Understanding Your Health
6th Edition
Published on 1. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
784 pages
978-0-07-039235-9 (ISBN)
Description
A practical approach to the teaching of personal health and its traditional content areas. Its two themes, the seven dimensions of health and the five developmental tasks, help students apply the text's content to their own lives by improving their decision-making.
More details
Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
index
ISBN-13
978-0-07-039235-9 (9780070392359)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Shaping your health. Unit 1 The mind: achieving psychological wellness; coping with stress. Unit 2 The body: staying physically fit; understanding nutrition and your diet; maintaining a health weight. Unit 3 Addictive substances: living drug-free; using alcohol responsibly; rejecting tobacco use. Unit 4 Diseases: reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease; living with cancer; managing chronic conditions; preventing infectious disease transmission. Unit 5 Sexuality: exploring the origins of sexuality; understanding sexual behaviour and relationships; managing your fertility; becoming a parent. Unit 6 Consumerism and environment: making consumer health-care decisions; caring for our environment; protecting your safety. Unit 7 The life cycle: accepting drying and death. appendices: first aid; body systems; canadian health; glossary; exam prep.