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SIX PUBLICATIONS NAMED TO 2008 DOODY'S CORE TITLES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES LIST

BALTIMORE, MD––Six Health Professions Press titles were selected for inclusion in the newly released Doody’s Core Titles in the Health Sciences. Published since 2004 by Doody Enterprises, Inc., Doody’s Core Titles is the premier collection development tool for medical, nursing, and allied health librarians.

Each year more than 200 health care specialists and librarians are asked to review the body of literature in 121 health care fields to select titles that represent “essential knowledge needed by professionals or students in a given discipline.” The following Heath Professions Press publications were chosen as recommended titles by these reviewers in 2008:

• Caring for People with Challenging Behaviors: Essential Skills and Successful Strategies in Long-Term Care by Stephen Weber Long, Ph.D.
  
  
• The End-of-Life Namaste Care Program for People with Dementia by Joyce Simard, M.S.W.
  
  
• Ethics in Health Services Management, Fourth Edition by Kurt Darr, J.D., Sc.D., FACHE
  
  
• Foot Health Training Guide to Long-Term Care Personnel by Arthur E. Helfand, D.P.M.
  
  
• Mental Wellness in Aging: Strengths-Based Approaches edited by Judah L. Ronch, Ph.D., and Joseph Goldfield, M.S.W.
  
  
• Transitions in Dying and Bereavement: A Psychosocial Guide for Hospice and Palliative Care by the Victoria Hospice Society and Moira Cairns, R.S.W., Marney Thompson, M.A., and Wendy Wainwright, M.Ed.

Written by experts in their respective disciplines, these six resources are based on best practices and evidence-based research. A wide variety of health care professionals, including health services administrators, nurse managers, direct care staff, and mental health counselors, benefit from the books. Ethics in Health Services Management and Mental Wellness in Aging were repeat selections for Doody’s Core Titles; the others are new additions to the list. Mental Wellness in Aging and Transitions in Dying and Bereavement have also been recognized as award-winning titles by the Mature Market Resource Center.

Founded in 1990, Health Professions Press is a publisher of high-quality educational resources for professionals in the fields of aging, long-term care, and health services administration. An independent company, Health Professions Press is located in Baltimore, Maryland.