We are living in an unprecedented era of biomedical revolution. Medicine is remaking humans, and controversy surrounds such topics as abortion, artificial organs, brain circuitry, eugenics, euthanasia, and gene therapy. At the same time, medical advances are posing complex ethical problems for both patients and professionals. The most ...
The New Edition of this comprehensive text focuses on respectful interaction between health professional/patient. Psychological, sociological, contextual and ethical dynamics influencing interaction prepare readers for successful encounters with patients of all ages and their families. The text is well organized and easy to use. A full set of ...
Step by step, the authors take readers through inventively therapeutic, sometimes illegal, always hilarious solutions to life's many problematic situations. Illustrations throughout.
Every pharmacist, aware or not, is constantly making ethical choices. Sometimes these choices are dramatic, life-and-death decisions, but often they will be more subtle, less conspicuous choices that are nonetheless important. Assisted suicide, conscientious refusal, pain management, equitable and efficacious distribution of drug resources within ...
Congressman Ron Paul--the presidential candidate who broke twenty-four-hour fundraising records twice--is a man of powerful, occasionally controversial convictions who does not pander to any political agenda other than what he believes is already supported by our Constitution. For the first time in one volume, here are Ron Paul's dynamic ...
The treatment and role of women is one of the most discussed and controversial aspects of Islam. In this volume, three respected scholars of Islam survey the situation of women in Islam, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. It offers an overview of the teachings of the Qur'an and the ...
One of the most controversial and emotionally charged aspects of the Muslim religious resurgence has been its effect on women in Muslim societies. The essays collected in this book place the issue in its historical context and offer case studies of Muslim societies from North Africa to Southeast Asia. The volume as a whole militates against the ...
When a book editor suspects she's the target of a rejected author-turned-murderer, she's determined to track him down before she--or someone she loves--becomes his next victim. Original.
Haddad and Ingle's book aims to make learning Arabic as easy and simple as possible. Assuming no previous knowledge of the language, it is suitable for beginners but also for those who already have a grounding in the basics. It is a self-teaching tool on how to speak, read and write modern standard Arabic. The book consists of 29 units which have ...
The creator of the award-winning Beechers Handmade Cheese in Seattle knows that great food begins with the highest quality ingredients prepared simply. In this, Dammeiers first cookbook, he shares more than 125 favorite recipes from his popular gourmet shops and restaurant.
"Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Control" presents and develops an extensive treatment of stability analysis and control design of nonlinear dynamical systems, with an emphasis on Lyapunov-based methods. Dynamical system theory lies at the heart of mathematical sciences and engineering. The application of dynamical systems has crossed ...
This thought-provoking analysis-edited by a Palestinian and an Israeli who collaborate to challenge the dominant understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-shows how the apartheid-like conditions of Palestinians today have deep roots in the Israeli colonial project. Toufic Haddad is a Palestinian American activist who was formerly co ...
The author follows "A Mother's Secret" and "Flowers in the Desert" with a story of four women whose lives are intertwined by their marriages to the same man, whose life is ended by murder. It tells of their efforts to break free of his influence and build for themselves lives with other men.
This unique combination of text and illustration introduces the faith and culture of Muslims from the seventh century to the present. Intellectually compelling and visually striking, this book will help both students and interested lay readers to better understand the history and contemporary impact of one of the great religions of the world.
Muslims are the second largest religious group in much of Europe and northern America. The essays in this collection look both at the impact of the growing Muslim population on Western societies, and how Muslims are adpating to life in the west. Part one looks at the Muslim diaspora in Europe, comprising essays on Britain, France, Germany, ...
This study is a review of five sectarian movements in the 100-year history of Muslim religious development in the US. The groups are: the Druze, the Ahmadiyya Community of North America, the Moorish Science Temple of America, the Ansar Allah Community, and the United Submitters International.
This collection brings together sixteen previously unpublished essays about the history, organization, challenges, responses, outstanding thinkers, and future prospects of the Muslim community in the United States and Canada. Both Muslims and non-Muslims are represented among the contributors, who include such leading Islamic scholars as John ...
The religion of Islam is now an American phenomenon. Once thought to be primarily a way of life of the Arabs and a faith alien to the Judeo-Christian heritage of this country, it has grown to be one of the most prominent and rapidly-growing religious movements in America. This ethnography of immigrant Muslims considers five Northeastern ...
Noreen Catherwood and Calliope Day are both spirited girls with nothing in common, except for their love of Noreen's African Grey parrot, Captain Tweakerbeak. Deciding who will keep the bird--Calliope is convinced her dead father wanted her to own it--becomes a question of love and loyalty.
This monograph provides a comprehensive basis for understanding the complex interactions that take place between synaptic input, cellular properties, and the oscillatory output of a neural network, especially in the maturing or developing nervous system.
There are now more Muslims in America than in Kuwait, Qatar, and Libya combined. It is the second largest religion in France and the third in Britain, Germany, and North America. Leaving aside immigration and conversion, birth rate alone ensures that in the first part of the 21st century Islam will replace Judaism as the second largest religion in ...
Holmes Haddad guides readers' exploration of wine with scores of well-known--and not-so-well-known--varieties, in this timely new guide written in a smart, lively, and very accessible manner.
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Patient Practitioner Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Healthcare
