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Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Sport and Exercise Science and Medicine E-Book

By: Sheila Jennett

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Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Sport and Exercise Science and Medicine E-Book

By: Sheila Jennett

The dictionary is designed to be a pocket companion, for ready access by students, postgraduates, trainers, and health professionals involved in sport and exercise. It provides definitions and short accounts of terms used and techniques employed in the study and practical application of the relevant anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and psychology, and of commonly associated medical problems and treatments. Illustrations are included in the A-Z text, and appendices provide additional reference information and sources for further study. - Wide coverage in A-Z text of relevant basic and applied topics relevant to sport and exercise. - Full contact information for professional associations. - Illustrations, graphs and tables. - Team of expert contributors.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0080982522

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9780080982526

Skeletal Radiography

A Concise Introduction to Projection Radiography

By: Sheila Bull

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Skeletal Radiography

A Concise Introduction to Projection Radiography

By: Sheila Bull

This is the second edition of an old favourite written for all students of radiography at all levels of interest. The book includes descriptions of projection radiographic techniques combined with an outline of the more common or noteworthy associated trauma and pathology. Each projection is numbered and cross-referenced; a useful table of projections is included at the beginning of each chapter. Skeletal Radiography provides a good introduction to the medical terminology encountered in radiographic practice. Content has been expanded and updated to take into account the latest guidelines from the Royal College of Radiologists, changes in treatments and other medical knowledge. Some new projections have been added, others removed and a few (notably in the skull chapters) have been retained for historical interest.

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Toolkit Publications

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0955131103

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9780955131103

Scottish Customs

By: Sheila Livingstone

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Scottish Customs

By: Sheila Livingstone

Customs play an important part in all societies and offer fascinating insights into a country's history and culture. Scotland boasts a multitude of unique customs, many of which can be traced back to the times of the Druids, Celts and Romans. This book introduces hundreds of Scottish customs associated with a huge range of topics. As well as customs associated with key events of our lives, from birth to death, it also includes customs associated with the world of work, food and drink, health, animals and nature. Extracts from written works through the ages bring these customs to life and show how important they have been in the story of Scotland for thousands of years.

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Birlinn Ltd

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1788854519

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The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality

By: Sheila Whiteley,Shara Rambarran

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The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality

By: Sheila Whiteley,Shara Rambarran

Has the virtual invaded the realm of the real, or has the real expanded its definition to include what once was characterized as virtual? With the continual evolution of digital technology, this distinction grows increasingly hazy. But perhaps the distinction has become obsolete; perhaps it is time to pay attention to the intersections, mutations, and transmigrations of the virtual and the real. Certainly it is time to reinterpret the practice and study of music. The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality, edited by Sheila Whiteley and Shara Rambarran, is the first book to offer a kaleidoscope of interdisciplinary perspectives from scholars around the globe on the way in which virtuality mediates the dissemination, acquisition, performance, creation, and reimagining of music. The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality addresses eight themes that often overlap and interact with one another. Questions of the role of the audience, artistic agency, individual and communal identity, subjectivity, and spatiality repeatedly arise. Authors specifically explore phenomena including holographic musicians and virtual bands, and the benefits and detriments surrounding the free circulation of music on the internet. In addition, the book investigates the way in which fans and musicians negotiate gender identities as well as the dynamics of audience participation and community building in a virtual environment. The handbook rehistoricizes the virtual by tracing its progression from cartoons in the 1950s to current industry innovations and changes in practice. Well-grounded and wide-reaching, this is a book that students of any number of disciplines, from Music to Cultural Studies, have awaited.

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Oxford University Press

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0199321299

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9780199321292

The Gingerbread Girl

A heartwarming historical fiction novel from the Queen of family saga

By: Sheila Newberry

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The Gingerbread Girl

A heartwarming historical fiction novel from the Queen of family saga

By: Sheila Newberry

ALL SHE WANTED WAS A HOME London, 1936 Ill and stuck in hospital at Christmas, seven year old Cora Kelly is excited to receive a visit from her mother, who brings her the gift of a gingerbread man. But little does Cora know that this will be the last time she sees her . . . As Cora continues her recovery on a farm in the beautiful Norfolk countryside, tragedy strikes her family and she moves back to London with her new guardian, Eliza. Here they live a happy, if simple, life. But, as the Second World War approaches, and the past comes knocking, everything changes. Will Cora be able to escape the inevitable, or is she destined to repeat her parents' mistakes? For fans of Katie Flynn and Sheila Jeffries, The Gingerbread Girl is a heart-warming, festive novel from the Queen of family saga, Sheila Newberry. 'So gloriously nostalgic . . . a perfect example of her talent.' Maureen Lee, bestselling author of The Seven Streets of Liverpool 'Like having dinner with your mother in her warm and cosy kitchen.' Diane Allen, bestselling author of For the Sake of Her Family

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Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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1785761714

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9781785761713

Small-town Boy, Small-town Girl

Growing Up in South Dakota, 1920-1950

By: Eric B. Fowler,Sheila Delaney

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Small-town Boy, Small-town Girl

Growing Up in South Dakota, 1920-1950

By: Eric B. Fowler,Sheila Delaney

Milbank and Mitchell, dissimilar in size and separated by more than two hundred miles, have more in common than might appear at first glance. In the first half of the twentieth century towns such as Milbank and Mitchell formed hubs for commerce, social activities, and culture. Eric Fowler and Sheila Delaney looked at their communities from different viewpoints, but their childhood and young adult memories of South Dakota share common themes.

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SDSHS Press

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0979894077

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9780979894077

EBOOK: Understanding Youth and Crime

By: Sheila Brown

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EBOOK: Understanding Youth and Crime

By: Sheila Brown

Reviewers’ comments on the first edition “This is an excellent introductory textbook on youth and crime. It is excellent not only in its analysis of criminological questions about youthful offending, but also because it positions the debate within a wider context of the relationship between young people and society.” Young People Now “The style is lively and readable, and the reader is pointed unobtrusively within the text towards the work of the leading authors in the field… a thorough and thoughtful introduction to the subject.” Social Policy “a critical and scholarly summary of the state of research and theorizing around ‘youth and crime’ … This book provides a useful and challenging overview of the topic for undergraduate students.” The Times Higher Education Supplement This book is an accessible introduction to the subject of youth and crime. The author explores the social construction of childhood and youth, and looks at the role of the media in creating a strong association of young people with crime and disorder, which sustains processes of marginalization and exclusion and leads to frequent ‘panics’ about youth crime. The importance of media representations of race and gender in these processes are also explored. The second edition is substantially revised and updated to take account of new political events and legislative developments, including: A new chapter on the phenomenon of ‘cybercrime’ A critical examination of recent developments in youth justice policy A new chapter on the impact of globalization on young people, which raises major issues around poverty, war and the commercial exploitation of children. This is a key text for students in criminology, sociology, social policy, and cultural studies.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335224407

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9780335224401

Writing Revolution: Representation, Rhetoric, and Revolutionary Politics

By: Sheila Delany

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Writing Revolution: Representation, Rhetoric, and Revolutionary Politics

By: Sheila Delany

Revolutionary and writer: how do they fit together in one person’s work? Using literary texts from French, German, Russian and American pro-revolutionary writers, Sheila Delany examines the synergy of politics and rhetoric, art and social commitment. The writers she considers gave voice to the hopes of their time. Some led the events in person as well as through their writing; others worked to build a movement. Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Luxemburg, Mao, Sylvain Maréchal, Boris Lavrenov, Bertolt Brecht and others are here: consummate rhetoricians all, not necessarily on the same page politically but for the revolutions of their day.

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BRILL

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9004684093

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9789004684096

The Essentials of Nursing: An Introduction

By: Sheila Collins,Edith Parker

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The Essentials of Nursing: An Introduction

By: Sheila Collins,Edith Parker

The change in title of this the first book in the Series emphasises that this is the foundation forming the link with all the texts in the Series - including the new book Mental Handicap. The content aims to help nursing students preparing for registration and qualified nurses updating their knowledge as recommended by the statutory bodies - the UKCC and National Boards. The second edition contains considerable new material, including the publications from the UKCC regarding guidelines on the rules and competencies for registration and guidelines on the administration of medicines (1986). References and further reading lists have been brought up-to-date, for example reference is made to the disease AIDS and the RCN guidelines for nurses. The sequence of the text has been changed radically to re-emphasise the uniqueness of the individual - both as a patient, and a nurse.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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134909482X

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9781349094820

So You Want to be a Political Journalist

By: Sheila Gunn

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So You Want to be a Political Journalist

By: Sheila Gunn

In the wake of 2010's historic general election politics commands more column inches and air time than ever before. Yet most political journalists failed to foresee the consequences of a coalition government. And they are still struggling to understand and reflect the new political environment in their coverage. While there is plenty of debate about the current state of politics and journalism, aspiring political reporters receive little guidance. Are unscrupulous spin doctors simply spoon-feeding them stories? Do they push their own politically-biased agendas? This book aims to focus on helping to produce competent and confident journalists who report on politics without fear or favour. With chapters on starting out in the trade, where to find the story, how to report it, and how to deal with the political classes, this book is the essential guide for journalism students, trainee journalists and journalists looking to understand the mechanisms of Westminster and Whitehall. Edited by Sheila Gunn, who was a political reporter on The Times and spin doctor to John Major, So You Want To Be A Political Journalist features contributions from a wide range of current and former political journalists from print, broadcast and on-line media. An essential resource for journalism students and the perfect refresher for seasoned reporters. Author lectures on political journalism on City University's prestigious journalism course. The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) recognizes 63 journalism courses at colleges around Britain. In addition, there are hundreds of further colleges and organisations running media studies courses.

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184954154X

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The Women of Faith Daily Devotional

By: Patsy Clairmont,Barbara Johnson,Marilyn Meberg,Luci Swindoll,Sheila Walsh,Thelma Wells

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The Women of Faith Daily Devotional

By: Patsy Clairmont,Barbara Johnson,Marilyn Meberg,Luci Swindoll,Sheila Walsh,Thelma Wells

A Year-Long Celebration of Faith Sometimes an encouraging word can turn your whole day around. Other times, all you need is a good laugh. Then there are times a personal insight lets you know that you are not alone. Or a bit of wisdom connects God's Word to your everyday life. You'll find them all in the Women of Faith Daily Devotional. This beautiful, warmly written book illuminates twelve aspects of faith that will help you start the year with hope and finish it in peace. With 366 brand new devotions, the Women of Faith Daily Devotional is filled with the best heart-to-heart writings of six women who have strengthened and inspired thousands of readers. Patsy Clairmont, Barbara Johnson, Marilyn Meberg, Luci Swindoll, Sheila Walsh, and Thelma Wells open up their lives to share with you the bright, the amusing, the painful, and the hard-won wisdom they contain. You'll treasure this wise and encouraging book. Spend a quiet moment with it each day to renew your spirit and connect with God.

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Zondervan

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0310864860

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9780310864868

Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion

By: Andrew Delahunty,Sheila Dignen

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Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion

By: Andrew Delahunty,Sheila Dignen

Allusions are a marvelous literary shorthand. A miser is a Scrooge, a strong man a Samson, a beautiful woman a modern-day Helen of Troy. From classical mythology to modern movies and TV shows, this revised and updated third edition explains the meanings of more than 2,000 allusions in use in modern English, from Abaddon to Zorro, Tartarus to Tarzan, and Rambo to Rubens. Based on an extensive reading program that has identified the most commonly used allusions, this fascinating volume includes numerous quotations to illustrate usage, drawn from sources ranging from Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens to Bridget Jones's Diary. In addition, the dictionary includes a useful thematic index, so that readers not only can look up Medea to find out how her name is used as an allusion, but also can look up the theme of "Revenge" and find, alongside Medea, entries for other figures used to allude to revenge, such as The Furies or The Count of Monte Cristo. Hailed by Library Journal as "wonderfully conceived and extraordinarily useful," this superb reference--now available in paperback--will appeal to anyone who enjoys language in all its variety. It is especially useful for students and writers.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199567468

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9780199567461

Palliative Care Nursing: Principles And Evidence For Practice

principles and evidence for practice

By: Payne, Sheila,Seymour, Jane,Ingleton, Christine

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Palliative Care Nursing: Principles And Evidence For Practice

principles and evidence for practice

By: Payne, Sheila,Seymour, Jane,Ingleton, Christine

This textbook in palliative care nursing draws together the principles and evidence that underpins practice to support nurses working in specialist palliative care settings and those whose work involves end-of-life care.

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0335221815

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9780335221813

Essentials of Nutrition and Dietetics for Nursing

By: Sheila John

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Essentials of Nutrition and Dietetics for Nursing

By: Sheila John

Essentials of Nutrition and Dietetics for Nursing, 2/eJohn ; Jasmine This textbook explains the basic principles of nutrition and dietetics and their applications to health and disease. A concise, yet comprehensive text, Essentials of Nutrition and Dietetics for Nursing, is tailored to suit the Indian Nursing Council requirements for the B. Sc. Nursing Programme and has provided thousands of students with the latest information on nutrition. The first edition has received appreciation for its simplicity, clarity, brevity and user-friendly nature. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated with the information on the current trends in nutrition and dietetics without changing its flavour. Both graduate and postgraduate students will find this book extremely useful in not only acquiring a thorough understanding of nutrition and dietetics, but also in preparing for their exams confidently.

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Wolters kluwer india Pvt Ltd

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9351296660

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9789351296669

Man's Dominion

The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights

By: Sheila Jeffreys

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Man's Dominion

The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights

By: Sheila Jeffreys

In this feminist critique of the politics of religion, Sheila Jeffreys argues that the renewed rise of religion is harmful to women’s human rights. The book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy. Focusing on the three monotheistic religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this book examines common anti-women attitudes such as ‘male-headship’, impurity of women, the need to control women’s bodies, and their modern manifestations in multicultural Western states. It points to the incorporation of religious law into legal systems, faith schools, and campaigns led by Christian and Islamic organisations against women’s rights at the U.N., and explains how religious rights threaten to subvert women’s rights. Including highly-topical chapters on the burka and the covering of women, and polygamy, this text questions the ideology of multiculturalism which shields religion from criticism by demanding respect for culture and faith, whilst ignoring the harm that women suffer from religion. Man’s Dominion is an incisive and polemic text that will be of interest to students of gender studies, religion, and politics.

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Routledge

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1136626468

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9781136626463

Critical Care Nursing

Science and Practice

By: Sheila K. Adam,Sue Osborne

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Critical Care Nursing

Science and Practice

By: Sheila K. Adam,Sue Osborne

The structure of the book allows new students to understand the physiology underlying the patient's condition before concentrating on the priorities of interventions and nursing care. Critical Care Nursing will not only act as an excellent base for nurses new to the critical care area, but will also provide an updated review of evidence-based practice for nurses already familiar with the discipline."--BOOK JACKET.

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Oxford University Press

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0198525877

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9780198525875

Principles and Practice of Electrical Epilation

By: Sheila Godfrey

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Principles and Practice of Electrical Epilation

By: Sheila Godfrey

Written for the practising electrolysist and student 'The Principles and Practice of Electrical Epilation' covers all aspects of electro-epilation and takes into account recent changes and advances in training and technology during the past decade. This new edition brings these changes into focus. Topics covered in the third edition of this book include: * improved standards of training * the Blend technique of electro-epilation * the development of pre-sterilized disposable needles * training * health and safety at work. A knowledge of endocrinology, the structure and growth cycle of hair, the skin, hygiene, electricity and basic first aid is essential to an understanding of why hair growth occurs, and this problem - which causes distress to very many people - can be treated both safely and efficiently. The book covers all these topics, and also gives advance on how to set up your own practice.

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Routledge

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1136372105

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9781136372100

Poverty, Class and Gender in Rural Africa

A Tanzanian Case Study

By: John Sender,Sheila Smith

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Poverty, Class and Gender in Rural Africa

A Tanzanian Case Study

By: John Sender,Sheila Smith

Focussing on a Fieldwork study of the West Usambaras in Tanzania, this study, first published in 1990, deals with processes of class formation and capitalist accumulation, and the dynamics of rural poverty and gender relations. Arguing that rural differentiation is systematically reinforced by the socialist state, the authors offer a critique of government intervention and discuss alternative, more effective forms of policy.

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1136856781

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Let's Go to the Grand!

100 Years of Entertainment at London's Grand Theatre

By: Sheila M. F. Johnston

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Let's Go to the Grand!

100 Years of Entertainment at London's Grand Theatre

By: Sheila M. F. Johnston

This lavishly illustrated book lovingly documents 100 years in the life of the Grand Theatre of London, Ontario, which opened in 1901.

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Dundurn

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1896219756

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9781896219752

Epilepsy in Children, 2E

By: Sheila J Wallace,Kevin Farrell

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Epilepsy in Children, 2E

By: Sheila J Wallace,Kevin Farrell

Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder of childhood, occurring both in children whose physical and cognitive states are otherwise normal as well as being a facet of a more generalised and severe brain disease. There are many manifestations of epilepsy and, therefore, a diversity of factors in underlying pathology, responses to treatment and prognosis. Full understanding requires knowledge of the basic science that underlies epilepsy and its causes, and an appreciation of cognitive, psychiatric and social factors. This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date review of all aspects of childhood epilepsy for the specialist neurologist or paediatrician with an interest in this area. The first edition was praised for its valuable clinical approach to examining the nature of epileptic syndromes and for its appropriate and readable coverage of the underlying basic science, features that are retained and expanded upon in this revision. Particular updates include full coverage of new developments in epidemiology, genetics, classification, imaging, drug therapy and other treatments. Several new chapters have been added, covering eyelid myoclonia, Rasmussen's syndrome, cognitive and behavioural manifestations of epilepsy, and vagal nerve stimulation. This book is essential reading for paediatric neurologists, epileptologists and paediatricians, and will continue to provide invaluable support for any physician confronted by a child with epilepsy.

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CRC Press

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0340808144

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9780340808146

The Midwife and Society

Perspectives, Policies and Practice

By: Sheila C. Hunt,Anthea Symonds

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The Midwife and Society

Perspectives, Policies and Practice

By: Sheila C. Hunt,Anthea Symonds

Applying sociological theories to midwifery practice, this clear and accessible book offers a broad review of relevant social policies and their philosophy and effects especially on child-bearing women, as well as exploring the social meaning of concepts such as motherhood, fatherhood, professionalisation and the role of the state.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349136549

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Improving Maternity Services

The Epidemiologically Based Needs Assessment Reviews, Vol 2

By: Denis Walsh,Sheila Kitzinger,Norman Ellis

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Improving Maternity Services

The Epidemiologically Based Needs Assessment Reviews, Vol 2

By: Denis Walsh,Sheila Kitzinger,Norman Ellis

This title includes Foreword by Sheila Kitzinger, Writer, Researcher, Activist and Honorary Professor, Wolfson School of Health Sciences, Thames Valley University. Birth centres are suitable for every woman whose birth is straightforward, which accounts for around 75 per cent of all women. This inspirational guide shows how small scale maternity provision has a profound clinical and organisational advantage over large scale hospital provision, including saving of time and money by reducing intervention rates. It presents the thoughts and feelings of midwives and patients and how both enjoy the humane and compassionate care of the birth centre ethos. The book is invaluable for midwives, obstetricians, doulas, maternity care assistants and maternity service planners and managers. It also provides enlightening information for general practitioners and other health and social care professionals, maternity service users groups and academics with an interest in midwifery and health services. "What birth centres do best is simply providing humane childbirth care. There are no high tech gadgetry, doctors or dramatic stories of childbirth rescues that make it into the media. Yet 'miracles' happen inside their walls every day as women have their babies after normal labours and births. Until now, there have been very few books detailing what happens in birth centres so that women and childbirth professionals can be introduced to an alternative beyond the large hospital model. This book provides a window in on the birth centre model and there are some exciting things to find there about childbirth care in the 21st century." - Denis Walsh, in the Preface. "Denis Walsh has one of the most incisive, analytical and brilliant minds in nursing and midwifery research today. He demonstrates the difference between a quality environment for birth where a woman can create her own 'nest', and a technocratic, bureaucratically controlled, highly medicalised and risk-oriented birth culture dominated by the clock, which is most women's experience today." - Sheila Kitzinger, in the Foreword.

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1315347296

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Birth Crisis

By: Sheila Kitzinger

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Birth Crisis

By: Sheila Kitzinger

One new mother in twenty is diagnosed with traumatic stress after childbirth. Drawing on mothers' voices and real-life experiences, Sheila Kitzinger explores the anxiety and panic experienced by these women.

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Routledge

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1134193033

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Malaria in Colonial South Asia

Uncoupling Disease and Destitution

By: Sheila Zurbrigg

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Malaria in Colonial South Asia

Uncoupling Disease and Destitution

By: Sheila Zurbrigg

This book highlights the role of acute hunger in malaria lethality in colonial South Asia and investigates how this understanding came to be lost in modern medical, epidemic, and historiographic thought. Using the case studies of colonial Punjab, Sri Lanka, and Bengal, it traces the loss of fundamental concepts and language of hunger in the inter-war period with the reductive application of the new specialisms of nutritional science and immunology, and a parallel loss of the distinction between infection (transmission) and morbid disease. The study locates the final demise of the ‘Human Factor’ (hunger) in malaria history within pre- and early post-WW2 international health institutions – the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation and the nascent WHO’s Expert Committee on Malaria. It examines the implications of this epistemic shift for interpreting South Asian health history, and reclaims a broader understanding of common endemic infection (endemiology) as a prime driver, in the context of subsistence precarity, of epidemic mortality history and demographic change. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of public health, social medicine and social epidemiology, imperial history, epidemic and demographic history, history of medicine, medical sociology, and sociology.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000691454

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9781000691450

Epidemic Malaria and Hunger in Colonial Punjab

Weakened by Want

By: Sheila Zurbrigg

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Epidemic Malaria and Hunger in Colonial Punjab

Weakened by Want

By: Sheila Zurbrigg

This book documents the primary role of acute hunger (semi- and frank starvation) in the ‘fulminant’ malaria epidemics that repeatedly afflicted the northwest plains of British India through the first half of colonial rule. Using Punjab vital registration data and regression analysis it also tracks the marked decline in annual malaria mortality after 1908 with the control of famine, despite continuing post-monsoonal malaria transmission across the province. The study establishes a time-series of annual malaria mortality estimates for each of the 23 plains districts of colonial Punjab province between 1868 and 1947 and for the early post-Independence years (1948-60) in (East) Punjab State. It goes on to investigate the political imperatives motivating malaria policy shifts on the part of the British Raj. This work reclaims the role of hunger in Punjab malaria mortality history and, in turn, raises larger epistemic questions regarding the adequacy of modern concepts of nutrition and epidemic causation in historical and demographic analysis. Part of The Social History of Health and Medicine in South Asia series, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of colonial history, modern history, social medicine, social anthropology and public health.

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0429758766

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9780429758768

Countercultures and Popular Music

By: Sheila Whiteley,Jedediah Sklower

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Countercultures and Popular Music

By: Sheila Whiteley,Jedediah Sklower

’Counterculture’ emerged as a term in the late 1960s and has been re-deployed in more recent decades in relation to other forms of cultural and socio-political phenomena. This volume provides an essential new academic scrutiny of the concept of ’counterculture’ and a critical examination of the period and its heritage. Recent developments in sociological theory complicate and problematise theories developed in the 1960s, with digital technology, for example, providing an impetus for new understandings of counterculture. Music played a significant part in the way that the counterculture authored space in relation to articulations of community by providing a shared sense of collective identity. Not least, the heady mixture of genres provided a socio-cultural-political backdrop for distinctive musical practices and innovations which, in relation to counterculture ideology, provided a rich experiential setting in which different groups defined their relationship both to the local and international dimensions of the movement, so providing a sense of locality, community and collective identity.

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Achieving Competencies For Nursing Practice: A Handbook For Student Nurses

By: Reading, Sheila,Webster, Brian

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Achieving Competencies For Nursing Practice: A Handbook For Student Nurses

By: Reading, Sheila,Webster, Brian

This book will offer examples to nursing students to enable a creative and innovative understanding of how the competencies may be demonstrated in the many contexts where practice occurs with individuals, groups or possibly communities.

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The Accidental Bride

By: Sheila Rabe

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The Accidental Bride

By: Sheila Rabe

Elyza has manipulated her sister Emily into secretly exchanging costumes with her for the masked soiree. To her delight, Emily dances several times with the incredibly handsome Charles Trevor. When he, then, asks for her hand in marriage and later learns of his mistake, he plans to break off the engagement. But ensuing events lead him to reconsider. A delightful Regency romp.

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Zebra Books

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0821745972

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Zoo Animals

Behaviour, Management, and Welfare

By: Geoff Hosey,Vicky Melfi,Sheila Pankhurst

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Zoo Animals

Behaviour, Management, and Welfare

By: Geoff Hosey,Vicky Melfi,Sheila Pankhurst

Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management, and Welfare is the ideal resource for anyone needing a thorough grounding in this subject, whether as a student or as a zoo professional.

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Oxford University Press

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The Last Trek

A Study of the Boer People and the Afrikaner Nation

By: Sheila Patterson

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The Last Trek

A Study of the Boer People and the Afrikaner Nation

By: Sheila Patterson

This book evaluates the historical factors that produced the Boer people, and the political, religious and economic forces that maintain modern Afrikaner Nationalism. This last trek brings the Afrikaner back into multi-racial integrating industrial society. Originally published in 1957.

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Psychology Press

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041532999X

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Placement Learning in Community Nursing

A guide for students in practice

By: Jane Harris,Sheila Nimmo

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Placement Learning in Community Nursing

A guide for students in practice

By: Jane Harris,Sheila Nimmo

Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities. - A logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for a medical placement - Helps make the most of learning opportunities - Narratives from other students describe what the placement will really be like - Honest discussion of the challenges of a placement in the community to help avoid problems - Advice on possible approaches to situations that may arise on a community placement Series features: - A unique guide to getting the most from clinical placements - What to expect before a placement - What you can expect to learn on placement - How to consolidate your experience and learning - Clear links and examples with NMC proficiencies - Guidance on what to use as evidence for portfolios - Short case studies to link theory with practice - Key points reminder boxes

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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070205173X

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The Neurobiology of Learning

Perspectives From Second Language Acquisition

By: John H. Schumann,Sheila E. Crowell,Nancy E. Jones,Namhee Lee,Sara Ann Schuchert

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The Neurobiology of Learning

Perspectives From Second Language Acquisition

By: John H. Schumann,Sheila E. Crowell,Nancy E. Jones,Namhee Lee,Sara Ann Schuchert

The aim of the book is to demonstrate that language is not a unique cognitive ability that requires specialized neuromechanisms. It seeks to cover areas that support aspects of learning language and speculates how language might be learned.

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1135619522

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The Development of Capitalism in Africa

By: John Sender,Sheila Smith

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The Development of Capitalism in Africa

By: John Sender,Sheila Smith

First published in 1986, this work challenges underdevelopment analyses of Africa’s past experiences and future prospects, and builds upon a very wide range of recent historical research to argue that the impact of Capitalism has resulted in economic progress and significant improvements in living standards. In marked contrast to the dependency approach, they propose that the important political and economic differences between the experiences of developing countries should be stressed and analysed. The argument is supported by a detailed look at the emergence since 1900 of capitalist social relations of production in nine different countries.

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Routledge

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1136856714

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The Revaluation of Women's Work

By: Sheila Lewenhak

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The Revaluation of Women's Work

By: Sheila Lewenhak

This book provides a survey and analysis of the different ways in which women's work is valued throughout the world. It challenges the narrow definition of work as paid work, as that excludes so many of women's activities. It looks at ways in which women's worth has been consistently undervalued in industrial as well as non-industrial countries, in socialist as well as free-enterprise economies. These practices distort the national product of countries heavily dependent on women's labour, but, above all, they are among the most obvious marks of the exploitation of women. Technological changes are already altering established female/male divisions of labour. Transnational enterprises, often located in Special Economic Zones, are reducing differences between industrial and nonindustrial countries. Valuing women's work correctly, whether unpaid in the home or underpaid outside it, is part of the battle against discrimination and poverty. Men who do similar work also benefit. It is the crucial step towards the achievement of male/female equality. The book will be particularly valuable for those concerned with the issues, in trade unions, women's groups, international agencies and NGOs and for course in economics and social studies.

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1134049307

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Challenges in Midwifery Care

By: Sheila C. Hunt,Ishbel Kargar

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Challenges in Midwifery Care

By: Sheila C. Hunt,Ishbel Kargar

There is growing recognition in the field of midwifery that there is no single 'best' system of maternity care for all women, and that not only do individual women have specific needs, but certain groups of women have special needs. The book examines the needs of these groups while continuing to treat the women as individuals.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349134252

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Harnessed to the Pole

Sledge Dogs in Service to American Explorers of the Arctic 1853-1909

By: Sheila Nickerson

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Harnessed to the Pole

Sledge Dogs in Service to American Explorers of the Arctic 1853-1909

By: Sheila Nickerson

In the second half of the nineteenth century, an epic race was underway in some of the most brutal stretches on the planet. Explorers from around the world hoped to stake their claim on the Arctic, with the North Pole being the ultimate prize. Those with the greatest success found that the fastest way to travel was on four legs—using a team of hardworking sledge dogs. Harnessed to the Pole follows the adventures of eight American explorers and their dog teams, starting with Elisha Kent Kane and ending with Robert Peary, controversial claimant of the title of first to reach the North Pole. While history has long forgotten these “little camels of the north,” Sheila Nickerson reveals how critical dogs were to the Arctic conquest. Besides providing transportation in extreme conditions, sledge dogs protected against wolves and polar bears, helped in hunting, found their way through storms, and provided warmth in extreme cold. They also faced rough handling, starvation, and the possibility of being left behind as expeditions plunged ahead. Harnessed to the Pole is an extraordinary—and unflinching—look at the dogs that raced to the top of the world.

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1602232245

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