when the woman decides she wants more than he's willing to give, all hell truly breaks loose. Desperate to protect his professional reputation and his privacy, Dominic unleashes a side of himself no other living person has seen. Shrouded in the confines of his own immoral world, just how far will he go to ensure his evil secret remains deep in the woods from where it arose.…