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A estomaterapia é uma especialidade exclusiva da enfermagem, voltada para a prevenção de danos à integridade da pele, tratamentos específicos de pessoas com feridas agudas e crônicas, assistência a pessoas com fístulas, cateteres e drenos, e também atua na reabilitação e promoção da saúde das pessoas com estomias e incontinência urinária e anal, no intuito de buscar uma melhoria da qualidade de vida dos sujeitos afetados por estas condições clínicas. Essa especialidade teve seus saberes estruturados nas melhores evidências cientificas para fundamentar sua prática profissional. Com a finalidade de ampliar o propósito científico e compartilhar os saberes da especialidade, a presente obra foi estruturada em quatorze capítulos que abordam temáticas voltadas para essa área, perpassando casos clínicos, revisões literárias e estudos observacionais. Assim, apresenta-se como uma importante ferramenta para a prática profissional, pesquisa e atividade docente da enfermagem.
This is a 1990 collection of interviews and essays by the legendary filmmaker Jean Renoir.
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Car Safety Wars is a gripping history of the hundred-year struggle to improve the safety of American automobiles and save lives on the highways. Described as the “equivalent of war” by the Supreme Court, the battle involved the automobile industry, unsung and long-forgotten safety heroes, at least six US Presidents, a reluctant Congress, new auto technologies, and, most of all, the mindset of the American public: would they demand and be willing to pay for safer cars? The “Car Safety Wars” were at first won by consumers and safety advocates. The major victory was the enactment in 1966 of a ground breaking federal safety law. The safety act was pushed through Congress over the bitter ...
It is possible to eliminate death and serious injury from Canada’s roads. In other jurisdictions, the European Union, centres in the United States, and at least one automotive company aim to achieve comparable results as early as 2020. In Canada, though, citizens must turn their thinking on its head and make road safety a national priority. Since the motor vehicle first went into mass production, the driver has taken most of the blame for its failures. In a world where each person’s safety is dependent on a system in which millions of drivers must drive perfectly over billions of hours behind the wheel, failure on a massive scale has been the result. When we neglect the central role of t...
Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991
"Genuinely fascinating reading."—The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."—The New Yorker "Grand and fascinating … a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."—Rex Stout "A landmark … a brilliant study written with charm and authority."—Ellery Queen "This book is of permanent value. It should be on the shelf of every reader of detective stories."—Erle Stanley Gardner Author Howard Haycraft, an expert in detective fiction, traces the genre's development from the 1840s through the 1940s. Along the way, he charts the innovations of Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the modern influence of George Simenon, Josephine Tey, and others. Additional topics include a survey of the critical literature, a detective story quiz, and a Who's Who in Detection.
An talk show host and his producer unwittingly get caught up in a plot to assassinate the leader of North Koria, Kim Jong-Un.
The 29 papers contained in this volume look closely at various aspects of what is termed, "The Maternal-Fetal Interface," as it relates to the latest research in placental science. A substantial section of the book is devoted to the troublesome question of vertical transmission of infectious agents: namely, the HIV-1 virus. However, other sections of the volume examine related issues such as drug and toxin transfer across the term placenta and the diversity of placental types and how this can affect a placenta's effectiveness as a barrier. Anthony Carter is at the University of Odense, Denmark Vibeke Dantzer is at the University of Copenhagen, DenmarkThomas Jansson is at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden