When the desire for a long life dominates, we do everything we can to prolong life – if possible: without end. But those who do not have that desire (anymore) are forced to behave cunningly and deceitfully. The urge and compulsion exercised by proponents of a long life, ignores the fact that there are many people who no longer experience that desire.

Huib Drion put the self-willed end of life on the agenda in 1991 and CLW was founded to organize the availability of a humane working last wi...

In onze veeleisende samenleving zijn burn-out en depressie wijdverbreide problemen geworden die miljoenen mensen treffen. Deze aandoeningen kunnen een verwoestende impact hebben op het leven van individuen, hun relaties en hun vermogen om te functioneren in het dagelijks leven. Als counselor of therapeut is het essentieel om over de kennis en vaardigheden te beschikken om deze complexe aandoeningen effectief te diagnosticeren en te behandelen.

Het boek bevat praktische tools en technieken die...

Iets totaal nieuw, dat nergens bestaat. Daarom is het zo moeilijk het met iets te vergelijken. Food pairing komt nog het meeste in de buurt. Gerechten en goede wijnen combineren zodat ze beide beter worden. Maar wij doen dat met lichaamsoefeningen en poëzie.

Het gedicht is onderdeel van de oefening. Het illustreert ze niet, maar geeft ze een meerwaarde. De oefening krijgt er diepgang door, goed voor botten en ziel.

Kevin en Mike bieden groepen een sessie waar lichaam en geest samenkomen. Lie...

'Wij zij ons brein' is het standaardwerk waarin Dick Swaab zijn enorme vakkennis inzichtelijk maakt voor iedereen die wil weten hoe de hersenen werken. Het verhaal van je leven is het verhaal van je brein. Swaab volgt de mens, en dan vooral zijn hersenen, vanaf de conceptie tot en met de dood. Alles komt voorbij: puberteit, seksualiteit, anorexia, alzheimer, medicatie, criminaliteit, geloof, hersenbeschadiging, psychische problemen en bijna-doodervaringen. Na lezing van dit boek zal je beter ...

In Feminist, Queer, Crip Alison Kafer imagines a different future for disability and disabled bodies. Challenging the ways in which ideas about the future and time have been deployed in the service of compulsory able-bodiedness and able-mindedness, Kafer rejects the idea of disability as a pre-determined limit. She juxtaposes theories, movements, and identities such as environmental justice, reproductive justice, cyborg theory, transgender politics, and disability that are typically discussed...

Reinforce your knowledge of neuroanatomy, neuroscience, and common pathologies of the nervous system with this active and engaging learn and review tool! Netter's Neuroscience Coloring Book by Drs. David L. Felten and Mary Summo Maida, challenges you to a better understanding of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system using visual and tactile learning.

It's a fun and interactive way to trace pathways and tracts, as well as reinforce spatial, functional, and clinical concepts in ...

Covering the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field, Diagnostic Imaging: Breast, third edition, is an invaluable resource not only for radiologists, but for all health care professionals involved in the management of breast disease. From screening and diagnostic mammography and tomosynthesis, ultrasound, and MR to contrast-enhanced mammography and molecular imaging, Drs. Wendie Berg and Jessica Leung, along with their expert author team, provide carefully updated information in a concise...

Providing the ocular anatomy and physiology content needed for a thorough comprehension of this complex field, Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System, 4th Edition, offers a solid foundation for recognizing and understanding specific clinical situations and how they relate to anatomic structure. This concise, well-referenced resource covers the clinical anatomy of the eye, its adnexa and visual pathways, and histologic information-the information you need for success in coursewor...

The Auditory System and Human Sound-Localization Behavior provides a comprehensive account of the full action-perception cycle underlying spatial hearing. It highlights the interesting properties of the auditory system, such as its organization in azimuth and elevation coordinates. Readers will appreciate that sound localization is inherently a neuro-computational process (it needs to process on implicit and independent acoustic cues).

The localization problem of which sound location gave ris...

With its straightforward writing style and extraordinary breadth of content, Physiology in Childbearing: With Anatomy and Related Biosciences, Fifth Edition is an ideal textbook for students of midwifery wanting to master the physiology of pregnancy, childbirth, the neonate and breastfeeding. This popular book has been fully updated to incorporate new knowledge and guidelines, and has a stronger focus on diversity. It covers basic biochemistry, cellular biology, genetics and fertility, as wel...