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Author: Jill Grimes, MD A 2009 Book of the Year, USA Book News It cant happen to me. Many high school students and young adults, seduced by their sense of invincibility, are stunned when they are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). But the fact is that anyone can catch an STI: no age group, social class, economic class, culture, religion, gender, or ethnic group is immune. To drive home the risks and realities of unprotected sex, Dr. Jill Grimes shares real-life stories of young peoplemedical students, college freshmen, teenagers, young parents, talented entrepreneurswho have gotten an STI. Dr. Grimes narrates the story of Liz, who got syphilis; Sofia, diagnosed with gonorrhea and chlamydia; and Zoe, with pubic lice. She describes how Justin got herpes, Sean got trichomoniasis, and Luke contracted hepatitis C. The accounts of these young men and women and their exam-room conversations with their doctors evoke both the physical symptoms and complicated emotional reactions that often go together with infection. Fact sheets throughout the book explain each sexually transmitted infection and answer frequently asked questions about symptoms, treatment, and prevention. Used in high schools for the past five years, this new edition of Seductive Delusions shows how technological advances have speeded doctor-patient communication, including test results and treatment recommendations. It explains simplified STI testing, explores the frighteningly high incidence of date sexual assault, examines dramatic changes in cervical cancer prevention and Pap tests, and clarifies why HPV vaccines are now routinely recommended for all childrenboys and girls. Whether reading the book from cover to cover or jumping directly to a specific disease, readers will relate to the dramatic stories while learning medically reliable information. Making emotionally and physically safe decisions about sex is easier when you know how STIs are spread, how to avoid getting one, what their symptoms are, and how they are diagnosed and treated.

Author: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vacas Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vacas account of the 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period.In this English-language edition, reproduced from their award-winning three-volume set, Adorno and Pautz supplement the engrossing account with a general introduction that orients the reader to Cabeza de Vacas world. They also provide explanatory notes, which resolve many of the narratives most perplexing questions. This highly readable translation fires the imagination and illuminates the enduring appeal of Cabeza de Vacas experience for a modern audience.

What is the moral status of humans lacking the potential for consciousness The concept of potentiality often tips the scales in lifeanddeath medical decisions Some argue that all human embryos have the potential to develop characteristicssuch as consciousness intellect and willthat we normally associate with personhood Individuals with total brain failure or in a persistent vegetative state are thought to lack the potential for consciousness or any other mental function Or do they In Potentiality John Lizza gathers classic articles alongside newly commissioned chapters from leading thinkers who analyze the nature of potentiality in bioethics a concept central to a number of important debates The contributors illustrate how considerations of potentiality and potential persons complicate the analysis of the moral consideration of persons at the beginning and end of life A number of works explicitly uncover the Aristotelian background of the concept while others explore philosophical issues about persons dispositions and possibility The common assumption that potentiality is intrinsic to whatever has the potentiality is challenged by a relational view of persons an extrinsic account of dispositions and attention to how extrinsic factors affect realistic possibilities Although potentiality has figured prominently in bioethical literature it has not received a great deal of logical semantic and metaphysical analysis in contemporary philosophical literature This collection will bring these thorny philosophical issues to the fore Incorporating cuttingedge research on the topic of potentiality this thoughtprovoking collection will interest bioethicists philosophers health care professionals attorneys engaged in medical and health issues and hospital and governmental committees who advise on policy and law concerning issues at the beginning and end of life