This text addresses the practical and tacit issues involved in the medical interview as the critical tool for the establishment and continution of a clinician-patient relationship. It contains real-life examples of interviews; explains how to reduce malpractice suits through effective communication; provides guidelines on how to talk to patients ...
For over half a century, this book has served the discipline of medicinal chemistry for both graduate and undergraduate pharmacy and chemistry students as well as practicing pharmacists. Fully updated for the Eleventh Edition, coverage begins with the fundamental principles of chemistry, biochemistry, and biology that underlie the discipline of ...
Enhance Your Thinking Power and Your Leadership Abilities Power Thinking is an invaluable resource for leaders. It contains profiles of twenty-three outstanding leaders from a wide variety of organizations and describes the thinking strategies that they regularly use. The book includes the Yale Assessment of Thinking, a standardized test that has ...
The sixth anthology of original prize-winning Star Trek fiction, written by fans for fans. The stories featured in Strange New Worlds VI rocket readers across the length and breadth of Federation space, from the earliest days of deep space exploration with Captain Jonathan Archer and the first USS Enterprise, to the epic journey of Captain Kathryn ...
During the Middle Ages, travellers in Africa and Asia reported that "monstrous races" thrived beyond the boundaries of the known world. This work offers an introspective look at these races and their interaction with Western art, literature and philosophy.
This work examines the developments within the art world in the period 1994-95. The book includes specially commissioned articles by experts, exploring key issues and controversies in the art world. It looks at the works of art and other items that have come under the hammer during this season.
Every family worries about money, whether they're strapped for cash and living paycheck to paycheck, or concerned about saving for college or retirement. And hardworking parents don't always have time to spare for reworking the budget or shopping around for the best college savings account. The Busy Family's Guide to Money cuts to the chase: It ...
This volume takes the reader through the journey of a myth - where Orpheus becomes an Orpheus-Christus, a courtly knight and the writer of love lyrics.
The fourth collection of prize-winning Star Treck fiction written by fans for fans. Pocket Books' Strange New Worlds competitions have drawn many thousands of entries from aspiring Star Trek writers. Now in the fourth year of its ongoing mission, Strange New Worlds has once again sought out exciting new voices and imaginations amongst Star Trek's ...
A Few Marbles Left contains more than 75 essays, rants, news bloopers and observations about television news, as well as serious considerations on improving the craft, who's the top journalist in America, the inside story behind the best news cassette ever shot, and the real issue of the public good versus news excess. Corcoran is by turns ...
The Strange Worlds competition drew thousands of entries from aspiring Star Trek writers. This is a collection of the stories from the second competition, from Captain Kirk's first command, to Captain Katherine Janeway's epic journey in the USS "Voyager".
Based on a widely cited study of exemplary teachers, this accessible book illuminates the instructional techniques and behaviors that result in the most significant achievement gains at each grade level. It guides teachers in assessing their strengths and building their skills within six key domains of literacy instruction that are directly linked ...
Identifying what exemplary teachers know and do to promote literacy achievement at every grade level, this highly motivating book provides step-by-step guidance for professional development. It helps teachers assess their strengths and build their competencies in six key domains of literacy instruction directly linked to student success. Featuring ...
Medieval Trade, Travel and Exploration covers the peoples, places, technologies and intellectual concepts that contributed to trade, travel and exploration throughout the world from 525 to 1492. Lavishly illustrated, Medieval Trade, Travel and Exploration is entirely multidisciplinary in scope and provides a one stop reference point for students ...
"Implants in Dentistry" distills the fundamentals information from Block & Kent's classic text, "Endosseous Implants for Maxillofacial Reconstruction", into a resource for readers who have little or no prior experience in the field. It covers all aspects of dental implantation - from the basics of anatomy and medical management, wound healing, ...
A student's ability to read depends largely on the size and quality of his or her vocabulary. However, despite that fact, vocabulary instruction has not evolved to the same degree as instruction in word recognition, comprehension, and other areas of literacy. This book will change that. Containing selections by top names in reading research - ...
This book features the first American printing of "Somewhere in Nowhere," the final Disney story that the legendary Carl Barks had a hand in. John Lustig wrote the story based on Carl's notes and Pat Block drew it based on many of Carls art notes. The back-up story is a reprint of Barks' classic Uncle Scrooge tale, "North of the Yukon," upon which ...
Motivate students in grades 4-8 to transfer reading/comprehension, metacognition, and thinking skills to their daily lives. All of the lessons in this resource book combine explicit strategic instruction with a choice of objectives, activities, and literature.
This text reviews anatomy of the jaws, wound healing of the soft and hard tissues, biomechanics of implants and prostheses, and medical and radiographic preoperative assessment to enhance basic understanding. It also describes principles of reconstruction with overdentures, hybrid and fixed prostheses to ensure sound prosthetic reconstruction and ...
Motivate students in grades 4-8 to transfer reading/comprehension, metacognition, and thinking skills to their daily lives. All of the lessons in this resource book combine explicit strategic instruction with a choice of objectives, activities, and literature.
"Hanging in the Balance" traces the history of capital punishment in the United Kingdom from ancient times to the modern day - through periods of reform until hanging for murder was finally abolished by Parliament in 1969. It describes in detail the Parliamentary and public debates, and notes the stance taken by organizations and individuals ...
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