Vaughan

In Portrait of a Young Painter, the distinguished historian Mary Kay Vaughan adopts a biographical approach to understanding the culture surrounding the Mexico City youth rebellion of the 1960s. Her chronicle of the life of painter Pepe Zúñiga counters a literature that portrays post-1940 Mexican history as a series of uprisings against state repression, injustice, and social neglect that culminated in the student protests of 1968. Rendering Zúñiga's...

'Nursing Models for Practice' now includes learning objectives and learning activities for students. It explores the components of a nursing model of care, and the role of extant models and the evidence of their usefulness in contemporary practice is examined.

"High dependency facilities are now an essential component of modern obstetric practice. The acutely ill parturient is now cared for by a multidisciplinary team within this specialised area. A patient does not present with a diagnosis but with an array of signs and symptoms which the staff caring for her must be able to detect, investigate and act upon. This handbook aims to assist obstetricians, midwives, nurses and anaesthetists involved with the...

This work examines some of the key issues around violence at work which have emerged in the new millennium, including the events of September 11 and other terrorist related incidents.

This textbook of ophthalmology is suitable as a practical introduction for students and as a clinically focused quick reference or refresher for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and primary care clinicians. It covers the diagnosis and treatment of all major diseases of the eye.

In Unsettling Assumptions, editors Pauline Greenhill and Diane Tye examine how tradition and gender come together to unsettle assumptions about culture and its study. Contributors explore the intersections of traditional expressive culture and sex/gender systems to question, investigate, or upset concepts like family, ethics, and authenticity. Individual essays consider myriad topics such as Thanksgiving turkeys, rockabilly and bar fights, Chinese...