This short text addresses complications of regional anesthesia and pain medicine. Each chapter is written by an expert in the area and follows a strict format Definition of the complication, Scope of the problem, Pathophysiology or proposed mechanism of causation, Risk factors, Diagnostic evaluation[...]
Designed to accompany each chapter of Boyer et al., "The Enduring Vision," 4/e, but ideal for use with any Houghton Mifflin survey text, this remarkable supplement offers a wide range of primary-source documents in sets built around a historical "problem." Each set comprises several documents, inclu[...]
Explores the beach - one of the planet's most dynamic environments - from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. This book tells how beaches work, explains why they vary so much, and shows how dramatic changes can occur on them in a matter of hours.[...]
Showing how the subfields of political science converge, this book provides students with an avenue through which they can explore philosophy and ideology, to recognize major forms of government, to evaluate empirical findings, and to understand how policy issues affect people's lives[...]