LIFE EXPECTANCY IN COURT
 A Textbook for Doctors and Lawyers
T. W. Anderson, MD, PhD
Life expectancy is an important issue in cases of serious personal injury. This book explains how to calculate life expectancy, and how to avoid common mistakes and misunderstandings. Basic concepts are illustrated with data from studies involving a wide range of conditions, including alcoholism, cerebral palsy, colon cancer, diabetes, and spinal cord injury (tetraplegia). There are also case studies of three of the major topics in life expectancy — cerebral palsy; traumatic brain injury; and tetraplegia.
The chapters are user-friendly, with extensive use of visual aids such as graphs and tables. The subject of epidemiology is at the heart of the methods that are discussed, and additional reading sources are suggested for those readers who would like to learn more about this important area of modern medicine.
MEDICAL / LEGAL
ISBN 0-9689533-0-1
$105.00 CDN / $69.00 US




AFTER BRAIN INJURY: Tools For Living
J. Lynne Mann, R. Psych. with Michael Rossiter
The trauma of brain injury affects many people besides the injured one, and After Brain Injury: Tools for Living offers hope to all of them. A guide to psychological recovery after the loss and upheaval that follow such an event, this book is full of new ideas and experience—something many survivors and their caregivers have run out of.
In clear language and with easy-to-follow exercises, the authors lead the reader through the four stages of psychological recovery: becoming more self-aware, recovering emotionally, thinking in new ways, and changing behavior.
In reading this book you will:
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 be exposed to new ideas about recovery
– find methods and tools for solving problems specifically faced by brain injury survivors and their caregivers
– get to practice these methods and tools by doing worksheets
– be inspired to try out new skills and ideas in everyday situations
develop the ability to remember those new skills and ideas.
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HEALTH / PSYCHOLOGY / BRAIN DAMAGE REHABILITATION
ISBN 1-894694-25-2 / $89.95 US

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Also available: The Pocket Guide for After Brain Injury
ISBN 1-894694-28-7 / $39.95 US




SMOKE-FREE
 How One City Successfully Banned Smoking in all Indoor Public Places
Barbara McLintock
Award-winning journalist and author Barbara McLintock uses the example of B.C.’s capital city, Victoria, as a case study to show how a region can not only pass legislation, but implement it and enforce it with such effectiveness that the compliance rate now exceeds 99 per cent. The story is a dramatic narrative in its own right, replete with details of harrowing public meetings, widespread early defiance of the law in drinking establishments, an often-hostile media climate and even death threats to those responsible for implementation and enforcement. But it also shows the benefits of enacting such a law, not just through improved air quality for patrons and workers but also how such a bylaw results in a reduced smoking rate in the population and growing popularity for the measure, even amongst smokers.
This book is a must-read for every non-smokers’ rights advocate, every public health official and every local or state legislator who's exploring the idea of enacting smoke-free legislation. But it also makes compelling reading for anyone interested in a true-life insider drama that offers a close-up view of a controversial public policy.
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CURRENT EVENTS / MUNICIPAL LAW / NON-SMOKERS' RIGHTS
Trade Paperback / 6" x 9" / 224 pages
ISBN 1-894694-31-7 / $14.95 US / $19.95 CDN