US+314+(Fall+2017)+Williams

= US 314 - Williams =

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 * Death with Dignity Act **

Reference Book: Euthanasia : a reference handbook

Circulating Book: The ethics of death / Lloyd Steffen and Dennis R. Cooley

E-Book: New directions in the ethics of assisted suicide and euthanasia

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 * (euthanasia OR assisted dying OR assisted suicide OR "right to die")


 * Breastfeeding **

Reference Book: Breastfeeding and human lactation

Circulating Book: Ethnographies of breastfeeding  : cultural contexts and confrontations

E-Book Back to the breast : natural motherhood and breastfeeding  in America

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 * (breastfeeding or breast-feeding or milk production or lactation)


 * Immigration in the United States **

Reference Book: Immigrants in American history : arrival, adaptation and integration

Circulating Book: Globalization and migration : a world in motion

E-Book: The politics of immigration  : partisanship, demographic change, and American national identity

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 * (immigration OR migration OR migrant OR immigrant OR refugee) AND (United States OR America OR USA OR U.S)


 * Employment Rights of the Disabled **

Reference Book: Encyclopedia of disability

Circulating Book: Managing diversity in today's workplace : strategies for employees  and  employers

E-Book:

Promoting Career Development after Personal Injury

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 * (disability OR disabilities OR disabled OR special needs) AND (employment OR job OR work OR career)


 * Inequities & Racism **

Reference Book: Encyclopedia of racism in the United States

Circulating Book: Inequality in America: facts, trends and international perspective

E-Book: American history, race  and the struggle for equality : an unfinished journey

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 * (inequality OR discrimination OR inequity) AND (racial OR race OR ethnic)

**Reincarnation** Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Buddhism

E-Book: Religions of the world: a comprehensive encyclopedia

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 * (metempsychosis OR reincarnat*)