Diabetes, referred to as an epidemic for more than a decade, remains one of our most significant health issues in the twenty-first century. Because self-management is an important component of living with the disease, the biomedical concept of patient agency has long stressed notions of individual responsibility and autonomy. However, dramatic shifts in both health care and cultural practices call for a reassessment of traditional definitions of patient agency.
Lora Arduser’s Living Chronic: Agency and Expertise in the Rhetoric of Diabetes answers this call with a unique rhetorical examination of one of the most critical issues in contemporary health: how we live and work with being chronic. Through her perceptive analysis of the discourse of both people with diabetes and health care providers, Arduser presents a new model for patient agency—one that advocates for a relational, fluid concept of agency that blurs the boundaries between medical experts and patients. Her thought-provoking use of bodily and rhetorical plasticity crafts a multidimensional picture of patient agency that profoundly affects how rhetorical scholars, people living with chronic illness, and health care providers can forge patient-centered discourse and practices.

Living Chronic: Agency and Expertise in the Rhetoric of Diabetes

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Arduser, Lora

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Ohio State University Press

Diabetes, referred to as an epidemic for more than a decade, remains one of our most significant health issues in the twenty-first century. Because self-management is an important component of living with the disease, the biomedical concept of patient agency has long stressed notions of individual responsibility and autonomy. However, dramatic shifts in both health care and cultural practices call for a reassessment of traditional definitions of patient agency. Lora Arduser’s Living Chronic: Agency and Expertise in the Rhetoric of Diabetes answers this call with a unique rhetorical examination of one of the most critical issues in contemporary health: how we live and work with being chronic. Through her perceptive analysis of the discourse of both people with diabetes and health care providers, Arduser presents a new model for patient agency—one that advocates for a relational, fluid concept of agency that blurs the boundaries between medical experts and patients. Her thought-provoking use of bodily and rhetorical plasticity crafts a multidimensional picture of patient agency that profoundly affects how rhetorical scholars, people living with chronic illness, and health care providers can forge patient-centered discourse and practices.

This series of fifteen books - The Food Service Professional Guide TO Series from the editors of the Food Service Professional magazine are the best and most comprehensive books for serious food service operators available today. These step-by-step guides on a specific management subject range from finding a great site for your new restaurant to how to train your wait staff and literally everything in between. They are easy and fast-to-read, easy to understand and will take the mystery out of the subject. The information is boiled down to the essence. They are filled to the brim with up to date and pertinent information. The books cover all the bases, providing clear explanations and helpful, specific information. All titles in the series include the phone numbers and web sites of all companies discussed. What you will not find are wordy explanations, tales of how someone did it better, or a scholarly lecture on the theory. Every paragraph in each of the books are comprehensive, well researched, engrossing, and just plain fun-to-read, yet are packed with interesting ideas. You will be using your highlighter a lot! The best part aside from the content is they are very moderately priced. The whole series may also be purchased the ISBN number for the series is 0910627266. You are bound to get a great new idea to try on every page if not out of every paragraph. Do not be put off by the low price, these books really do deliver the critical information and eye opening ideas you need to succeed without the fluff so commonly found in more expensive books on the subject. Highly recommended! Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president’s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed. This Atlantic Publishing eBook was professionally written, edited, fact checked, proofed and designed. The print version of this book is 144 pages and you receive exactly the same content. Over the years our books have won dozens of book awards for content, cover design and interior design including the prestigious Benjamin Franklin award for excellence in publishing. We are proud of the high quality of our books and hope you will enjoy this eBook version.

The Food Service Professional Guide to Restaurant Site Location Finding, Negotiationg & Securing the Best Food Service Site for Maximum Profit (Food Service Professionals Guide to)

Business & Money

Industries

Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc.

The Food Service Professionals Guide To: Waiter & Waitress Training How To Develop Your Staff For Maximum Service & Profit

Food Service Menus: Pricing and Managing the Food Service Menu for Maximun Profit (The Food Service Professional Guide to Series 13)

This comprehensive handbook with companion CD ROM will clearly demonstrate how to set up, operate and manage a financially successful bed-and-breakfast or small hotel. Whatever your reason for wanting to open a bed and breakfast, keep in mind that at it takes more than dreams and rooms to achieve success, it is a business that must show a profit. This book will separate the romantic notions of owning a B&amp;B from the business end. While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads you through finding a location that will bring success, learn how to draw up a winning business plan (The Companion CD Rom has the actual business plan you can use in MS Word tm.), how to buy and (sell) a B&amp;B, basic cost control systems, profitable menu planning, Reservation Systems, successful kitchen management, equipment layout and planning, food safety &amp; HACCP, housekeeping, successful beverage management, reservation networks, legal concerns, sales and marketing techniques, room rate formulas, arrival, billing, departure, learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money, learn how to hire &amp; keep a qualified professional staff, brand new IRS tip reporting requirements, managing and training employees, generate high profile public relations and publicity, learn low cost internal marketing ideas, low and no cost ways to satisfy customers and build sales, learn how to keep bringing customers back, accounting &amp; bookkeeping procedures, auditing, successful budgeting and profit planning development, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines. There are literally hundreds of innovative ways demonstrated to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make the kitchen, bars, dining room, and front office run smoother and increase performance. Shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. In addition operators will appreciate this valuable resource and reference in their daily activities and as a source of ready-to-use forms, web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can be easily applied to their operations. The Companion CD Rom contains all the forms in the book as well as a sample business plan you can adapt for your own use. The companion CD-ROM is included with the print version of this book; however is not available for download with the electronic version. It may be obtained separately by contacting Atlantic Publishing Group at sales@atlantic-pub.com Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president’s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.

How to Open a Financially Successful Bed & Breakfast or Small Hotel: With Companion CD-ROM

Brown, Douglas R.

This book is based on the FDA Food Code and will teach the food service manager and employees every aspect of food safety, HACCP &amp; Sanitation from purchasing and receiving food to properly washing the dishes. They will learn time and temperature abuses, cross-contamination, personal hygiene practices, biological, chemical and physical hazards; proper cleaning and sanitizing; waste and pest management; and the basic principles of HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points). Explain what safe food is and how to provide it. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites, various food-borne illnesses, safe food handling techniques, Purchasing and receiving food, storage, preparation and serving, sanitary equipment and facilities, cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and facilities, pest management program, accident prevention program, crisis management, food safety and sanitation laws. The companion CD ROM contains all the forms and posters needed to establish your HACCP and food safety program. The companion CD-ROM is included with the print version of this book; however is not available for download with the electronic version. It may be obtained separately by contacting Atlantic Publishing Group at sales@atlantic-pub.com Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president’s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.

HACCP & Sanitation in Restaurants and Food Service Operations: A Practical Guide Based on the USDA Food Code With Companion CD-ROM

Brown, Douglas Robert

Atlantic Pub Co

This is the spanish translation of this best selling book managers will learn how to develop a winning team of food service members that will give consistently excellent service that will bring guests back. Estas nuevas series do los editores do “Food Service Professional Magazine” están conformadas por los libros más explicativos y apropiados para los operadores serios de servicio do comidas hoy en el mercado. La información se reduce a lo esencial y cubre todos los puntos básicos, brindando explicaciones claras y útiles, e infomación especifica. Además, todos los títulos de la serie incluyen los números telefónicos y páginas web de las companies a las que se hace referencia.

Entrenamiento Para El Mesero/Mesera: Como Formar A Su Personal Para Una Ganancia Maxima : 365 Secretos Revelados (Spanish Edition)

Economics

This training handbook was designed for use by all food service serving staff members. The guide covers every aspect of restaurant customer service for the positions of host, waiter or waitress, head waiter, captain, and bus person. The detailed performance of each position is described for different types of establishments, and all types of service including French, American, English, Russian, Family-Style and Banquet. It provides step-by-step instructions on: • hosting • seating guests • taking/filling orders • loading/unloading trays • table side service • setting an elegant table • folding napkins • centerpieces • promoting specials • promoting side orders • handling problems • difficult customers • managing tips and taxes • getting customers to order quickly • handling questions • handling the check and money Plus, learn advanced serving techniques such as flambé and carving meats, fish, and fruits. It also features a chapter devoted exclusively to food safety and sanitation. Whether it's your first day on the job or you are a twenty year veteran you are bound to learn alot. Food service managers will find this book to be an excellent foundation for your organizations training program.

The Waiter & Waitress and Wait Staff Training Handbook A Complete Guide to the Proper Steps in Service for Food & Beverage Employees

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<li>This complete manual will arm you with everything you need to run your coffee business including sample business forms, leases, and contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations; sample menus; coffee drink recipes; inventory lists; sample floor plans, diagrams, and layouts; and dozens of other valuable, time-saving tools of the trade that no coffee entrepreneur should be without.</li> </ul>
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<li>Learn how to draw up a winning business plan, how to buy and sell a coffee shop, profitable menu planning, successful kitchen and beverage management, equipment layout and planning, and food safety.</li> </ul>
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<li>Find out how to set up computer systems to save time and money, hire and keep a qualified professional staff, manage and train employees, and generate high profile public relations and publicity.</li> </ul>
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<li>Discover sales and marketing techniques, low-cost internal marketing ideas, how to keep bringing customers back, and low- and no-cost ways to satisfy customers and build sales.</li> </ul> In this book you will learn the basics of everything you need to know about running your business, including accounting and bookkeeping procedures, auditing, IRS tip reporting requirements, basic cost-control systems, successful budgeting and profit planning development, pricing formulas, and legal concerns, as well as thousands of valuable tips and useful guidelines.

How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Coffee, Espresso and Tea Shop (How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful...)

Godsmark, Elizabeth

Brown, Douglas

Marse, Constance

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Living Chronic: Agency and Expertise in the Rhetoric of Diabetes

Living Chronic: Agency and Expertise in the Rhetoric of Diabetes

The Food Service Professional Guide to Restaurant Site Location Finding, Negotiationg & Securing the Best Food Service Site for Maximum Profit (Food Service Professionals Guide to)

The Food Service Professionals Guide To: Waiter & Waitress Training How To Develop Your Staff For Maximum Service & Profit

Food Service Menus: Pricing and Managing the Food Service Menu for Maximun Profit (The Food Service Professional Guide to Series 13)

How to Open a Financially Successful Bed & Breakfast or Small Hotel: With Companion CD-ROM

HACCP & Sanitation in Restaurants and Food Service Operations: A Practical Guide Based on the USDA Food Code With Companion CD-ROM

Entrenamiento Para El Mesero/Mesera: Como Formar A Su Personal Para Una Ganancia Maxima : 365 Secretos Revelados (Spanish Edition)

The Waiter & Waitress and Wait Staff Training Handbook A Complete Guide to the Proper Steps in Service for Food & Beverage Employees

How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Coffee, Espresso and Tea Shop (How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful...)