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This book gives an overview of New Zealand gay men's lives in the era of AIDS, their sexual practices and the strategies they have used in dealing with the epidemic. Using data, both qualitative and quantitative, investigates the hard facts about gay men's response to the virus as well as their personal stories.

Based on academic research, this book tells the stories of eight New Zealand women who gave birth to children suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome - or fetal alcohol effects, as it is also known. The struggles of these women to raise their disabled children, in a society where everything from the legal system to education can be unsympathetic to their needs, makes absorbingreading. Even a medical diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome is difficult to obtain, a diagnosis that ideally should be made before the child reaches six so the disorder can be managed appropriately. Intended primarily for women wanting to conceive, this book is also a valuable resource for general p... read more

When Sandy Milne discovers hepatitis B is endemic in Eastern Bay of Plenty children in the mid-1970s, health officials refuse to acknowledge the problem. Undaunted, this laboratory technologist teams up with paediatrician Dr Chris Moyes to prove that New Zealand faces a serious hepatitis B crisis. They screen the entire town of Kawerau and fi nd that our Maori andEuropean children have among the highest rates of hepatitis B in the world. Milne faces scepticism from the medical fraternity and is accused of exaggerating the situation, and Health MinisterMichael Bassett appoints Professor Eru Pomare to investigate. In the fi ght for New Zealand's hepatitis B problem to be... read more

Edited by Marilyn Waring and Christa Fouché, Managing Mayhem: Work–Life Balance in New Zealand explores the reality of what work–life balance means in Aotearoa–New Zealand. Waring and Fouché have brought together recent research that reveals the complexities and nuances that people grapple with in their lives as they seek to balance unpaid work with paid work and still find time to live in between. It exposes the hidden issues for, among others, women who are Mâori, of the Pacific, who are unpaid caregivers, older women parenting for the second time, or who are establishing businesses or living portfolio lives. Importantly it also examines the experiences of men,... read more

Recovery-based support services are now fundamental in mental health service delivery. This book fills a gap, presenting applied knowledge and skills for supporting the recovery journey of people with mental illness within the Aotearoa/New Zealand context. Topics covered include the mental health services in Aotearoa/New Zealand; the role of the mental health support worker; interpersonal/communication skills; approaches to self-management of a mental illness and for planning life’s journey embracing active participation in relation-ship with family/whanau & friends, professionals and other support.Knowledge for supporting people within the bicultural and multicultura... read more

This book has been written for parents who have used donor insemination to build their families and also for those considering whether the donor insemination option is the right option for them. The parents who share their stories in this book tell of the range of thoughts and feelings that they experienced from the time they discovered they needed help to build their families. They discuss the issues they faced concerning the decision to be open and honest with their children and how they talked with them. Here Ken Daniels combines parents' expectations with his and others' research and thinking. The result is a book that will contribute to the health and well-b... read more

This text tackles the difficult yet critical topic of drug dose calculations for the administration of medicines. The process is transformed into a sequence of easy steps by drawing on the common sense and life skills of the reader.