Karen Higginbottom's Books

Discover 366 gruesome tales from Birmingham's past. With appalling accidents, frightful crimes and extraordinary deaths, there's something to surprise even the most hardened reader. Featured here is the man who deliberately swallowed his wooden walking stick, a nineteenth-century horsemeat scandal, a drunken dispute that led to a man being stabbed in the eye with a table fork, and the lightning storm which hit a fog-signalling factory, setting off 43,000 explosions. True accounts of fires, catastrophes, murders, executions and a variety of nasty goings-on in the Birmingham of yesteryear await you within.

This introductory textbook relates theory to practice and enhances students' learning and understanding of cultural issues that impact on patient care and their own practice as nurses, while considering wider social and political issues. Now in its third edition, Cultural Awareness in Nursing and Health Care has been updated to include new research, evidence and a completely new chapter focusing on the health care workforce itself and the issues it’s facing. Other topics include: Health, illness and religious beliefs; Mental health and culture; Women’s and men’s health in a multicultural society; Caring for the elderly; Death and bereavement. Key features: Includes international perspectives and issues relating to overseas nurses studying and working in the UK; Case studies, reflective exercises, summary boxes and website links designed to stimulate discussion and shared practice; Fully updated with guidelines for practice and education.

This comprehensive reference answers the myriad of questions involved in combining GIS and GPS for maximum benefit. Real-life case studies give users the opportunity to consider every aspect of systems integration before the process is started. 20 color photos, 30 maps, 5 charts.

China Star by Karen Keast released on Nov 24, 1988 is available now for purchase.

This report reviews non-consumptive tourism based on free-ranging land-dwelling and freshwater animals in their natural habitats. It provides a critical overview of the current status of terrestrial wildlife viewing in Australia, within the context of this form of tourism worldwide, as well as recommendations for action and research to facilitate the sustainable development and management of this sub-sector. This publication is also available for free download at www.crctourism.com.au

Reviews mechanisms by which wildlife tourism can have negative effects on wildlife and the management practices that can be used to mitigate these effects with a focus on practices relevant to Australia. This publication is also available for free download at www.crctourism.com.au

A review of the ways wildlife tourism can have positive effects on wildlife and their habitats, discusses the limited evidence regarding the extent to which these are currently being realised in Australia and make recommendations to enhance such effects. This publication is also available for free download at www.crctourism.com.au

This report aims to present information on different kinds of Australian wildlife that has a bearing on their suitability for use in tourism. The core of the report is a spreadsheet (available on CD) containing an extensive classification of Australian wildlife in relation to tourism. This publication is also available for free download at www.crctourism.com.au

Reviews and evaluates involvement by Indigenous people in wildlife tourism operations across mainland Australia. Focus is on wildlife attractions that feature living wildlife in either captive or free-ranging settings that incorporate Indigenous cultural presentations.This publication is also available for free download at www.crctourism.com.au

This study investigates some of the ways in which dingoes are affected by tourists on Fraser Island, with a view to providing recommendations that may help reduce the threat of attacks on tourists by dingoes. This publication is also available for free download at www.crctourism.com.au

Book's by Karen Higginbottom

A Grim Almanac of Birmingham

A Grim Almanac of Birmingham

Cultural Awareness in Nursing and Health Care

Cultural Awareness in Nursing and Health Care

Integrating GIS and the Global Positioning System

Integrating GIS and the Global Positioning System

China Star

China Star

Terrestrial Wildlife Viewing in Australia [WT#9]

Terrestrial Wildlife Viewing in Australia [WT#9]

Negative Effects of Wildlife Tourism on Wildlife [WT#5]

Negative Effects of Wildlife Tourism on Wildlife [WT#5]

Positive Effects of Wildlife Tourism on Wildlife

Positive Effects of Wildlife Tourism on Wildlife

Tourism Classification of Australian Wildlife [WT#7]

Tourism Classification of Australian Wildlife [WT#7]

Indigenous Wildlife Tourism in Australia [WT#15]

Indigenous Wildlife Tourism in Australia [WT#15]

Behavioural Responses of Dingoes to Tourists on Fraser Island

Behavioural Responses of Dingoes to Tourists on Fraser Island

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