Understanding Your Health
6th Edition
Published on 1. August 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
784 pages
978-0-07-234636-7 (ISBN)
Description
This text takes 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 skills.
More details
Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
glossary, index
Weight
1700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-234636-7 (9780072346367)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
1 Shaping Your Health Unit 1 The Mind 2 Achieving Psychological Wellness 3 Coping with Stress Unit 2 The Body 4 Staying Physically Fit 5 Understanding Nutrition and Your Diet 6 Maintaining a Healthy Weight Unit 3 Addictive Substances 7 Living Drug-Free 8 Using Alcohol Responsibly 9 Rejecting Tobacco Use Unit 4 Diseases 10 Reducing Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease 11 Living with Cancer 12 Managing Chronic Conditions 13 Preventing Infectious Disease Transmission Unit 5 Sexuality 14 Exploring the Origins of Sexuality 15 Understanding Sexual Behavior and Relationships 16 Managing Your Fertility 17 Becoming a Parent Unit 6 Consumerism and the Environment 18 Making Consumer Health-Care Decisions 19 Caring for Our Environment 20 Protecting Your Safety Unit 7 The Life Cycle 21 Accepting Dying and Death Appendix 1 First Aid Appendix 2 Body Systems Appendix 3 Canadian Health.