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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: practice, safety, efficacy, acupuncture
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2001-10-30
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 9058231631
ISBN-13: 9789058231635
At the 1998 Annual Representative Meeting of the BMA a resolution was passed that the Board of Science and Education should "investigate the scientific basis and efficacy of acupuncture and the quality of training and standards of competence in its practitioners." This report summarizes literature sources and research on acupuncture, looks at safety aspects including the treatment’s adverse effects, discusses education and training guidelines, presents results from a survey of UK GPs and suggests future developments for acupuncture, particularly its increased incorporation into the NHS.
Author: Albert Bandura
Publisher: Worth Publishers
Keywords: control, exercise, efficacy
Number of Pages: 604
Published: 1997-02-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0716728508
ISBN-13: 9780716728504
Ideal for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses, or for professional use, the book is based on Bandura’s theory that those with high self-efficacy expectancies - the belief that one can achieve what one sets out to do - are healthier, more effective, and generally more successful than those with low self-efficacy expectancies. He begins with a discussion of theory and method: what self-efficacy is and how it can be developed. Bandura then demonstrates how belief in one’s capabilities affects development and psychosocial functioning during the course of life, underscoring provo
Author: Albert Bandura
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: societies, changing, efficacy
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1997-05-13
List price: $36.99
ISBN-10: 0521586968
ISBN-13: 9780521586962
Adolescents’ beliefs in their personal control affects their psychological well-being and the direction of their lives. Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies analyzes the diverse ways in which beliefs of personal efficacy operate within a network of sociocultural influences to shape life paths. The chapters, written by internationally known experts, cover such concepts as infancy and personal agency, competency through the life span, the role of family, and cross-cultural factors.
Author: Albert Bandura
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: societies, changing, efficacy
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1995-04-28
List price: $67.99
ISBN-10: 0521474671
ISBN-13: 9780521474672
Adolescents’ beliefs in their personal control affects their psychological well-being and the direction of their lives. Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies analyzes the diverse ways in which beliefs of personal efficacy operate within a network of sociocultural influences to shape life paths. The chapters, written by internationally known experts, cover such concepts as infancy and personal agency, competency through the life span, the role of family, and cross-cultural factors.
Author: Valentin Fuster
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keywords: therapy, infarction, myocardial, efficacy
Number of Pages: 493
Published: 1999-02-15
List price: $229.95
ISBN-10: 0824719328
ISBN-13: 9780824719326
Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Details the strength of evidence in favor of using some therapies and against using others. For researchers and physicians.
Author: David, M.D. Spiegel
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: psychotherapy, effectiveness, cost, efficacy
Number of Pages: 199
Published: 1999-05-15
List price: $79.00
ISBN-10: 0880487690
ISBN-13: 9780880487696
Stanford Univ., CA. Discusses psychotherapeutic techniques and applies these techniques to new populations. Presents an in-depth look at the use of psychotherapy to treat posttraumatic stress disorder, psychosis and personality disorders, depression, and more. Uses case examples. For therapists and students. DNLM: Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic--therapy.
Author: Francois Jullie
Publisher: University of Hawaii Pre
Keywords: thinking, chinese, western, efficacy, treatise
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2004-07-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0824828305
ISBN-13: 9780824828301
In this highly insightful analysis of Western and Chinese concepts of efficacy, Francois Jullien subtly delves into the metaphysical preconceptions of the two civilizations to account for diverging patterns of action in warfare, politics, and diplomacy. He shows how Western and Chinese stategies work in several domains (the battle-field, for example) and analyzes two resulting acts of war. The Chinese strategist manipulates his own troops and the enemy to win a battle without waging war and to bring about victory effortlessly. Efficacity in China is thus conceived of in terms of transformation
