Authors:Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Thomas P. Shanle
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: science, clinical, evidence, pediatric, basic, critical, care, medicine, wheeler
Number of Pages: 1805
Published: 2007-07-02
List price: $239.00
ISBN-10: 1846284635
ISBN-13: 9781846284632

“Pediatric Critical Care Medicine” spans two volumes, with major sections dedicated to specific organ systems. Each major section consists of separate chapters dedicated to reviewing the specific disease processes affecting each organ system. Each chapter concludes with a comprehensive list of references, with brief, concise remarks denoting references of ‘special interest’ and ‘of interest’. Consequently, the book is unique in its comprehensive coverage of pediatric critical care and its ease of use, and will be of value to those studying towards pediatric critical care examinatio

Authors:Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Thomas P. Shanley,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: child, critically, stabilization, resuscitation
Number of Pages: 171
Published: 2008-12-12
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 1848009186
ISBN-13: 9781848009189

This book provides comprehensive information on resuscitation and stabilization of a critically ill child in a repackaging of the relavent chapters from the popular Pediatric Critical Care Medicine edited by Wheeler, Shanley and Wong.

Authors:Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Thomas P. Shanley,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: care, medicine, critical, pediatric, practice, science
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2008-12-16
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 1848009208
ISBN-13: 9781848009202

The care of critically ill and injured children needs to be safe, evidence-based, equitable, efficient, timely, and family-centered. Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine discusses these changes in the specialty in greater scope and detail, offering the reader fresh insight into not only where we came from, but also where we are going as a specialty. Thus, this book is designed for all involved in the management of the pediatric critically ill patient, from physicians, residents and fellows in critical care, pulmonology, cardiology and pediatricians to specialist nurses and

Authors:Benjamin Wheeler, Gilda Wheeler, Wendy Church,
Publisher: Facing the Future: People and the Planet
Keywords: sustainable, solutions, issues, global, comprehensive, guide, connected
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2005-05-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0971100543
ISBN-13: 9780971100541

"It’s All Connected" is the ultimate resource for teaching about global issues and sustainability in our ever changing and complex world. It can be used as a stand- alone text for a global issues course or as a supplemental text for other classes, including social studies, science, environmental studies, and ESL. "It’s All Connected" provides a thorough overview of global issues, as well as in-depth explorations of particular topics, debates, and solutions.

Authors:Tony Wheeler, Maureen Wheeler,
Publisher: Periplus Editions
Keywords: story, planet, lonely, destinations, unlikely
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2007-05-15
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0794605230
ISBN-13: 9780794605230

Founders of the phenomenally successful publishing company Lonely Planet, Tony and Maureen Wheeler have produced travel guides to just about every corner of the globe.Lonely Planet Publications was born in 1973 when the Wheelers self-published a quirky travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. This was quickly followed by what soon became the backpackers’ bible, South-East Asia on a Shoestring. Going boldly where no other travel publisher had ventured, they catered to a new generation of independent, budget-conscious travelers long before the advent of mass tourism.Unlikely Destinations: T

Authors:Derek Keene, Balázs Nagy, Katalin Szende, Derek Keen
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: urban, studies, historical, assimilation, integration, segregation
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2009-11-01
List price: $114.95
ISBN-10: 0754664775
ISBN-13: 9780754664772

Given the concern today with the role and experiences of ethnic and religious minorities, and their potential for conflict and harmony with ’host communities’ and with each other, there is much interest in historical aspects of these phenomena, not least as revealed in the long and complex history of European towns. Whilst most such studies focus on particular places or on particular groups, this volume presents a much broader view focusing on the medieval period, from the late antique to the fifteenth century, and covering regions from Germany to the Crimea and from Epirus to Livo

Authors:Derek G. Law, Derek G. Law, Judith Andrews,
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: practice, planning, policy, libraries, digital
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2004-07
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0754634485
ISBN-13: 9780754634485

Brings together a wealth of international experience in the planning and implementation of digital and hybrid library projects, providing a stimulating and informative handbook and reference for library staff and information managers.