Karen Kearns's Books

Wolf Mountains

A History of Wolves Along the Great Divide

By: Karen R. Jones

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Wolf Mountains

A History of Wolves Along the Great Divide

By: Karen R. Jones

This book documents the changing tenets of landscape preservation and species protection in preserves of the United States and Canada through a capacious study of canine history."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Calgary Press

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1552380726

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Childhood in Global Perspective

By: Karen Wells

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Childhood in Global Perspective

By: Karen Wells

This compelling new book offers a unique global perspective on children’s lives throughout the world. It shows how the notion of childhood is being radically re-shaped, in part as a consequence of globalization. Taking an engaging historical and comparative approach, the book discusses wide-ranging issues such as children and war, child labour and young people’s activism around the globe. Important themes considered include: How children are constituted as raced, classed and gendered subjects; How family policy results in some kinds of family being labelled as normal and others as deviant, and how this impacts in children; How children’s involvement in war is connected to the globalization of capitalism and organised crime; How school and work operate as sites for the governing of childhood. This book will be of great value to students and scholars in the fields of sociology, social policy and development studies. It will also be a valuable companion to practitioners of international development and social work, as well as to anyone interested in childhood in the contemporary world.

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Polity

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0745638376

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9780745638379

Broken Bodies

The Eucharist, Mary and the Body in Trauma Theology

By: Karen O'Donnell

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Broken Bodies

The Eucharist, Mary and the Body in Trauma Theology

By: Karen O'Donnell

The Body of Christ is a traumatised body because it is constituted of traumatised bodies. This monograph explores the nature of that trauma and examines the implications of identifying the trauma of this body. Constructing new ways of thinking about the narratives at the heart of the Christian faith, 'Broken Bodies' offers a fresh perspective on Christian theology, in particular the Eucharist, and presents a call to love the body in all its guises. It offers new pathways for considering what it means to ‘be Christian’ and explores the impact that the experience of trauma has on Christian doctrine.

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SCM Press

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0334056241

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9780334056249

Geographies of Obesity

Environmental Understandings of the Obesity Epidemic

By: Karen Witten

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Geographies of Obesity

Environmental Understandings of the Obesity Epidemic

By: Karen Witten

Over the past two decades, rates of adult and childhood obesity in the developed world have risen sharply. By the year 2000, 65% of the United States population were overweight, 30% of these obese. Whilst medical treatment has tended to focus on individual habits of diet and exercise, this approach does little to account for globally increasing levels of obesity, and the external, environmental factors that may be responsible. This in-depth study assembles the evidence for a geographical explanation of current obesity trends, and is the first work to examine the ways in which environment and living conditions promote an imbalance of energy intake over energy expenditure. The book calls upon the expertise of geographers, nutritionists, epidemiologists, sociologists and public health researchers, resulting in a broad, multidisciplinary analysis of this important health issue. Cover graphic designed by Georgia Witten-Sage.

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Routledge

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1317129105

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Little Black Book of Geriatrics

By: Karen Gershman

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Little Black Book of Geriatrics

By: Karen Gershman

Thoroughly revised and updated, the Fourth Edition of this pocket-sized handbook provides comprehensive, concise, evidence-based information on diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the elderly patient. The Little Black Book of Geriatrics is a convenient resource offering quick access to vital information and makes a great reference for solving pressing problems on the war or in the clinic.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763757713

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The Triumph of Nancy Reagan

By: Karen Tumulty

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The Triumph of Nancy Reagan

By: Karen Tumulty

The made-in-Hollywood marriage of Ronald and Nancy Reagan was the partnership that made him president. Nancy understood how to foster his strengths and compensate for his weaknesses-- and made herself a place in history. Tumulty shows how Nancy's confidence developed, and reveals new details surrounding Reagan's tumultuous presidency that shows how Nancy became one of the most influential first ladies in history. -- adapted from jacket

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Simon and Schuster

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1501165208

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9781501165207

Trauma-Informed Health Care

A Reflective Guide for Improving Care and Services

By: Karen Treisman

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Trauma-Informed Health Care

A Reflective Guide for Improving Care and Services

By: Karen Treisman

This comprehensive reflective resource explores the values, principles and practical applications of trauma-informed and -infused health care. Trauma-Informed Health Care introduces the different types of trauma - including medical and health trauma - and the impact of adversities, social inequalities and stressors. It explores their effects on health and the body, and on people's relationships with health providers. Key issues addressed include the importance of cultural humility, the effects of secondary and vicarious trauma, burnout and moral injury. It also covers the critical issue of organizational trauma: how to avoid practice which has potential to traumatize or retraumatize, and the role of cultural understanding, language, leadership, staff wellbeing and the physical environment. Drawing substantially on the experiences of people who use services and active practitioners, this book spans diverse settings -- from doctor's surgeries to hospitals and allied health services. It reveals how "every interaction can be an intervention" and provides you with practical examples, graphics and reflective exercises to support you to bring about positive change.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1839976136

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9781839976131

The International Politics of Eurasia: v. 10: The International Dimension of Post-communist Transitions in Russia and the New States of Eurasia

By: S. Frederick Starr,Karen Dawisha

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The International Politics of Eurasia: v. 10: The International Dimension of Post-communist Transitions in Russia and the New States of Eurasia

By: S. Frederick Starr,Karen Dawisha

This ambitious ten-volume series develops a comprehensive analysis of the evolving world role of the post-Soviet successor states. Each volume considers a different factor influencing the relationship between internal politics and international relations in Russia and in the western and southern tiers of newly independent states. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the discrediting of Marxism-Leninism as a source of political legitimacy have prompted a search for fresh principles of political organization that will shape the nature of political culture in all the post-Soviet countries. This volume focuses on the International dimension of Post-communist transitions.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040277373

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9781040277379

Child-Centred Nursing

Promoting Critical Thinking

By: Bernie Carter,Lucy Bray,Annette Dickinson,Maria Edwards,Karen Ford

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Child-Centred Nursing

Promoting Critical Thinking

By: Bernie Carter,Lucy Bray,Annette Dickinson,Maria Edwards,Karen Ford

Child-Centred Nursing presents a unique approach by bringing children to the fore of the discussion about their health and health care. It encourages you to think critically about children, their families and contemporary practice issues. It promotes reflection on how you can develop innovative practice so as to improve children’s health outcomes and their experiences of health care. Clinical case studies and critical thinking exercises are included in each chapter, creating and sustaining a clear link between professional practice, research and theory. The book is essential reading for all pre-registration and post-graduate students studying children’s and young people’s health care.

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SAGE

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1446297276

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9781446297278

Making Rights Claims

A Practice of Democratic Citizenship

By: Karen Zivi

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Making Rights Claims

A Practice of Democratic Citizenship

By: Karen Zivi

Is the act of rights claiming a form of political contestation that advances democracy? Rather than simply taking a side for or against rights claiming, Making Rights Claims argues that understanding and assessing the relationship between rights and democracy requires a new approach to the study of rights. Zivi combines insights from speech act theory with recent developments in democratic and feminist thought to develop a theory of the performativity of rights claiming.

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OUP USA

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0199826412

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Diagnostic Imaging: Brain

By: Miral D. Jhaveri,Karen L. Salzman,Anne G. Osborn

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Diagnostic Imaging: Brain

By: Miral D. Jhaveri,Karen L. Salzman,Anne G. Osborn

More than 300 diagnoses that are delineated, referenced, and lavishly illustrated highlight the third edition of this bestselling reference. World-renowned authority Dr. Anne G. Osborn and her expert author team of Drs. Karen L. Salzman and Miral D. Jhaveri provide carefully updated information in a concise, bulleted format, keeping you current with new disease entities and syndromes, MR imaging techniques and applications, and pathology relevant to brain imaging. Succinct text, outstanding illustrations, and up-to-date content make this title a must-have reference for neuroradiologists, general radiologists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons. Concise, bulleted text provides efficient information on more than 300 diagnoses that are clearly illustrated with 2,500 superb images Meticulously updated throughout, with new diagnoses and hundreds of new images that provide the most current information in the field. Expert guidance on CLIPPERS, second-impact syndrome in trauma, perfusion MR for tumor characterization, susceptibility-weighted imaging in stroke and brain bleeds, and molecular markers in brain tumor classification and grading. Updated coverage of brain trauma addresses newly recognized entities, techniques and imaging for rapid stroke triage, and functional imaging and dementia diagnosis.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323400434

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9780323400435

Genetics, revised edition

A Guide for Students and Practitioners of Nursing and Health Care

By: Karen Vipond

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Genetics, revised edition

A Guide for Students and Practitioners of Nursing and Health Care

By: Karen Vipond

From the Foreword by Candy Cooley, formerly Genetics Awareness Programme Lead at the NHS National Genetics and Genomics Education Centre: “What a delight it is ... to read a book which takes complex scientific concepts and ensures they are understandable by all.” With activities and answers, reflection points and a glossary, this interactive textbook supports the ‘Fit for Practice in the Genetics Era’ competence framework, offering an introduction to the theory of genetics and then using common genetic conditions/disorders as case studies to help students apply theory to practice and examine the service user experience. Genetics is written by an experienced teacher of health care sciences and is ideal for student nurses who need to demonstrate and apply knowledge of genetics and genomics. It is also suitable for other health care students and for qualified practitioners who would like to refresh their knowledge of the subject. From lecturer reviews: “A well written and nicely laid out genetics text at an appropriate level for adult nursing students.” “Fabulous text, student friendly.”

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Scion Publishing Ltd

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1908625163

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9781908625168

Robert Frost and Feminine Literary Tradition

By: Karen L. Kilcup

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Robert Frost and Feminine Literary Tradition

By: Karen L. Kilcup

Uncovers heretofore overlooked influences and connections in the evolution of Frost's poetry

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University of Michigan Press

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0472109677

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Never Saw It Coming

Cultural Challenges to Envisioning the Worst

By: Karen A. Cerulo

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Never Saw It Coming

Cultural Challenges to Envisioning the Worst

By: Karen A. Cerulo

People—especially Americans—are by and large optimists. They're much better at imagining best-case scenarios (I could win the lottery!) than worst-case scenarios (A hurricane could destroy my neighborhood!). This is true not just of their approach to imagining the future, but of their memories as well: people are better able to describe the best moments of their lives than they are the worst. Though there are psychological reasons for this phenomenon, Karen A.Cerulo, in Never Saw It Coming, considers instead the role of society in fostering this attitude. What kinds of communities develop this pattern of thought, which do not, and what does that say about human ability to evaluate possible outcomes of decisions and events? Cerulo takes readers to diverse realms of experience, including intimate family relationships, key transitions in our lives, the places we work and play, and the boardrooms of organizations and bureaucracies. Using interviews, surveys, artistic and fictional accounts, media reports, historical data, and official records, she illuminates one of the most common, yet least studied, of human traits—a blatant disregard for worst-case scenarios. Never Saw It Coming, therefore, will be crucial to anyone who wants to understand human attempts to picture or plan the future. “In Never Saw It Coming, Karen Cerulo argues that in American society there is a ‘positive symmetry,’ a tendency to focus on and exaggerate the best, the winner, the most optimistic outcome and outlook. Thus, the conceptions of the worst are underdeveloped and elided. Naturally, as she masterfully outlines, there are dramatic consequences to this characterological inability to imagine and prepare for the worst, as the failure to heed memos leading up to both the 9/11 and NASA Challenger disasters, for instance, so painfully reminded us.”--Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Swarthmore College “Katrina, 9/11, and the War in Iraq—all demonstrate the costliness of failing to anticipate worst-case scenarios. Never Saw It Coming explains why it is so hard to do so: adaptive behavior hard-wired into human cognition is complemented and reinforced by cultural practices, which are in turn institutionalized in the rules and structures of formal organizations. But Karen Cerulo doesn’t just diagnose the problem; she uses case studies of settings in which people effectively anticipate and deal with potential disaster to describe structural solutions to the chronic dilemmas she describes so well. Never Saw It Coming is a powerful contribution to the emerging fields of cognitive and moral sociology.”--Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University

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University of Chicago Press

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0226100294

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9780226100296

Breastfeeding and Human Lactation

By: Karen Wambach,Becky Spencer

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Breastfeeding and Human Lactation

By: Karen Wambach,Becky Spencer

Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Seventh Edition is the ultimate reference for the latest clinical techniques and research findings that direct evidence-based clinical practice and research for lactation consultants and specialists. It contains everything a nurse, lactation consultant, midwife, women’s health nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or Ob/Gyn needs to know about lactation care and science. Topics include placing breastfeeding in its historical context, workplace-related issues, anatomical and biological imperatives of lactation, the prenatal and perinatal periods and concerns during the postpartum period, the mother’s health, sociocultural issues, and more vital information.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284283038

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9781284283037

Money, Politics, and Law

By: Karen DeMoss,Kenneth K. Wong

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Money, Politics, and Law

By: Karen DeMoss,Kenneth K. Wong

This yearbook offers research and insights to stimulate thought, inform debates, and explore future research directions.

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Routledge

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1317927761

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The China Mystique

Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the Transformation of American Orientalism

By: Karen J. Leong

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The China Mystique

Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the Transformation of American Orientalism

By: Karen J. Leong

Focusing on three women, Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong & Mayling Soong, this book studies the shifting images of China in American culture, particularly during the 1930s & 40s.

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Univ of California Press

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0520244230

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9780520244238

Cognitive Electronic Warfare: An Artificial Intelligence Approach

By: Karen Haigh,Julia Andrusenko

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Cognitive Electronic Warfare: An Artificial Intelligence Approach

By: Karen Haigh,Julia Andrusenko

This comprehensive book gives an overview of how cognitive systems and artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in electronic warfare (EW). Readers will learn how EW systems respond more quickly and effectively to battlefield conditions where sophisticated radars and spectrum congestion put a high priority on EW systems that can characterize and classify novel waveforms, discern intent, and devise and test countermeasures. Specific techniques are covered for optimizing a cognitive EW system as well as evaluating its ability to learn new information in real time. The book presents AI for electronic support (ES), including characterization, classification, patterns of life, and intent recognition. Optimization techniques, including temporal tradeoffs and distributed optimization challenges are also discussed. The issues concerning real-time in-mission machine learning and suggests some approaches to address this important challenge are presented and described. The book covers electronic battle management, data management, and knowledge sharing. Evaluation approaches, including how to show that a machine learning system can learn how to handle novel environments, are also discussed. Written by experts with first-hand experience in AI-based EW, this is the first book on in-mission real-time learning and optimization.

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Artech House

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1630818127

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9781630818128

Childhood Studies

Making Young Subjects

By: Karen Wells

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Childhood Studies

Making Young Subjects

By: Karen Wells

What does it mean to think of children as social subjects and how should we go about studying childhood in society? Childhood is a key site where children come to understand themselves as particular kinds of people, not only as individuals but also as members of social and cultural groups. This compelling and accessible book explores how immature humans enter into political, economic, social and cultural life. Integrating key theories from a range of disciplines, Karen Wells provides a set of analytical tools to explore how culture, society, politics and economics shape childhood and children's lives. She explains how childhood is not only culturally shaped, but also formed at the intersection of politics and economics. At this intersection between governing practices and the affordances of children's bodies, young subjects are made. Childhood Studies will be essential reading for students and scholars in childhood and youth studies and related disciplines, and for anyone who wants to understand the impacts of social inequality on children and what it means to be a child in the contemporary world.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509525351

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9781509525355

Hillary Rodham Clinton

A Woman Living History

By: Karen Blumenthal

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

A Woman Living History

By: Karen Blumenthal

A biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Macmillan

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1250060141

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9781250060143

Ethnographic Methods

By: Karen O'Reilly

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Ethnographic Methods

By: Karen O'Reilly

This best-selling book, designed for researchers embarking on their first ethnographic project, has been substantially revised and updated, with lots of exercises and advice to guide the embodied and creative ‘practice’ of ethnography. New additions include cyber-ethnography, sensual, visual and mobile ethnographies, and ‘field walking’.

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Routledge

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1135194769

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9781135194765

Qualitative Social Research

Contemporary Methods for the Digital Age

By: Vivienne Waller,Karen Farquharson,Deborah Dempsey

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Qualitative Social Research

Contemporary Methods for the Digital Age

By: Vivienne Waller,Karen Farquharson,Deborah Dempsey

Qualitative Social Research employs an accessible approach to present the multiple ways in which criticism enhances research practice. Packed full of relevant, ′real world′ examples, it showcases the strengths and pitfalls of each research method, integrating the philosophical groundings of qualitative research with thoughtful overviews of a range of commonly used methods. This book is ideal for students and prospective researchers and explains what makes qualitative sociological research practical, useful and ethical. It’s an essential guide to how to undertake research, use an appropriate research design and work with a range of qualitative data collection methods, and includes: detailed discussions of ethical issues references to new technologies in each chapter explanations of how to integrate online and visual methods with traditional data collection methods exercises to enhance learning The authors use their many years’ experience in using a range of qualitative methods to conduct and teach research to demonstrate the value of critical thinking skills at all stages of the research process.

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SAGE

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147394435X

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Diagnostic Pathology: Nonneoplastic Pediatrics - E-Book

By: Angelica R. Putnam,Karen S. Thompson

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Diagnostic Pathology: Nonneoplastic Pediatrics - E-Book

By: Angelica R. Putnam,Karen S. Thompson

This expert volume in the Diagnostic Pathology series is an excellent point-of-care resource for practitioners at all levels of experience and training. Covering all areas of nonneoplastic pediatric pathology, it incorporates the most recent clinical, pathological, and molecular knowledge in this challenging field to provide a comprehensive overview of all key issues relevant to today's practice. Richly illustrated and easy to use, Diagnostic Pathology: Nonneoplastic Pediatrics, second edition, is a one-stop reference for accurate, complete pathology reports, ideal as a day-to-day reference or as a reliable training resource. - Provides a clear framework for a better understanding of the clinical and histopathologic appearances of more than 270 nonneoplastic entities, covering every organ system with a focus on reactive, infectious, congenital, and genetic conditions - Covers significant advances in this complex field, including recent molecular discoveries and updated disease entities, new information on multiple immunologic disorders, changes and expansions to several classification systems (such as WHO, Banff, and ISSVA), and updates in other scoring systems - Contains new chapters on manifestations of pediatric COVID-19 infection, tumoral calcinosis, multiple skeletal dysplasia, skeletal muscle, collagenous gastritis and colitis, adenovirus appendicitis, intestinal pseudoobstruction, disorders of sexual development, and Kikuchi disease - Includes approximately 3,000 high-quality clinical and histologic images, gross pathology images, radiologic images, and full-color illustrations to help practicing and in-training pathologists reach a confident diagnosis—as well as nearly 200 additional images online - Employs consistently templated chapters and bulleted content for quick, expert reference at the point of care

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323796680

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9780323796682

A Practitioner's Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights

By: Karen Reid

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A Practitioner's Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights

By: Karen Reid

Nutshells present the essentials of law in clear and straightforward language, explaining the basic principles. Features such as diagrams and checklists make them easy to use, while the inclusion of model questions and answer plans help students test their knowledge. Nutshells are an essential revision aid and ideal for getting fully up to speed with a new subject

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Sweet & Maxwell

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0414042425

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9780414042421

Physician Leadership

The 11 Skills Every Doctor Needs to be an Effective Leader

By: Karen J. Nichols

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Physician Leadership

The 11 Skills Every Doctor Needs to be an Effective Leader

By: Karen J. Nichols

You know how to practice medicine. Now learn how to lead with this insightful resource from one of medicine’s most accomplished leaders. In Physician Leadership, renowned medical leader Dr. Karen J. Nichols delivers a concise guide for busy physicians doing their best to successfully lead people and organizations. The book covers foundational leadership essentials that every physician needs to master to transform themselves from a highly motivated novice leader into an effective, skilled, and productive leader. Each chapter offers readers a summary of the crucial points found within, sample questions, exercises, and a bibliography of the relevant academic literature for further study. Ideal for doctors who don’t have the time to peruse an unwieldy collection of the latest research and thought on organizational leadership, or to take a multi-day course on effective leadership, Physician Leadership distills the author’s extensive research and personal experience into a short and practical handbook. Physician Leadership provides actionable, real-world advice for practicing and aspiring physicians: A thorough introduction to personal approach and style when interacting with patients, managers, boards, and committees An exploration of how to employ the principles of effective communication to achieve desired results and practical techniques for implementing those principles Practical discussions of the role that perspectives play in shaping an organization’s culture and how those perspectives affect leadership efficacy In-depth examinations of approaches to decision-making that get buy-in from others and achieve results Perfect for doctors stepping into a leadership role for the first time, Physician Leadership also belongs on the bookshelves of experienced physician leaders seeking to improve their leadership abilities and improve the results of their organizations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119817544

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Planning Sustainable Cities and Regions

Towards More Equitable Development

By: Karen Chapple

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Planning Sustainable Cities and Regions

Towards More Equitable Development

By: Karen Chapple

As global warming advances, regions around the world are engaging in revolutionary sustainability planning - but with social equity as an afterthought. California is at the cutting edge of this movement, not only because its regulations actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also because its pioneering environmental regulation, market innovation, and Left Coast politics show how to blend the "three Es" of sustainability--environment, economy, and equity. Planning Sustainable Cities and Regions is the first book to explain what this grand experiment tells us about the most just path moving forward for cities and regions across the globe. The book offers chapters about neighbourhoods, the economy, and poverty, using stories from practice to help solve puzzles posed by academic research. Based on the most recent demographic and economic trends, it overturns conventional ideas about how to build more livable places and vibrant economies that offer opportunity to all. This thought-provoking book provides a framework to deal with the new inequities created by the movement for more livable - and expensive - cities, so that our best plans for sustainability are promoting more equitable development as well. This book will appeal to students of urban studies, urban planning and sustainability as well as policymakers, planning practitioners, and sustainability advocates around the world.

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Routledge

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1317655095

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9781317655091

The Gilded Age & Progressive Era

A Student Companion

By: Elisabeth Israels Perry,Karen Manners Smith

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The Gilded Age & Progressive Era

A Student Companion

By: Elisabeth Israels Perry,Karen Manners Smith

This single-volume encyclopedia includes more than 250 entries, each with a list of further reading and cross-references. Entries include: major events; political movements; social movements that shaped modern American Society; major religions; biographies of the era's most influential politicians, activists, artists, and writers; artistic and cultural trends; scientific advancements; the building of major landmarks; and major laws and court cases."--BOOK JACKET.

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Oxford University Press

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0195156706

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The Struggle for Kathy's Soul

By: Karen Ross

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The Struggle for Kathy's Soul

By: Karen Ross

The Struggle For Kathy's Soul" is the story of two young social workers who meet in California in the 1970's. There is an immediate attraction between them, but Kathy's Christian background clashes with Susan's independence. Kathy wants marriage and a family. Susan wants a career. They both want a close, intimate partner. They find a common passion for the children they guide through foster care, but their relationship is more complicated. When their feelings for each other surface, they must deal with the conflicts, compromises and choices stemming from their different backgrounds and desires. It becomes a struggle for Kathy's soul

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Lulu.com

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1483449351

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9781483449357

Taking the Work Out of Networking

An Introvert's Guide to Making Connections That Count

By: Karen Wickre

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Taking the Work Out of Networking

An Introvert's Guide to Making Connections That Count

By: Karen Wickre

“For introverts who panic at the idea of networking, Wickre’s book is a deep, calming breath.” —Sophia Dembling, author of The Introvert’s Way Former Google executive, editorial director of Twitter, self-described introvert, and “the best-connected Silicon Valley figure you’ve never heard of” (Walt Mossberg, Wall Street Journal), offers networking advice for anyone who has ever canceled a coffee date due to social anxiety. Learn to nurture a vibrant circle of reliable contacts without leaving your comfort zone. Networking has garnered a reputation as a sort of necessary evil. Some people relish the opportunity to boldly work the room, introduce themselves to strangers, and find common career ground—but for many others, the experience is awkward, or even terrifying. The common networking advice for introverts are variations on the theme of overcoming or “fixing” their quiet tendencies. But Karen Wickre is a self-described introvert who has worked in Silicon Valley for thirty years. She shows you how to embrace your quiet nature and “make genuine connections that last, that we can nurture across the world for all kinds of purposes” (Chris Anderson, head of TED). Karen’s “embrace your quiet side” approach is for anyone who finds themselves shying away from traditional networking activities, or for those who would rather be curled up with a good book on a Friday night than out at a party. With compelling arguments and creative strategies, this “practical, easy-to-use” (Sree Sreenivasan, former chief digital officer of Columbia University) book is a perfect guide.

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Health Promotion for Nurses

A Practical Guide

By: Carolyn Chambers Clark,Karen Paraska

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Health Promotion for Nurses

A Practical Guide

By: Carolyn Chambers Clark,Karen Paraska

With the increased incidence of chronic diseases, the demand for skilled health promoting professionals has surged. Many professionals working in the field of health promotion lack the necessary tools to apply the skills in their practice. Health Promotion in Nursing Practice provides insight not only into the principles of health promotion, but also how to translate them into practice. Covering traditional theories, how to use them in practice and research, the synergy model as a new framework for health promotion, and relating empirical research, Health Promotion in Nursing Practice incorporates chronic diseases, program planning, and evaluation. Included in this text are chapter objectives, summaries, articles, key terms, review questions, case studies and exercises to bring theory into practice.

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0763781630

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One in Christ

Chicago Catholics and the Quest for Interracial Justice

By: Karen J. Johnson

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One in Christ

Chicago Catholics and the Quest for Interracial Justice

By: Karen J. Johnson

Today, the images of Catholic priests and nuns marching in 1960s civil rights protests are iconic. Their cassocks and habits clothed the movement in sacred garments. But by the time of those protests Catholic Civil Rights activism already had a long history, one in which the religious leadership of the Church played, at best, a supporting role. Instead, it was laypeople, first African Americans and then, as they found white partners, black and white Catholics working together, who shaped the movement- regular people who, in self-consciously Catholic ways, devoted their time, energy, and prayers to what they called "interracial justice," a vision of economic, social, religious, and civil equality. Karen J. Johnson tells the story of Catholic interracial activism from the bottom up through the lives of a group of women and men in Chicago who struggled with one another, their Church, and their city to try to live their Catholic faith in a new, and what they thought was more complete and true, way. Black activists found a handful of white laypeople, some of whom later became priests, who believed in their vision of a universal church in the segregated city. Together, they began to fight for interracial justice, all while knitted together in sometimes-contentious friendship as members of the Mystical Body of Christ. In the end, not only had Catholic activists lived out their faith as active participants in the long civil rights movement and learned how to cooperate, and indeed love, across racial lines, but they had changed the practice of Catholicism. They broke down the hierarchy that placed priests above the laity and crossed the parish boundaries that defined urban Catholicism. Chicago was a vital laboratory in what became a national story. One in Christ traces the development of Catholic interracial activism, revealing the ways religion and race combined both to enforce racial hierarchies and to tear them down, and demonstrating that we cannot understand race and civil rights in the North without accounting for religion.

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Oxford University Press

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019061899X

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St. Mary's County

By: Karen L. Grubber

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St. Mary's County

By: Karen L. Grubber

As a St. Mary's County native, local history buff, and postcard collector, Karen L. Gruber shares her family's collection of over 180 vintage postcards, including never-before-published images of cherished landmarks and bygone days." -- From p.4 of cover.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467123390

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Frontiers of Femininity

A New Historical Geography of the Nineteenth-Century American West

By: Karen M. Morin

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Frontiers of Femininity

A New Historical Geography of the Nineteenth-Century American West

By: Karen M. Morin

British explorer and professional travel writer Isabella Bird is, to the modern eye, a study in contradictions. One of the premier mountaineers and world explorers of her generation, she was, in 1892, the first woman elected to London’s Royal Geographic Society. And yet Bird’s books on her travels are filled with depictions of herself and other women that reinforce the “properly feminine” domestic and behavioral codes of her day. In this fascinating and highly original collection of essays, Karen Morin explores the self-expression of travel writers like Bird by giving geographic context to their work. With a rare degree of clarity the author examines relationships among nineteenth-century American expansionism, discourses about gender, and writings of women who traveled and lived in the American West in the late nineteenth century—British travelers, American journalists, a Native American tribal leader, and female naturalists. Drawing from a rich diversity of primary sources, from published travelogues and unpublished archival sources such as letters and diaries to newspaper reportage, Morin considers ways in which women’s writing was influenced by the material circumstances of travel in addition to the various social norms that circumscribed female roles. Ranging in scale from the interior of train cars and the homes of these women to the colonial projects of conquering the American West, the author illustrates how geography was fundamental to the formation of women’s identity and greatly influenced the gendered and colonialist language found in their writing.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815631677

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Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics

By: Karen Marcdante,Robert M. Kliegman,Richard E. Behrman,Hal B. Jenson

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Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics

By: Karen Marcdante,Robert M. Kliegman,Richard E. Behrman,Hal B. Jenson

Considered the resource of choice for pediatric residencies, clerkships, and exams, Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics provides comprehensive, yet concise and accessible guidance on normal childhood growth and development, as well as the diagnosis, management, and prevention of common pediatric diseases and disorders. Edited by Drs. Karen Marcdante, Robert M. Kliegman, Hal B. Jenson, and Richard E. Behrman, this edition's content was specifically developed in accordance with the 2009 curriculum guidelines of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics. It also includes many new and improved clinical photographs and images for enhanced visual reference. A user-friendly full-color format facilitate study and expedite reference. Concise text, a full-color design, high-yield tables, and numerous images provide an effective overview of pediatrics. Edited by the same authorities responsible for the Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, the most used and recognizable clinical reference in pediatrics. Content developed in accordance with 2009 COMSEP curriculum guidelines, and written and edited by leaders in pediatrics education, focuses on the core knowledge needed for a pediatric clerkship or rotation. A wealth of new images captures the clinical manifestations and imaging findings associated with Kawasaki disease, lupus, lymphoma, stroke, and many other disorders seen in children.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455706175

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The Case for God

By: Karen Armstrong

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The Case for God

By: Karen Armstrong

From the bestselling author of A History of God and The Great Transformation comes a balanced, nuanced understanding of the role religion plays in human life and the trajectory of faith in modern times. Why has God become incredible? Why is it that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God in a way that veers so profoundly from the thinking of our ancestors? Moving from the Paleolithic Age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the lengths to which humankind has gone to experience a sacred reality that it called God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. She examines the diminished impulse toward religion in our own time when a significant number of people either want nothing to do with God or question the efficacy of faith. With her trademark depth of knowledge and profound insight, Armstrong elucidates how the changing world has necessarily altered the importance of religion at both societal and individual levels. And she makes a powerful, convincing argument for structuring a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.

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Knopf Canada

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0307372952

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Community Psychology

By: John Moritsugu,Elizabeth Vera,Frank Y Wong,Karen Grover Duffy

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Community Psychology

By: John Moritsugu,Elizabeth Vera,Frank Y Wong,Karen Grover Duffy

Community Psychology, 5/e focuses on the prevention of problems, the promotion of well-being, empowerment of members within a community, the appreciation of diversity, and an ecological model for the understanding of human behavior. Attention is paid to both “classic” early writings and the most recent journal articles and reviews by today’s practitioners and researchers. Historical and alternative methods of effecting social change are explored in this book, with the overall theme that the environment is as important as the individual in it. This text is available in a variety of formats – digital and print. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Understand the historical and contemporary principles of community psychology. Apply theory and research to social services, mental health, health, legal, and public health systems

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1317349938

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