"Everything I know, everything I believe in, I've learned from the mountains, " says Lou Whittaker. This comes as no surprise when you realize that he has probably spent more time on mountains than off. One of America's most respected climbers for more than four decades, Lou Whittaker began his illustrious mountaineering career as a teenager in ...
This book shows how war, military regimes, industrialization, urbanization, and social upheaval have all affected the choices South-East Asian women make about their health and health care. These are first-person accounts from Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Burma, drawing the reader into the lives of women dealing with drastic changes in their ...
Although abortion remains one of the most controversial issues of our age, to date most studies have centred on the debate in Western countries. This book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where, although abortion is illegal, over 200,000 to 300,000 abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods. ...
A companion volume to "Using Assessments to Teach for Understanding", this guide provides analysis, discussion questions and teacher notes to help the reader use the cases in its companion volume in teacher education classes and in professional development workshops.
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This book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where over 300,000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods. The book, based on extensive original research in the field, examines a wide range of issues, including stories of the real-life dilemmas facing women, popular representations of ...
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