The editors have succeeded in providing an introductory text in sociological approaches to health, illness and health care. Material has also been used from the related disciplines of social policy, social demography and social psychology. The structure of the book should help the reader to build up an understanding of the area gradually and ...
Sociology and its applications are key components of the core foundation programme taught to all nursing students on degree and diploma courses. This acclaimed textbook explores the nature of sociology and sociological research, and their application to health and health care. It is organised in four parts: the nature of sociology and sociological ...
Fresh from their adventures in 1599, which ended in Toulouse Cathedral with the public exposure of the murderous Drogo and his brother the Bishop, fifteen-year-old Tommy and Eloise de Narbonne, a countess from the sixteenth century, find their way back to the world of today, where a very sharp culture shock awaits Eloise. Baffled, bemused, ...
Momentous events await fifteen-year-old Tommy when he goes on holiday to a ch[teau in the south of France near Toulouse. He sees a strange picture of an unknown and beautiful young woman and is magnetically drawn to her image. Suddenly, he's 400 years back in the past, in the France of 1599. In that faraway time he finds the living likeness of the ...
In The Fairest Star, the third instalment of the Friends & Enemies trilogy, the world of France of 1599 unfolds once more as one of ambition, love, hatred, religious war and prejudice. All these confront the central figures of the story, Tommy of the twenty-first century and Eloise of the sixteenth century. Tommy and Eloise are now both the ...
This study identifies three key issues in the sociology of health: researching health; issues surrounding illness in major client/patients groups, such as children and the elderly; and the factors influencing the provision of health care. The book provides a critical evaluation of these issues, and encourages the reader to critique and analyze ...
This work has been designed as a resource for those directly involved in the delivery of palliative care who wish to pursue research but who have little or no formal training for, or experience of, conducting research. It is also intended as a resource for students on the increasing number of specialist palliative care courses, post-qualification ...
For students, practitioners and anyone requiring information on Scots law, this work covers all key elements in a concise, readable fashion. Case and statute law are explained clearly.
This book is an essential resource for the improvement of research skills among researchers in palliative care. It identifies key methods in palliative care research; provides accessible examples and discussions of practical, methodological and ethical issues; presents examples of good research practice; and, provides a wide-ranging coverage of ...
The twelve papers in this edited volume originated from the Neolithic Studies Group seminar held at the British Museum on 10th November 2003 on the subject of Animals in the Neolithic. This book includes most of the papers delivered and debated at the meeting and others contributed later. The aim of the book is to cover the range of current ...
The Malvern Hills, a dramatic ridge of ancient volcanic rocks along the western edge of the Severn valley, are known archaeologically almost exclusively for two large and prominent Iron Age hillforts - British Camp and Midsummer Hill - that crown the ridge. Forming a socio-political boundary from at least the Bronze Age, they were also a ritual ...
Crisp, clear explanation of the complex regulations surrounding hotel and catering management is the hallmark of Field. The legal framework both in England and Wales and Scotland is fully discussed and placed in a practical context. This classic text continues to be acknowledged as the definitive student guide to hotel and catering law.
This volume fills an important gap in prehistoric studies. It combines a series of regional overviews on such subjects as soils, aerial survey and human remains, with contributions on specific sites, artefacts and the natural environment. As such it is intended both as a summary of recent work and a reminder of the richness and diversity of the ...
This study approaches the prehistory of Wessex (central southern England) from an inclusive, broad brush point of view. It incorporates the whole of the land, the soils that the geology supports, the climate and drainage pattern and, in particular, it focuses on the less studied part of the area, the coastal zone.
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