Secure and protect sensitive personal patient healthcare information Written by a healthcare information security and privacy expert, this definitive resource fully addresses security and privacy controls for patient healthcare information. Healthcare Information Security and Privacy introduces you [...]

In a 1907 lecture to Harvard undergraduates, Theodore Roosevelt warned against becoming "too fastidious, too sensitive to take part in the rough hurly-burly of the actual work of the world." Roosevelt asserted that colleges should never "turn out mollycoddles instead of vigorous men," and cautioned [...]

Today's Web-enabled deluge of electronic data calls for automated methods of data analysis. Machine learning provides these, developing methods that can automatically detect patterns in data and then use the uncovered patterns to predict future data. This textbook offers a comprehensive and self-con[...]

Isabella de' Medici's affair with her husband's cousin - and her very success as First Lady of Florence - led to her death at the hands of her husband at the age of just thirty-four. She left behind as her legacy a son who became the best of the Orsini Dukes. This title presents her story.[...]

Analyses Ireland's economics, politics and society, drawing lessons from its cycles of boom and bust. Proposes new institutions for a fairer Ireland.[...]

When faced with the impending doom of an apocalyptic disaster, it can be easy to lose track of all that you should do to prepare for the coming end of the world. No matter what type of apocalypse you'll face, David P. Murphy offers a convenient guide to ensure that you approach any kind of disaster [...]

Focuses on the importance of general managers understanding the role played by their accounting and financial management colleagues. This book gives an appreciation of the three traditional subject divisions of financial accounting, management accounting and finance. It covers accounting for public [...]

For Marketing and Business Ethics courses in business or philosophy departments. This text explores ethical issues facing marketing practitioners. It presents ethical theory in marketing context. Coverage includes advertising, product safety and targeting markets as well as marketing research, produ[...]