A review of developments in the governance of occupational health and safety (OHS) in Australia, Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and more generally; examines economic restructuring, precarious wor
The purpose of this book is to move our field's discussion beyond issues of diversity in the practice of technical communication, which is certainly important, to include discussions of how race and e
A Cop Doc's Guide to Understanding Terrorism as Human Evil: Healing from Complex Trauma Syndromes for Military, Police, and Public Safety Officers and Their Families is a groundbreaking guide that sha
Baywood's Technical Communications Series, Series Editor: Charles H. Sides LOOK INSIDE About the Book The Flowering of a Tradition, which describes the development of technical, or practical, writing
Deadly Documents explores the role of texts in organizational processes. Rhetorical, visual, and discursive analyses of everyday Nazi documents show how texts functioned as “boundary objects” on which
On February 4, 1986, the lives of thousands of workers changed in ways they could only begin to imagine. On that day, United Technologies Corporation ordered the closure of the 76-year-old American Bo
"Cross-Cultural Communication" is a collection of essays that examines how practitioners can improve the acceptance of their documentation when communicating to cultures other than their own. The essa
The academic study of aging has flourished in recent decades, along with the growth in the aging population of the U.S. and other advanced nations. However, there are several reasons why a more contem
Delmont Morrison (psychiatry, U. of California San Francisco, retired) and Shirley Morrison (mythology and literature, Notre Dame de Namur U., Belmont California) present the play therapy of two child
An investigation, using individual case studies and general/population approaches, of the cost of military service—looking at the epidemic of suicides among active military personnel and veterans, the
A theory of information design and ethics, based on the semiotics of C. S. Peirce, is used to explain the major properties of visual communication in all its forms and provides a unifying description
Assesses the needs and lives of the first generation of people with developmental disabilities who have survived into later life. Describes the challenges facing practitioners in gerontology and devel
Helps you recognise the continuity that runs across the generations from grandparents to grandchildren. This work provides a clear perspective on the actual experiences of the lives of our family and
This is a book filled with activities to allow individuals, families, and groups in bereavement support groups, at retreats, memorial services, and conferences to acknowledge the death of a loved one
This book comes out of an in-depth, qualitative study of the experiences of twenty-three families in which one parent was dying of cancer. The study attempted to better understand the impact of termin
None of us could survive in the workplace, community, or even in our homes, if we allowed everyone to see how truly vulnerable we are. Yet, social support is a necessity if we are to achieve whatever
We all have to die. Most would prefer to die in their sleep, quickly and without pain. Many of us will not. In "Fixin' to Die", author David Lester submits that a decision to commit suicide is highly
"Living Victims, Stolen Lives: Parents of Murdered Children Speak to America" is a gripping and instructive sketch of the intense psychic pain, anger, and frustration experienced by parents of murdere
In the last two decades of the 20th century, we witnessed a dramatic growth in social inequalities within and among countries. This has had a most negative impact on the health and quality of life of
When Diane Sher Lutovich set out to attain closure of her mother's death she simultaneously discovered how other women address their losses. "Nobody's Child: How Older Women Say Good-bye to Their Moth
