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Public Policy and Canadian Nursing

Lessons from the Field

By: Michael J. Villeneuve

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Public Policy and Canadian Nursing

Lessons from the Field

By: Michael J. Villeneuve

Public Policy and Canadian Nursing: Lessons from the Field is the first text to explore the structure, governance, financing, and outcomes of Canadian health systems through a nursing lens. Drawing from his years of experience as a nursing leader in Canada, Michael J. Villeneuve looks to the impending system challenges for which policy interventions by nurses would make a valuable difference to Canadians. Intended to bolster the policy leadership competency of nurses, this volume is divided into three modules that guide nurses from the basics of Canadian governance to the history and evolution of health care in Canada and the tools and strategies needed to tackle public policy work. The author introduces readers to essential topics in health policy, including system financing and costs, Canadian population health status, and performance outcomes. Citing examples of nursing action and interventions throughout, this groundbreaking text offers practical tools and strategies to support Canadian nurses taking on policy development and highlights the vital role of the nursing profession in health system transformation. Reader-friendly and highly accessible, it features brief profiles of influential public policy leaders in nursing and other disciplines, discussion questions appropriate for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, and additional policy resources.

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155130970X

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Designing Public Policies

Principles and Instruments

By: Michael Howlett

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Designing Public Policies

Principles and Instruments

By: Michael Howlett

The second edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It examines in detail the range of substantive and procedural policy instruments that together comprise the toolbox from which governments choose tools to resolve policy problems and the principles and practices that lead to their use. Guiding readers through the study of the many different kinds of instruments used by governments in carrying out their tasks, adapting to, and altering, their environments, this book: Discusses current trends in instrument use linked to factors such as globalization and the increasingly networked, digital and collaborative nature of modern society; Considers the principles and practices behind the selection and use of specific types of instruments in contemporary government and the future research agenda of policy design studies and practices; Evaluates in detail the merits, demerits and rationales for the use of specific organization, regulatory, financial and information-based tools and the trends visible in their use including recent efforts to develop and deploy new tools such as nudges and choice architectures, co-production and crowd-sourcing; Addresses the issues surrounding not only individual tools but also concerning the evolution and development of instrument mixes, their relationship to policy styles and the challenges involved in their (re)design. Providing a comprehensive overview of this essential component of modern governance and featuring helpful definitions of key concepts and further reading, this book is essential reading for all students of public policy, administration and management.

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Routledge

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1351866753

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2002

Information Please

By: Information Please,Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2002

Information Please

By: Information Please,Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

The latest edition of the smartest, most authoritative and bestselling sports almanac in America. Whether they're looking for new world records, updating their trivia knowledge, or curious about the most intriguing sports stories of the past year, sports enthusiasts of all kinds will welcome the latest edition of this incredibly popular almanac, which netted more than 100,000 in sales last year alone. ESPN fans will find many of the network's features here as well as: --In-depth statistics from ESPN's award-winning "Inside the Numbers" team. --"SportsCenter's" Top Ten highlights of each sport. --Exclusive essays and analysis from your favorite ESPN personalities, including Chris Berman, Dan Patrick, Kenny Mayne, and more. --Rule and uniform changes. --Hundreds of photographs. --Thousands of graphics and tables. --Fast access to all the facts: world records, champions, year by year, sport by sport. --Full recap of the World Series, Women's World Cup, and Ryder Cup. The ultimate resource for sports professionals and fans everywhere, the ESPN Information Please(R) Sports Almanac is clearly the winner in its field.

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Hyperion

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0786885343

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2007

America's Best-Selling Sports Almanac

By: Michael Morrison,Gerry Brown

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2007

America's Best-Selling Sports Almanac

By: Michael Morrison,Gerry Brown

If one book could settle every heated sports argument, this would be it. From record holders to champions, auto racing to the Iditarod, ballparks, business news, and Who's Who to the dearly departed athletes of the year past, the ESPN Sports Almanac serves up so much vital information at such a rapid clip: hundreds of photos, thousands of tables, countless facts and figures, plus expert analysis from ESPN's most popular personalities (Chris Berman, Dan Patrick, Linda Cohn, Stuart Scott, Dick Vitale et al.). Add input from the fans via ESPN.com's polls and ESPN's unique brand of humor and it's easy to see why the ESPN Sports Almanac is No. 1 in the game. The most-recognized name in sports, ESPN reaches over 175 million households in over 160 countries worldwide. The power of the television network, the radio stations, ESPN.com, and the magazine will be used to promote the Almanac.

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1933060166

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Sensing the Divine

Influences of Near-Death, Out-of-Body & Cognate Neurology in Shaping Early Religious Behaviours

By: Michael N. Marsh

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Sensing the Divine

Influences of Near-Death, Out-of-Body & Cognate Neurology in Shaping Early Religious Behaviours

By: Michael N. Marsh

This book proposes another unique basis for the origins of religion from disturbances in brain function. It proposes the novel idea that near-death and out-of-body experiences (ND/OBE) engendered “a sense of the divine” in ancient man. As the author points out, key aspects of ND/OBE are thematic of all later established religions. These include journeys to heaven, sightings of brightly-lit godlike figures, and dead people now alive. Thus, ND/OBE could be the originating source of these spiritual motifs. To this, the author adds a fourth factor: various brain influences contribute to or modulate ND/OBE. Such cognate neurological disorders include REM-sleep intrusions, sleep paralysis, narcolepsy, and the Guillain-Barré syndrome. Errors due to aberrant switching between key neural control centers disrupt critical state-boundaries between consciousness and dreaming. This may induce NDE. Thus, in this state, subjects temporarily fail to understand where they are, undergo loss of self, and detached from the world. They imagine a “union with Gods.” Here, then, is the biological basis of ineffability. Ancient humans gained beliefs about the "supernatural" through day-to-day existence. This book argues that near death experiences and cognate neurological conditions, some genetically-determined, could have facilitated, even augmented such beliefs. Hence, in configuring another realm of “spiritual” experience beyond the known environment, these neurological possibilities offer effective traction.

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Springer Nature

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303067326X

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2004

The Definitive Sports Reference Book

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2004

The Definitive Sports Reference Book

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

The #1 bestselling sports almanac is the ultimate resource for sports professionals and fans everywhere. ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, once again brings enthusiasts the most authoritative sports reference book ever published. Whether they're looking for new world records, updating their trivia knowledge, or curious about the most intriguing sports stories of the past year, sports fans will welcome the latest edition of this bestselling almanac, and ESPN fans will find familiar segments from many of ESPN's outlets, including studio shows, radio, on-line, ESPN The Magazine, as well as: -- In-depth statistics from ESPN's award-winning "Inside the Numbers" -- Top Ten moments from each sport -- Exclusive essays and analysis from your favorite ESPN personalities, including Chris Berman, Dan Patrick, Stuart Scott, Linda Cohn, and more -- Hundreds of photographs -- Thousands of graphics and tables -- Fast access to all the facts: world records, champions, year-by-year, sport-by-sport -- A full recap of the 2003 World Series The ultimate resource for sports professionals and fans everywhere, the 2004 ESPN Sports Almanac is clearly the champion in its field.

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0786887168

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2006

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2006

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

An Englishman's continuing search through space and time for a decent cup of tea . . . Arthur Dent's accidental association with that wholly remarkable book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, has not been entirely without incident. Arthur has traveled the length, breadth, and depth of known, and unknown, space. He has stumbled forward and backward through time. He has been blown up, reassembled, cruelly imprisoned, horribly released, and colorfully insulted more than is strictly necessary. And of course Arthur Dent has comprehensively failed to grasp the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. Arthur has finally made it home to Earth, but that does not mean he has escaped his fate. Arthur's chances of getting his hands on a decent cuppa have evaporated rapidly, along with all the world's oceans. For no sooner has he touched down on the planet Earth than he finds out that it is about to be blown up . . . again. And Another Thing . . . is the rather unexpected, but very welcome, sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. It features a pantheon of unemployed gods, everyone's favorite renegade Galactic President, a lovestruck green alien, an irritating computer, and at least one very large slab of cheese.

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1933060042

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Governing Europe's Marine Environment

Europeanization of Regional Seas or Regionalization of EU Policies?

By: Michael Gilek

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Governing Europe's Marine Environment

Europeanization of Regional Seas or Regionalization of EU Policies?

By: Michael Gilek

Governing Europe's Marine Environment is a coherent up-to-date multidisciplinary analysis of current approaches and challenges to the sustainable governance of Europe's marine environment. Structured in three parts, Part 1 outlines general theoretical ideas about governance, governing, and governability and serves as a starting point for analysing the development of marine governance in Europe from the perspective of different disciplines. Part 2 includes studies of EU marine governance. Part 3 focuses on Europe's regional seas, namely the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. This book presents a better understanding of the fragmented governance of marine governance in Europe and in particular the tension between the Europeanization of regional seas and the regionalization of EU policies.

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1317125703

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Public Policy and Canadian Nursing

Lessons from the Field

By: Michael J. Villeneuve

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Lessons from the Field

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ESPN Sports Almanac 1999

Information Please

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

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ESPN Sports Almanac 1999

Information Please

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

ESPN has taken the original Information Please Sports Almanac, known for its thorough stats, compelling facts, and commentary, and added ESPN's unique voice, point of view, and contributions of network personalities. Taking on the witty "quick-hits" tone ESPN is famous for, the new ESPN almanac includes "Inside the Numbers" statistics, expanded quotes, rule changes, ESPN coverage of the top 40 stories and personalities of the year--with continued annual coverage of college, pro, international and Olympic Sports, bizarre sports occurrences, Hall of Fame awards, Who's Who, parks and arenas, business and media, plus much, much more.

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0786883669

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Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences

Brain-State Phenomena Or Glimpses of Immortality?

By: Michael N. Marsh

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Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences

Brain-State Phenomena Or Glimpses of Immortality?

By: Michael N. Marsh

Discrediting 'mystical' or 'psychical' interpretations of out-of-body and near-death experiences, Michael Marsh demonstrates how these phenomena are explicable in terms of brain neurophysiology and its neuropathological disturbances, and discusses the theological and philosophical implications of his hypotheses.

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Oxford University Press

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0199571503

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Book's by Michael J. Villeneuve

Public Policy and Canadian Nursing

Public Policy and Canadian Nursing

Designing Public Policies

Designing Public Policies

ESPN Sports Almanac 2002

ESPN Sports Almanac 2002

ESPN Sports Almanac 2007

ESPN Sports Almanac 2007

Sensing the Divine

Sensing the Divine

ESPN Sports Almanac 2004

ESPN Sports Almanac 2004

ESPN Sports Almanac 2006

ESPN Sports Almanac 2006

Governing Europe's Marine Environment

Governing Europe's Marine Environment

Public Policy and Canadian Nursing

Public Policy and Canadian Nursing

ESPN Sports Almanac 1999

ESPN Sports Almanac 1999

Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences

Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences

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