Faculty Resources: New Academic Books

Get a quick, expert overview of all types of addiction - from substance use disorders to behavioral addictions and more. This practical resource presents a focused summary of today's current knowledge on topics of interest to all health care professionals who work with those who suffer from this wide-ranging problem. It provides current, relevant information on emerging findings, best practices, and treatment challenges, covering a variety of assessment and treatment strategies and making it a one-stop resource for staying up to date in this critical area.

This widely respected text and practitioner guide, now revised and expanded, provides a roadmap for effective clinical practice with clients with substance use disorders... Assessment and intervention strategies are described in detail, and the importance of the therapeutic relationship is emphasized throughout.

A call to reform Catholic health care ethics, inspired by the teachings of Pope Francis Since its first edition in 1948, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERD) has guided Catholic institutions in the provision of health care that reflects both the healing ministry of Jesus and the Church's understanding of human dignity. However, while the papacy of Pope Francis and the clerical sex-abuse scandal both profoundly impacted the Catholic Church, the latest edition of the ERD does not address or reflect these transformations.

The book is organized around six key concepts: beneficence, autonomy, truth-telling, confidentiality, justice, and integrity. Each of these concepts is explained and discussed with reference to professional and legal norms. The discussion is then supplemented by case studies that exemplify the relevant concepts and show how each applies in health care and nursing practice. This new fourth edition includes an added chapter on end-of-life issues, and it is revised throughout to reflect the latest developments on topics such as global health ethics, cultural competence, social media, and palliative sedation.

Build your test-taking skills and pass the Next Generation NCLEX® examination! Strategies for Student Success on the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Test Items includes all of the question types that appear on the NGN, helping you develop the clinical judgment skills emphasized on the test. To enhance your study, each practice question includes a test-taking strategy and rationales for both correct and incorrect answers. Case studies let you practice key cognitive skills, and additional questions are provided on the Evolve website.

Sports management professionals are confronted with many ethical decisions during their careers, and it's essential that they be equipped to make an informed decision when faced with a difficult situation... It also considers areas significant within sports ethics, including race and discrimination, gender equity, privacy, violence, and drug use and drug testing. Sports Ethics for Sport Management Professionals contains numerous case studies that allow students to apply the ethical decision-making process to sports-related ethical disputes, as well as cases showing how ethical situations are addressed by the legal system in the United States.

Authors Jennifer M. Allen and Rajeev Sawhney encourage you to consider the importance of providing high-quality and effective criminal justice services. You will develop skills for responding to your customers--other criminal justice professionals, offenders, victims, and the community--and learn how to respond to changing environmental factors. You will also learn to critique your own views of what constitutes management in this service sector, all with the goal of improving the effectiveness of the criminal justice system.

Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Identifying Patterns and Trends examines current topics in victimology and explores the main issues surrounding them. Key topics include: intimate partner violence and dating violence, rape and sexual assault on the college campus, Internet victimization, elder abuse, victimization of inmates, repeat and poly-victimization, fear of crime and perceived risk of crime, human trafficking, mass shootings, and child-to-parent violence. Each chapter includes information about the specific topic, including the nature of the issues, trends, current research, policy, current issues, and future challenges.

The one primer you need to develop your entrepreneurial skills. Whether you're imagining your new business to be the next big thing in Silicon Valley, a pivotal B2B provider, or an anchor in your local community, the HBR Entrepreneur's Handbook is your essential resource for getting your company off the ground.

In this comprehensive handbook, strategy and change experts Ron Ashkenas and Brook Manville distill proven ideas and frameworks about leadership from Harvard Business Review, interviews with senior executives, and their own experience in the field--all to help rising leaders stand out and have a big impact.

Whether you are a lifelong gamer, a curious Fortnite parent, or a businessperson seeking to understand the marketing opportunities of this multibillion-dollar phenomenon, The Book of Esports is the definitive guide to understanding all that the modern world of competitive gaming has to offer, and a comprehensive history of the industry itself. Detailed and accessible, and written by a lifelong gamer and Harvard MBA who has painstakingly translated esports' mysteries into a testament for today, this is the definitive guide.

This comprehensive resource examines the rapidly-growing esports phenomenon in higher education, bringing the perspectives of players, administrators, and scholars together in one volume to discuss the basics of esports, how to start and maintain successful esports programs, and issues and trends in the field.

This book addresses the current issues and challenges facing existing stakeholders in esports, how the industry will evolve in the coming years, and the multifaceted and diverse nature of the business and management of esports from multiple international perspectives. This book is intended to prepare and educate those wishing to better understand the digital world of esports, not to mention those that also strive to work in the industry.