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Featuring chapters written by practicing medical professionals and experts in the discipline, Promoting Resiliency and Wellness Among Physician Residents is designed to help current and future residents integrate facets of resilience and wellness in their lives to help them succeed in their medical training. The text emphasizes how work and family balance, self-care, and healthy eating, among other key strategies, can improve residents' quality of life during their training and lay the groundwork for them to become better doctors.Part I provides readers with a glimpse into the lives of physician residents. The chapters discuss challenges related to maintaining morale during residency, as well as encountering stress, burnout, and depression. Part II focuses on resilience, with chapters that examine the biological underpinnings of resilience, professional identity formation, emotional intelligence, and more. In the final part, residents learn about the importance of social support, how to foster personal well-being, and the financial benefits associated with physician wellness.Promoting Resiliency and Wellness Among Physician Residents is a critical resource for physician residents and other medical professionals who are interested in improving medical training programs.

The incredible rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches true life story of acclaimed sports tout Brandon Lang, subject of the motion picture Two for the Money (Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey). Beating the Odds describes in vivid, colorful detail Lang’s rise from small time sports-phone tout to big time national exposure, his dramatic fall, and his subsequent rebirth in the internet age. Also describes the series of improbable events, while working as a golf caddie in Los Angeles, that eventually led Lang to the optioning of his story to Hollywood and the making of Two for the Money.

Seeing Social Problems: Readings on Contemporary Issues in the United States provides students with engaging, thought-provoking articles that examine a wide array of current social issues, the types of behaviors that perpetuate such problems, and how these issues affect the daily lives of Americans. Students are invited to critically consider how key issues have evolved and changed over time and to devise new ways for society to improve, both as people and as a nation.The reader is divided into eight sections. Opening sections address socioeconomic inequality and poverty; racial and ethnic inequality; gender inequality and homophobia; and crime. Later sections explore social problems related to medicine and health, families, education, and the environment.The revised first edition features up-to-date information on several important issues, including race, gender, crime, health care, drug abuse, and pollution. Recent developments related to the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements, Obamacare, and environmental justice are addressed. A new reading concerning the American opioid crisis has also been added.Developed to inspire critical thought and a greater understanding of contemporary issues, Seeing Social Problems is an ideal resource for courses in sociology.

The Sociology of Sports explores the sociological significance of sports in the United States and around the world. The anthology features diverse readings and perspectives that illustrate the important role of sports in the lives of millions of people.The text is organized into six sections. The first provides an overview of the main theories used to shed light on social behavior and explains sports sociology. The second examines how sports perpetuate race, class, gender, and religious inequality. Section Three explores the positive and negative effects of technology on sports. Section Four includes descriptions and analyses of recent trends in youth and amateur sports, while Section Five considers changes in fan and player behavior over time. The final section discusses how sports shape and are shaped by politics and the economy.The revised first edition features more robust introductions for Sections Two and Five, which now provide increased coverage on social class, the Black Lives Matter movement, and relevant current events. Chapters 18 and 20 have been updated to include new information on the relocation of professional sports franchises and sweetheart stadium deals, as well as updates on fantasy sports.Accessible and interesting, The Sociology of Sports alerts readers to legitimate concerns about sports while also celebrating the positive role that sports play in health and community building.