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Like a Family

The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World

By: Jacquelyn Dowd Hall,James L. Leloudis,Robert R. Korstad,Mary Murphy,Lu Ann Jones

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Like a Family

The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World

By: Jacquelyn Dowd Hall,James L. Leloudis,Robert R. Korstad,Mary Murphy,Lu Ann Jones

Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton mill industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Now with a new afterword, this edition stands as an invaluable contribution to American social history. "The genius of Like a Family lies in its effortless integration of the history of the family--particularly women--into the history of the cotton-mill world.--Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review "Like a Family is history, folklore, and storytelling all rolled into one. It is a living, revelatory chronicle of life rarely observed by the academe. A powerhouse.--Studs Terkel "Here is labor history in intensely human terms. Neither great impersonal forces nor deadening statistics are allowed to get in the way of people. If students of the New South want both the dimensions and the feel of life and labor in the textile industry, this book will be immensely satisfying.--Choice

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Women in Pastoral Office

The Story of Santa Prassede, Rome

By: Mary M. Schaefer

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Women in Pastoral Office

The Story of Santa Prassede, Rome

By: Mary M. Schaefer

Through a study of the church of Santa Prassede, Mary M. Schaefer offers a compelling examination of the ''golden ages'' for women active in ecclesial ministries, critically measuring feminist claims and providing evidence contrary to the official Roman position that women have never been ordained in the Catholic Church. The ninth-century church of Santa Prassede has been studied intensively in recent years, yet no scholar has yet recognized the significance of the balanced male and female imagery: both men and women disciples, Peter and Paul as family friends, Praxedes and her sister as house church leaders in the post-apostolic period assisted by bishop Pius I, and Pope Paschal's mother Theodora episcopa, for example. Praxedes' identification as ''presbytera'' by a Roman priest-historian in 1655 and by the Benedictine prior of the church in 1725 prompts analysis of women's ordination rites in churches of East and West. Santa Prassede preserves one of the largest intact programs of church decoration in Rome up to 1200. Schaefer investigates its scriptural and liturgical sources, and, in turn, reexamines its foundation myth. With the story of the church, Schaefer provides a detailed study of women in pastoral office (especially diaconas, presbyteras, and episcopal abbesses) from the first through twelfth centuries in the West. Women in Pastoral Office also shows how the liturgy as well as the vita of Praxedes and her sister Pudentiana (whose fourth century church is located down the hill) shaped this outstanding commission of the builder, Pope Paschal I (817-824).

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Oxford University Press

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0199977631

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Operative Techniques in Surgery

By: Michael W. Mulholland,Daniel Albo,Ronald Dalman,Mary Hawn,Steven Hughes,Michael Sabel

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Operative Techniques in Surgery

By: Michael W. Mulholland,Daniel Albo,Ronald Dalman,Mary Hawn,Steven Hughes,Michael Sabel

Operative Techniques in Surgery is a new comprehensive, 2-volume surgical atlas that helps youmaster a full range of general surgical procedures. Ideal for residents as well as experienced surgeons, it guides you step-by-step through each technique using concise, bulleted text, full-color illustrations, and intraoperative photographs to clarify exactly what to look for and how to proceed.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1469888521

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Operative Techniques in Foregut Surgery

By: Mary Hawn

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Operative Techniques in Foregut Surgery

By: Mary Hawn

Operative Techniques in Gastrointestinal Surgery is a new, comprehensive text/atlas of procedures and techniques for thoracic fellows, practitioners, and general surgeons. It graphically depicts procedures in a consistent format that is composed of concise bulleted text, full color illustrations, and full color instraoperative photography. Photographs are frequently paired with illustrations for a more complete view of steps and techniques in the procedures. Coverage is extensive, including encyclopedic reviews of hernia surgery, drainage procedures, vagotomy gastrectomy, gastrotomy, and bariatric procedures. Each procedure briefly covers intraoperative considerations before stepping through each technique. Techniques are lavishly illustrated in full color. All currently used open, laparoscopuic, endoscopic, and endovascular procedures are reviewed.

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1496318927

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Praying with One Eye Open

Mormons and Murder in Nineteenth-century Appalachian Georgia

By: Mary Ella Engel

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Praying with One Eye Open

Mormons and Murder in Nineteenth-century Appalachian Georgia

By: Mary Ella Engel

In 1878, Elder Joseph Standing traveled into the Appalachian mountains of North Georgia, seeking converts for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sixteen months later, he was dead, murdered by a group of twelve men. The church refused to bury the missionary in Georgia soil; instead, he was laid to rest in Salt Lake City beneath a monument that declared, "There is no law in Georgia for the Mormons." Most accounts of this event have linked Standing's murder to the virulent nineteenth-century anti-Mormonism that also took the life of prophet Joseph Smith and to an enduring southern tradition of extralegal violence. In these writings, the stories of the men who took Standing's life are largely ignored, and they are treated as significant only as vigilantes who escaped justice. Historian Mary Ella Engel adopts a different approach, arguing that the mob violence against Standing was a local event, best understood at the local level. Her examination of Standing's murder carefully situates it in the disquiet created by missionaries' successes in the North Georgia community. As Georgia converts typically abandoned the state for Mormon colonies in the West, a disquiet situated within a wider narrative of post-Reconstruction Mormon outmigration to colonies in the West. In this rich context, the murder reveals the complex social relationships that linked North Georgians--families, kin, neighbors, and coreligionists--and illuminates how mob violence attempted to resolve the psychological dissonance and gender anxieties created by Mormon missionaries. In laying bare the bonds linking Georgia converts to the mob, Engel reveals Standing's murder as more than simply mountain lawlessness or religious persecution. Rather, the murder responds to the challenges posed by the separation of converts from their loved ones, especially the separation of women and their dependents from heads of households.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820355615

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Friends Disappear

The Battle for Racial Equality in Evanston

By: Mary Barr

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Friends Disappear

The Battle for Racial Equality in Evanston

By: Mary Barr

In 1974, middle-schooler Mary Barr and a dozen of her friends boys and girls, black and white sat for a photograph on a porch in Evanston, Illinois. Barr s book, both history and ethnography, emerges from her thinking about this photograph and its deep background. Using government documents, newspaper articles, and census data, Barr provides a history of Evanston with a particular emphasis on its neighborhoods, its schools, and its families. Barr also tracked down all of the living people in her photograph and interviewed them about their experiences in Evanston and beyond. Ultimately, Barr comes to better understand the stories and the lies people tell about their communities, as well as the ways that inequality begets inequality, both in a historical sense and in the daily lives of her far-flung friends.

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University of Chicago Press

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022615646X

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Why Do You Do That?

A Book about Tourette Syndrome for Children and Young People

By: Uttom Chowdhury,Mary Robertson

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Why Do You Do That?

A Book about Tourette Syndrome for Children and Young People

By: Uttom Chowdhury,Mary Robertson

Written specifically for siblings of children with Tourette Syndrome (TS), Why Do You Do That? is an age-appropriate source of information for children and adolescents aged 8 to 16. Uttom Chowdhury and Mary Robertson describe tics and Tourette's in clear, child-friendly terms and provide a simple explanation of the biological causes. Other chapters focus on living with someone who has TS, associated features such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and aggression, and what siblings can do to help. The authors also offer practical tips on how to deal with issues such as problems at school and bullying. This book will prove invaluable for brothers and sisters of children with TS, as well as parents and other family members.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1846424917

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Land of a Thousand Cairns

Revival of Old style Ceremonies

By: Mary Gage,James Gage

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Land of a Thousand Cairns

Revival of Old style Ceremonies

By: Mary Gage,James Gage

From the time of the American Revolution to the end of the 19th century, Lawton Foster Road in Hopkinton, Rhode Island was home to a small rural community. A few families eked out a living on the rocky poor soils through growing corn, rye, potatoes, apples, small scale sheep farming, and timber harvesting. Today, the land has reforested and much of it has become wildlife conservation property. These lands harbor a big mystery. Over 1500 stone structures have been found including stone cairns, three stone chambers, several serpent effigies, enclosures, niches, triangle symbolism and other odd man-made features. These are in addition to the more recognizable historic structures like house and barn foundations, stone walls, and two saw mill sites. Who built these enigmatic stone cairns? When? And for what purpose? A dedicated team composed of stone structure researchers, field documentation team, local historians, and conservation people set out to unravel this mystery through documenting the structures, researching the genealogy of the families who lived there, deed research, and analysis of the structure themselves and their relationships to each other. The results of this multi-year effort were a major surprise. The findings challenge conventional historical and archaeological assumptions about these stone structure sites.

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Powwow River Books

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0981614124

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Cultures of Growth

How the New Science of Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

By: Mary C. Murphy

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Cultures of Growth

How the New Science of Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

By: Mary C. Murphy

Award-winning social psychologist Mary Murphy offers a groundbreaking reconsideration of individual and team success—showing how to create and sustain a growth mindset in any organization’s culture. Carol Dweck’s multi-million-copy bestseller Mindset transformed our view of individual potential, coining the terms “fixed” and “growth” mindset: in a “fixed” mindset, talent and intelligence are viewed as predetermined traits, while in a “growth” mindset, talent and intelligence can be nurtured. In Cultures of Growth, Dweck’s protégé, Mary Murphy, a social psychologist at both Stanford and Indiana University, shows that mindset transcends individuals. A growth mindset culture can transform any group, team, or classroom to reach breakthroughs while also helping each person achieve their potential. Murphy’s original decade-long research reveals that organizations and teams more geared toward growth inspire deeper learning, spark collaboration, spur innovation, and build trust necessary for risk-taking and inclusion. They are also less likely to cheat, cut corners, or steal each other’s ideas. And they’re more likely to achieve top results. In these cultures, great ideas come from people from all backgrounds and at all levels—not just those anointed as brilliant or talented. Discover how a culture of growth helped make outdoor retailer Patagonia a leader in its field; how Satya Nadella transformed Microsoft; how winemakers Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John are leading with a mindset to disrupt and diversify the entire wine industry; and how a New York school superintendent reversed massive inequities for children of color by reshaping the district’s mindset culture. Drawing on compelling examples from her work with Fortune 500 companies, startups, and schools, Murphy demonstrates that an organization’s mindset culture is the key to success for individuals, teams, and the entire organization, teaching you how to create and sustain a culture of growth no matter your role. Create environments where people want to be, where everyone can thrive and achieve their potential, both individually and together. In a world where success seems reserved for a chosen few, Cultures of Growth unveils a radically different approach to creating organizations that inspire learning, growth, and success at all levels.

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Simon and Schuster

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1982172762

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD

Targeting Executive Dysfunction

By: Mary V. Solanto

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD

Targeting Executive Dysfunction

By: Mary V. Solanto

This highly practical book provides evidence-based strategies for helping adults with ADHD build essential skills for time management, organization, planning, and coping. Each of the 12 group sessions--which can also be adapted for individual therapy--is reviewed in step-by-step detail. Handy features include quick-reference Leader Notes for therapists, engaging in-session exercises, and reproducible take-home notes and homework assignments. The paperback edition includes the adult ADHD criteria from DSM-5. The treatment program presented in this book received the Innovative Program of the Year Award from CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD). See also Taking Charge of Adult ADHD, Second Edition: Proven Strategies to Succeed at Work, at Home, and in Relationships, by Russell A. Barkley, an ideal client recommendation.

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1609187431

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Taming the River

Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities

By: Camille Z. Charles,Mary J. Fischer,Margarita A. Mooney,Douglas S. Massey

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Taming the River

Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities

By: Camille Z. Charles,Mary J. Fischer,Margarita A. Mooney,Douglas S. Massey

Building on their important findings in The Source of the River, the authors now probe even more deeply into minority underachievement at the college level. Taming the River examines the academic and social dynamics of different ethnic groups during the first two years of college. Focusing on racial differences in academic performance, the book identifies the causes of students' divergent grades and levels of personal satisfaction with their institutions. Using survey data collected from twenty-eight selective colleges and universities, Taming the River considers all facets of student life, including who students date, what fields they major in, which sports they play, and how they perceive their own social and economic backgrounds. The book explores how black and Latino students experience pressures stemming from campus racial climate and "stereotype threat"--when students underperform because of anxieties tied to existing negative stereotypes. Describing the relationship between grade performance and stereotype threat, the book shows how this link is reinforced by institutional practices of affirmative action. The authors also indicate that when certain variables are controlled, minority students earn the same grades, express the same college satisfaction, and remain in school at the same rates as white students. A powerful look at how educational policies unfold in America's universities, Taming the River sheds light on the social and racial factors influencing student success.

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Princeton University Press

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0691171149

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Auguste Comte: Volume 3

An Intellectual Biography

By: Mary Pickering

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Auguste Comte: Volume 3

An Intellectual Biography

By: Mary Pickering

This volume explores the life and works of Auguste Comte from 1852 to 1857 and the impact of his positivist philosophy and Religion of Humanity.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521119146

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9780521119146

Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant - E-Book

By: Mary Beth Early

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Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant - E-Book

By: Mary Beth Early

- New content on the latest advances in OT assessment and intervention includes prosthetics and assistive technologies, and updated assessment and interventions of TBI (traumatic brain injury) problems related to cognitive and visual perception.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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032326641X

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Cultural Theory

By: Michael Thompson,Richard J Ellis,Aaron Wildavsky,Mary Wildavsky

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Cultural Theory

By: Michael Thompson,Richard J Ellis,Aaron Wildavsky,Mary Wildavsky

Why do people want what they want? Why does one person see the world as a place to control, while another feels controlled by the world? A useful theory of culture, the authors contend, should start with these questions, and the answers, given different historical conditions, should apply equally well to people of all times, places, and walks of life.Taking their cue from the pioneering work of anthropologist Mary Douglas, the authors of Cultural Theory have created a typology of five ways of life?egalitarianism, fatalism, individualism, hierarchy, and autonomy?to serve as an analytic tool in examining people, culture, and politics. They then show how cultural theorists can develop large numbers of falsifiable propositions.Drawing on parables, poetry, case studies, fiction, and the Great Books, the authors illustrate how cultural biases and social relationships interact in particular ways to yield life patterns that are viable, sustainable, and ultimately, changeable under certain conditions. Figures throughout the book show the dynamic quality of these ways of life and specifically illustrate the role of surprise in effecting small- and large-scale change.The authors compare Cultural Theory with the thought of master social theorists from Montesquieu to Stinchcombe and then reanalyze the classic works in the political culture tradition from Almond and Verba to Pye. Demonstrating that there is more to social life than hierarchy and individualism, the authors offer evidence from earlier studies showing that the addition of egalitarianism and fatalism facilitates cross-national comparisons.

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Routledge

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0429969732

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Redesigning the Nursing and Human Resource Partnership

A Model for the New Normal Era

By: Yupin Aungsuroch,Joko Gunawan,Mary L. Fisher

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Redesigning the Nursing and Human Resource Partnership

A Model for the New Normal Era

By: Yupin Aungsuroch,Joko Gunawan,Mary L. Fisher

This book focuses on the partnership between nursing and human resource management in hospital administration. In doing so, it addresses the barriers and challenges in the process of competence-based recruitment and selection, training and development, rewards and benefits, performance appraisal, career planning and development, and succession planning of nurses in the hospitals, specifically to face the new normal era. There is no doubt that the demand for nurses has been great during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses have become the heroes in the battle of the virus, and their hard work should be appreciated. Yet, burnout, stress, and depression among nurses have become the main issues during the pandemic. Some nurses leave their jobs and profession due to an excessive and stressful workload. This crisis puts a new focus on human resource management in hospital administration to retain their nurses, and also improve the quality of care. In addition to addressing the points above, the book also offers recommendations to resolve the barriers and challenges of competence-based human resource management by emphasizing the partnership between nursing and human recourses to influence nurse practice and human resource policy positively.

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Springer Nature

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9811659907

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Epilepsy Syndromes E-Book

By: Mary Ann Werz,Ignacio L Pita, MD

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Epilepsy Syndromes E-Book

By: Mary Ann Werz,Ignacio L Pita, MD

Drs. Mary Ann Werz and Ignacio L. Pita present Epilepsy Syndromes, a unique book with companion DVD that guides you through the difficult diagnostic challenges associated with this disorder. It is organized by epilepsy syndromes for easy reference, and the DVD shows patient videos running concurrently with their EEG tracings. It's the perfect tool for evaluating patients with seizures. Access the fully searchable contents of the text and a downloadable image library all at expertconsult.com, and 60 EEG videos of actual patient monitoring sessions in longitudinal bipolar, transverse, and referential montages on an accompanying DVD. Reference the experiences of your patients to those of patients recorded during video-EEG monitoring sessions and access links to the relevant imaging used. Reformat montages and filters as if you were reviewing patient data in an epilepsy monitoring unit with the EEG review software on the DVD. Avoid misdiagnoses by differentiating between epilepsy and non-epileptic seizures. Examine patient cases across all age groups so you can treat the widest range of patients: adult, pediatric and neonatal. Determine and evaluate when surgery is appropriate and when it is not. Get quick and easy reference to diagnosis and management with organization by epilepsy syndrome.

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Saunders

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145570654X

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Like a Family

Like a Family

Women in Pastoral Office

Women in Pastoral Office

Operative Techniques in Surgery

Operative Techniques in Surgery

Operative Techniques in Foregut Surgery

Operative Techniques in Foregut Surgery

Praying with One Eye Open

Praying with One Eye Open

Friends Disappear

Friends Disappear

Why Do You Do That?

Why Do You Do That?

Land of a Thousand Cairns

Land of a Thousand Cairns

Cultures of Growth

Cultures of Growth

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD

Taming the River

Taming the River

Auguste Comte: Volume 3

Auguste Comte: Volume 3

Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant - E-Book

Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant - E-Book

Cultural Theory

Cultural Theory

Redesigning the Nursing and Human Resource Partnership

Redesigning the Nursing and Human Resource Partnership

Epilepsy Syndromes E-Book

Epilepsy Syndromes E-Book

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