Social science books covering the U.S. health care system, American government, public policy, ethics and research methods. Most are core textbooks for courses in sociology, social work, public health and political science.
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A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving 7th Edition
0Original price was: $90.00.$45.00Current price is: $45.00.A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis lays out the Eightfold Path, a step by step method for solving public problems.
Written by Eugene S. Bardach and Eric M. Patashnik, the seventh edition teaches students, researchers and government analysts to define social dilemmas, assemble evidence, construct alternatives and present data-backed arguments to stakeholders. It adds new material on political polarization and client presentations. ISBN 9781071884133.
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Assessment in Counseling: Procedures and Practices (6th Edition)
0Original price was: $89.95.$48.00Current price is: $48.00.The American Counseling Association’s own guide to assessment: how to choose an instrument, read what it tells you, and explain it to the person it is about.
Danica G. Hays’s Assessment in Counseling: Procedures and Practices, Sixth Edition, covers the selection, interpretation and communication of psychological test results alongside the basic principles of assessment. Its recurring point is that a score means nothing on its own, results have to be integrated with everything else known about the client. Published by ACA and widely assigned in CACREP-accredited programmes, ISBN 9781556203688.
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Clinician’s Thesaurus: The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports Eighth Edition
0Original price was: $61.00.$50.00Current price is: $50.00.Thousands of ready-made clinical phrases and terms for writing accurate psychological reports.
Edward L. Zuckerman built this desk reference for psychologists, therapists, counselors and social workers, covering intakes, progress notes and treatment plans. It includes a reproducible Mental Status Evaluation form and up to date resources on psychiatric medications. ISBN 9781462538805.
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DSM-5-TR® Made Easy: The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis
0Original price was: $82.00.$54.90Current price is: $54.90.James Morrison’s companion to DSM-5-TR, restating the criteria in plain clinical language and showing them in over 130 real cases.
Each disorder gets a short summary, then vignettes that show how the criteria present in practice. Tables, diagnostic tips and cautionary notes deal with the overlaps where diagnosis usually goes wrong, including prolonged grief disorder from the text revision. Written for psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, social workers, psychiatric nurses and graduate students. ISBN 9781462551347.
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Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System (6th Edition)
0Original price was: $93.95.$53.68Current price is: $53.68.Essentials of the U.S. Health Care System turns a genuinely confusing patchwork of programmes and payers into something a newcomer can follow.
Leiyu Shi and Douglas A. Singh adapt material from their longer graduate text, covering the system’s history, financing, access and reform prospects for undergraduates rather than specialists. It suits students in health administration, public health, nursing and allied health, and professionals entering the field from elsewhere. Jones and Bartlett Learning paperback, ISBN 9781284235104.
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Evaluation: A Systematic Approach
0Original price was: $105.00.$49.98Current price is: $49.98.The standard introduction to program evaluation, now in its eighth edition after more than forty years in print.
Written by Peter H. Rossi, Mark W. Lipsey and Gary T. Henry, Evaluation: A Systematic Approach lays out how to appraise the design, implementation, efficiency and effectiveness of social programs. It balances research methodology with real-world practicality, giving public administrators, sociologists and students the tools to build data-driven social solutions. SAGE Publications, ISBN 9781506307886.
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Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice
0Original price was: $138.00.$58.00Current price is: $58.00.Introduction to Leadership gives students and working professionals hands-on exercises for building practical leadership skills.
Written by Peter G. Northouse, the sixth edition combines academic theory with self-assessment questionnaires, observational exercises and reflection worksheets, and adds a new chapter on working with groups. It suits students and working professionals handling team conflict and organizational leadership. ISBN 9781071884928.
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Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions
0Original price was: $75.18.$55.00Current price is: $55.00.The ethics text students keep on the shelf long after the course ends, because the questions do not stop once you qualify.
Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions, Tenth Edition, by Gerald Corey, Marianne Schneider Corey and Cindy Corey, helps readers work out their own guidelines for practice within the broad limits of professional codes and competing theoretical positions. It lays out the central issues, presents the reasoning on each side, and asks the reader to take a position they can defend. Cengage Learning hardcover, ISBN 9781337406291.
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Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow (7th Edition)
0Original price was: $114.80.$52.00Current price is: $52.00.A leadership ethics text that spends as much time on how leaders cause harm as on how they do good.
Craig E. Johnson organizes the seventh edition around one image, light or shadow, and works through abuse of power, privilege, mismanaged information and misplaced loyalty in that frame. Normative theory sits next to decision-making formats, self-assessments and cases from business, politics, education and non-profits. Written for leadership, management and organizational communication courses, and for the managers and public administrators who make these calls at work. SAGE paperback, 536 pages, ISBN 9781544351643.
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Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change and Grow (Applications of Motivational Interviewing Series) Fourth Edition
0Original price was: $65.00.$45.00Current price is: $45.00.This is the founders’ own guide to Motivational Interviewing, the person-centered method for helping clients resolve ambivalence and change.
William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick set out the Spirit of MI and its four processes: engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning, then apply them through clinical transcripts and OARS skills practice. The 4th edition broadens its scope to health behaviors, education, and coaching beyond addiction treatment. ISBN 9781462552795.
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Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change, 3rd Edition
0Original price was: $64.00.$36.50Current price is: $36.50.The 3rd edition of Motivational Interviewing is where the four core processes of MI were first formally set out.
William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick move the method away from its earlier phase-based model and introduce Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, and Planning as the framework practitioners use today. Clinical transcripts and OARS skills guidance support practice in mental health, addiction treatment, medicine, and social work. ISBN 9781609182274.
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Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment
0Original price was: $138.00.$54.00Current price is: $54.00.Principles of Trauma Therapy sets out an integrated approach to treating acute and chronic post-traumatic conditions.
Written by John N. Briere and Catherine Scott, the third edition blends cognitive-behavioral technique, relational dynamics, affect regulation and mindfulness, and adds new material on teletherapy and cultural awareness. It suits front-line therapists, medical social workers and graduate students. ISBN 9781544333564.
