This annual volume shows key trends that should be integrated into the planning of our global future. It enables readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack of it, into 45 vital signs of our time. Each trend is presented as an overview using both text and graphics.

Divided into two parts: Part one: Key Indicators provides up-to-date intelligence on numerous areas of concern. Amongst these it looks at the relationship between the turmoil in the economics of East Asia, Russia and Latin America and the decelerating growth in the global economy. Part two: Special Features examines selected trends using both quantitative and qualitative measures including ; transgenic crops, biomass energy, transnational corporations and unemployment.

This ninth annual edition of Vital Signs takes the world's pulse by compiling a wide-ranging collection of trends that identify both problems and progress in the quest for a sustainable society. It highlights both alarming situations and encouraging developments. Part One is a comprehensive presentation of the key indicators in areas such as food, agriculture, energy, atmosphere, economics, transport and the military. Part Two provides in-depth special feature articles on: environmental features, such as transgenic crops and paper recycling; economic features, such as environmental taxes and corporate mergers; and social features, such as tuberculosis, prisons and women in politics.

The global trends documented in Vital Signs 2000--from the rapid rise in the sales of energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps to the worldwide overpumping of growndwater--will play a large role in determining the quality of our lives and our children's lives in the next decade.

This annual volume from the Worldwatch Institute gives prominence to key trends that too often escape the attention of the news media, world leaders and economic experts. By distilling 45 vital signs of our times from thousands of government, industrial and scientific sources, the volume allows readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack or it. Each trend is presented in both text and graphics.

Gives complete access to data on national health care statistics, Medicare and Medicaid, research and technology, HMOs and hospital utilization, careers and job opportunities, and forecasts and trends. Also contains one page profiles on each of the leading "Health Care 500" companies (pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, hospitals, insurance/HMOs, care providers, diagnostics, and instruments) that provide ranks and ratings, types of business, contact names, E-mail, phone, fax and website, salaries/benefits, competitive advantage, and growth plans/special features. Includes a CD-ROM version.

Presents listings and prices for virtually every known basketball card from 1948 to 2001. Special sections feature graded cards, figurines and autographs. More than 2,000 photos and 150,000 cards cover the NBA, WNBA, CBA, regional, Olympic, international, college, and high school issues.

The Book That Gets You Results A thorough review with practice exercises in every chapter Includes more than 1,100 sample questions on disk The only NCLEX-RN review that follows the organization of the test

The Fifth Edition of this basic text provides essential coverage of ps ychiatric/mental health nursing. New to this edition are: increased fo cus on clinical application of content; cultural issues; care across t he continuum (including homeless shelters and forensic sites); and dis cussions of contemporary topics such as dual diagnosis, grief counseli ng, and issues of violence survivors. The text's simple, friendly tone explains the essentials, offers dependable guidance, and provides a s olid foundation for study. A printed instructor's manual and testbank are included.

Contains facts, tables, charts, and statistics on gambling in the U.S., various aspects of gambling, and related issues, covering such topics as who gambles, commercial and Native American tribal casinos, social effects of casinos, lotteries, sports gambling, and Internet gambling.

This book was borne out of that need, providing an overview on a wealth of environmental issues, concentrating on key facts of value to the non-environment reader be they businessman, student or the concerned general public.

Offers advice designed to help people plan and prepare for the possibility of short-term or long-term disruptions in the flow of goods and services, caused by either natural or technological disaster; and functions as a guide to sustainable technologies and options.

The author lays out detailed recommendations for changing the way we manage disasters and ourselves. To the extent possible, people and structures should be located out of harm's way. When hazards are unavoidable, buildings should be made to withstand them. The author believes healthy ecosystems should be maintained or restored to provide natural disaster protection.

This book concerns itself with food and hunger issues, primarily in America, but also as America is located in both history and a broader global system today. It focuses on food consumption and production in relation to history, society (including politics and economics), environmental impacts, and some ethical and social justice issues surrounding food. Chapter topics look at: Food as a Human Value and Problem; The Biological Base: Food, Humans, and Well-Being; Food and History: From Hunter-Gatherers to the Preindustrial West; Food and America: Early Industrial Era Transformation; Food in America and the World 1945-2001: Continuing Transformations; Foodways, Eating and Cuisine in America; Food, Population, and Environment; and Food, Ethics, and Social Justice. For individuals who find food issues fascinating because of their relationship to universal and basic human concerns.