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Born at the end of World War One into a prosperous London family, Cicely Saunders struggled at school before gaining entry to Oxford University to read Politics, Philosophy and Economics. As World War Two gained momentum, she quit academic study to train as a nurse, thereby igniting her lifelong interest in caring for others. Following a back injury, she became a medical social worker, and then in her late 30s, qualified as a physician. By now her focus was on a hugely neglected area of modern health services: the care of the dying. When she opened the world's first modern hospice in 1967 a quiet revolution got underway. Education, research, and clinical practice were combined in a model of ...
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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
This accessible and comprehensive textbook draws on the reader's own experience of leadership in an employment context. The text adopts a critical and thematic approach to the discussion of core debates and emerging topics, while offering a wealth of case studies and other learning tools to help students put leadership theory into practice.
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Carlo Siracusa brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Canine and Feline Behavior. Top experts focus on the intersection between behavioral and physical health, keeping general veterinary practitioners and their needs in mind. The articles provide general practitioners with tools to detect behavior changes associated with physical disease, and to diagnose or rule out physical disease contributing to behavior problems before referring to a veterinary behavior specialist. - Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics, including cognitive changes associated with physical disease in dogs and cats (including...
Volume Two continues the vignettes of my time in the chaplaincy of the United States Armed Forces. In this volume, I review how two Roman Catholic priests were relieved of their ecclesiastical and religious duties at the United States Air Force Academy. The first of these was detailed in the Colorado Springs and Denver media, with extensive coverage of the drama of a sexual liaison between the Deputy Wing Chaplain and an Air Force line officer, whose relationship began while the woman was an Air Force cadet. I also describe how two die-hard anti-Semites, one of whom was a retired Air Force colonel, never ceased in their efforts to have me removed from a leadership position, and by extension,...