Following the hidden lives of the global "1%", this book examines the networks, social practices, marriages, and machinations of the elite in Pakistan. In doing so, it reveals the daily, even ...więcej »
For the first time ever in a social science work, obstetricians tell their own stories of training, practice, fear, and transformation in this the first of the 3-volume series The Anthropology...więcej »
Volume 2 in this landmark 3-volume series The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession looks at cog...więcej »
Miscarriage is a significant women's health issue. Research has consistently shown that one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. This collected volume explores miscarriage in diverse histor...więcej »
A comprehensive introduction to mental health providing readers with short overviews of 70 key theories, concepts and themes associated with mental health. Each entry is summarised succinctly in a ...więcej »
A clear introduction to effective decision making in nursing providing an overview of the theory, knowledge, models and frameworks that can help nurses make better decisions.więcej »
Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards and with a new chapter on medicines management and a new teaching guide for instructors, this is the essential handbook for trainee nursing associates and anyone un...więcej »
Guides nursing and healthcare students through the concept of evidence-based practice, explaining what it is, why it is important and providing practical guidance on its utilisation in clinical pra...więcej »
Mapped to the 2018 NMC standards and using insightful examples, scenarios and case studies, the fifth edition of this popular and bestselling book shows students what reflection is, why it is so im...więcej »
Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards, this book builds students understanding of the terminology, theory and practice of using evidence - thereby teaching students to evaluate sources of evidence and a...więcej »
Based on the requirements of the 2018 NMC Standards, this core text equips undergraduate Nursing and Healthcare students with the skills to understand, critique and use research, illustrating diffe...więcej »
An accessible guide to the theories of 19 major educational thinkers, the strengths and limitations of their ideas, their relevance today and how they can be used in the classroom and other educati...więcej »
In a market long dominated by Hollywood, French films are consistently the most widely distributed non-English language works. French cinema, however, appears to undergo a transformation as it...więcej »
Histories of Portugal's transition to democracy have long focused on the 1974 military coup that toppled the authoritarian Estado Novo regime and set in motion the divestment of the nation's c...więcej »
Author of Nazi Paris, a Choice Academic Book of the Year, Allan Mitchell has researched a companion volume concerning the acclaimed and controversial German author Ernst Jünger who, i...więcej »
The past half-century has produced a mass of information regarding slave resistance, ranging from individual acts of disobedience to massive uprisings. Many of these acts of rebellion have bee...więcej »
In December 1941, on a shore near the Latvian city of Liepaja, Nazi death squads (the Einsatzgruppen) and local collaborators murdered in three days more than 2,700 Jews. The majority were wom...więcej »
The "organic" is by now a venerable concept within aesthetics, architecture, and art history, but what might such a term mean within the spatialities and temporalities of film? By way of an an...więcej »
Bursting with tools for analysing texts and structuring critical reviews, this book builds the reader's skills and confidence with critical reading and writing.więcej »