When clinicians communicate effectively, patients retain more information, have higher trust and a better quality of life. Such a patient-centred approach is the future of clinical care, and this book is an essential how-to guide on improving these skills. Grounded in innovative and evidence-based methodology, perfected through over twenty years of teaching in the VitalTalk training program, content includes foundational communication skills, how to help patients plan for the future, what ...

If you or someone you love is dealing with a crisis right now, please call 988 or go to 988lifeline.org to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.A compassionate guided journal to help you to manage suicidal thoughts and find renewed hope.If you're struggling with suicidal thoughts, please know that you are not alone. When you're suffering, life can feel overwhelming and even insurmountable. This guided journal offers a safe space to help you ...

Embark on a whirlwind of holiday fun, romantic escapades, and eco-adventures with Hollie Porter and her hunky hockey husband, Ryan, in Hollie Porter Gone Wild: A Novella Trilogy. This wacky collection brings together three hilarious novellas filled with all the Hollie Porter shenanigans you can imagine . . . and then some.In Hollie Porter’s Hat Trick Christmas, join Hollie as she navigates a chaotic Christmas at Revelation Cove, complete with a snow-bound husband, masked p...

Modern crocodylians—crocodiles, alligators, caiman (Central and South America), and gharials (India)—have evolved over 250 million years from a fully terrestrial, bipedal ancestor. Along with birds, crocodylians are the only living members of Archosauria, the group including nonavian dinosaurs.Ruling Reptiles features contributions on a broad range of topics surrounding crocodylian evolution and biology including osteology, osteohistology, developmental biology, myology, o...

It may surprise you to know that 70% of human behavior is based on emotions, not logic. In fact, it is very easy to get increasingly irritated at people, places, and things.As an example, does any of this scenario sound familiar?It's Monday morning and you are ready to face the day. Everything at home is calm - pets are happy, coffee is ready, your hair and make-up turned out great, and you look and feel good. You get in the car and slowly and methodically ...

In "The Grateful Dead," Gordon Hall Gerould offers an intricate exploration of the themes of mortality and longing, woven through a tapestry of rich narrative and lyrical prose. Gerould's style is marked by a keen observation of human experience, utilizing symbolism and metaphor to deepen the reader's connection to the existential dilemmas faced by his characters. Situated within the literary context of early 20th-century American literature, this work reflects the period's burgeoning inte...

Per Mental Health America, over 40 million Americans (mostly women) have been labeled as "codependent". In fact, a study using the Beck Depression Inventory and the Codependency Assessment Tool revealed that 14.4 million (36%) of these Americans were also undergoing simultaneous treatment for depression. The study also found that the lower these individual's self-worth, the more they alienated themselves from others, the less self-awareness they had, the more severe their depression. and t...

After relocating to Ryan’s posh resort at Revelation Cove, Hollie Porter embarks on an all-new adventure as the Cove’s wildlife-experience educator, teaching guests and their kids about otters and orca and cougars, oh my. When darling Ryan gets down on one hockey-damaged knee and pops the question of a lifetime, Hollie realizes this is where the real adventure begins. It’s all cake tasting, flower choosing, and dress fittings until a long-lost family member shows up at the Cove and threate...

'In this timely book, Professor Gordon Rausser explores the changing landscape of university-industry relations, informed by his unusual background as a pioneer in Public Private Research Partnerships (PPRPs) while serving as Dean of the College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley. Scholars, administrators, and industry executives who are interested in industry/university partnerships will find a treasure of information and insights in this beautifully written book.'- Steve...

Our culture attempts to separate competing ideological factions by denying relationships between multiple perspectives and influences outside of one’s own narrow interpretive community. The distinguished essayists in this volume find Daniel R. Schwarz’s pluralistic, self-questioning approach to what he calls “reading texts and reading lives” quite relevant to the current historical moment and political situation. A legendary scholar of modernist literature, Schwarz’s critical principles ar...

Hollie Porter, marketing director and First Lady of sea otters, is thrilled when prestigious Vancouver eco-first company Clarke Innovations chooses Revelation Cove to host their annual Green It Up Eco-Summit over Earth Day weekend. With his major-junior hockey team’s playoff run cut short, Ryan is back at the Cove where together, he and Hollie are excited to show local business owners that going green can be both fun and profitable. But you know what they say about best-laid plans...

raft (noun): when two or more otters rest together, holding hands, so they don’t drift apartHollie Porter has put her old gig as a 911 operator and sad single girl in an attic-bound box, right where it belongs. She’s rebounded nicely from her run-in with Chloe the Cougar in the wilds of British Columbia, and this new life alongside concierge-in-shining-armor Ryan Fielding? Way more fun. After relocating to Ryan’s posh resort at Revelation Cove, Hollie emba...