Authors:Robert W. Hefner, Patricia Hovwatich, Patricia Horva
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Keywords: renewal, muslim, southeast, asia, religious, politics, era, nation, states, islam
Number of Pages: 338
Published: 1997-12
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0824819578
ISBN-13: 9780824819576

Since the late 1970s, Southeast Asia’s Muslim population has experienced an unprecedented religious revival. This resurgence has created a new kind of Islamic discourse, one oriented to the needs of a broad public rather than to narrow circles of religious adepts. This text examines the history, politics and meanings of this resurgence in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It explores the implications for Southeast Asia, the larger Muslim world, and the West. The opening chapters document relations between the state and prominent Islamic political organizations. A second group of e

Authors:Patricia Hinton Walker, Betty M. Neuman, Patricia Hi
Publisher: NLN Press
Keywords: nursing, pub, national, league, administration, research, models, education, blueprint, practice
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1996-06
List price: $50.95
ISBN-10: 0887376568
ISBN-13: 9780887376566

Authors:Patricia Ann Matusky, Tan Sooi Beng, Patricia Ann Ma
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: soas, musicology, series, traditions, syncretic, malaysia, classical, folk, music
Number of Pages: 484
Published: 2004-06
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 075460831X
ISBN-13: 9780754608318

The Music of Malaysia is a history, appreciation and analysis of Malaysian music in its many and varied forms. It was first published in Malay in 1997. This revised and updated edition is the first in English. The book categorizes the types of music genres found in Malaysian society and provides an overview of the development of music in that country. Analyses of the music are illustrated with many examples transcribed from original field recordings. Genres discussed include theatrical and dance forms, percussion ensembles, vocal and instrumental music and classical music. The Music of M

Authors:Charles S. Peirce, Patricia Ann Turrisi, Patricia An
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: pragmatism, harvard, lectures, thinking, right, principle, method
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1997-04
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0791432661
ISBN-13: 9780791432662

This is a study edition of Charles Sanders Peirce’s manuscripts for lectures on pragmatism given in spring 1903 at Harvard University. Excerpts from these writings have been published elsewhere but in abbreviated form. Turrisi has edited the manuscripts for publication and has written a series of notes that illuminate the historical, scientific, and philosophical contexts of Peirce’s references in the lectures. She has also written a Preface that describes the manner in which the lectures came to be given, including an account of Peirce’s life and career pertinent to understa

Authors:Richard K. Kent, Patricia Ann Berger, Patricia Ann B
Publisher: Spencer Museum of Art University of Kansas
Keywords: chinese, buddhism, images, law, days, latter
Number of Pages: 481
Published: 1994-09
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 0824816625
ISBN-13: 9780824816629

Authors:Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Patricia W. Stone, Patricia Hi
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: focus, patient, safety, volume, research, review, nursing, annual
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2006-08-14
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0826141366
ISBN-13: 9780826141361

Supporting the urgent need for new patient safety guidelines and practices, Focus on Patient Safety, provides the most current and authoritative research and review to help decision makers develop new and much-needed standards and practices in nursing. With contributions from experts in the field, this new up-to-date reference focuses on key disciplines and topics that are critical to patient safety today including: . Patient Safety Indicators. Medication errors. Falls and injury prevention. Hospital-acquired infections . Patient safety in acute care units in hospitals. The Peri-operative en

Authors:Patricia Rush, Patricia Houston,
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: care, health, spanish
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 2002-02-18
List price: $88.00
ISBN-10: 0130409464
ISBN-13: 9780130409461

Using a "real-world," "no-frills" approach, this volume helps readers quickly master "need to know" phrases and routines of the health care field--in Spanish. It focuses on communicative survival in the job environment using basic vocabulary essential to specific topics. Art, realia, photographs and brief dialogs reinforce needed terms. Una visita al médico. El cuerpo humano. Las dolencias. Las enfermedades graves. ¡Emergencia! La nutrición. La maternidad y la pediatría. Problemas de salud. En el hospital. ¿Adónde tengo que ir? For health care professionals working with Spanish-speak