Authors:Stephen H. Halpern, M. Joanne Douglas,
Publisher: BMJ Books
Keywords: evidence, based, medicine, obstetric, anesthesia
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-08-19
List price: $123.95
ISBN-10: 072791734X
ISBN-13: 9780727917348

This is the first text to systematically review the evidence for obstetric anesthesia and analgesia.Evidence-based practice is now being embraced worldwide as a requirement for all clinicians; in the everyday use of anesthesia and analgesia for childbirth, anesthetists will find this synthesis of the best evidence an invaluable resource to inform their practice.Contributions from anesthetic specialists trained in the skills of systematic reviewing provide a comprehensive and practical guide to best practice in normal and caesarean section childbirth.This book, coming from one of the world’s

Authors:Charles M Lamb, Stephen C Halpern,
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Keywords: profiles, judicial, political, court, burger
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 1991-04-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0252061357
ISBN-13: 9780252061356

Authors:Joel Martin Halpern, Joel Martin Halpern, David A. K
Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr (Txt)
Keywords: ethnicity, culture, history, yugoslav, perspectives, war, anthropological, neighbors
Number of Pages: 477
Published: 2000-07-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0271019794
ISBN-13: 9780271019796

Before the former Yugoslavia was divided by wars, its inhabitants successfully lived side by side in peace. This collection seeks to explain how former neighbors became enemies, with the hope that understanding what drove these peoples apart will help us discover ways for them to coexist in peace again.Contributors analyze political cartoons, psychiatry, the arts, visual media, and law to present a diversity of views on the conflicts in Yugoslavia. While the chapters in this book deal with regional developments, they are not so much focused on politics as they are concerned with how values and

Author: Dan Halpern
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: one, plays
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1999-11-01
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 0880014903
ISBN-13: 9780880014908

"A dazzling collection and already a standard reference for those interested in contemporary drama, Plays in One Act is a unique compilation of plays and monologues that showcases a stunning and diverse array of work from some of the most important voices in theater. Forty-three modern works are collected here: from plays by important contemporary artists such as David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein, Sam Shepard, and John Guare, to gems by masters like Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, and newer talents like Carol S. Lashof and Perry Souchuk. Leading British playwrights--Tom Stoppard, David Hare

Author: Sue Halpern
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: monarch, butterfly, mystery, caught, wings, prayer, four
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2002-07-09
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 037570194X
ISBN-13: 9780375701948

Every autumn, the monarch butterflies east of the Rockies migrate from as far north as Canada to Mexico. Memory is not their guide — no one butterfly makes the round trip — but each year somehow find their way to the same fifty acres of forest on the high slopes of Mexico’s Neovolcanic Mountains, and then make the return trip in the spring.In Four Wings and a Prayer, Sue Halpern sets off on an adventure to delve into the secrets behind this extraordinary phenomenon. She visits scientists and butterfly lovers across the country, offering a keenly observed portrait of the monarchs’ migra

Author: Sydney A. Halpern
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: morality, society, series, research, risk, harms, lesser, medical
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 2006-11-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0226314529
ISBN-13: 9780226314525

Research physicians face intractable dilemmas when they consider introducing new medical procedures. Innovations carry the promise of preventing or curing life-threatening diseases, but they can also lead to injury or even death. How have clinical scientists made high-stakes decisions about undertaking human tests of new medical treatments? In Lesser Harms, Sydney Halpern explores this issue as she examines vaccine trials in America during the early and mid-twentieth century.Today’s scientists follow federal guidelines for research on human subjects developed during the 1960s and 1970s.

Author: Diane F. Halpern
Publisher: Psychology Press
Keywords: abilities, cognitive, differences, sex
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0805827927
ISBN-13: 9780805827927

In the third edition of her popular text, Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities, Diane Halpern tackles fundamental questions about the meaning of sex differences in cognition and why people are so afraid of the differences. She provides a comprehensive context for understanding the theories and research on this controversial topic. The author employs the psychobiosocial model of cognition to negotiate a cease fire on the nature-nurture wars and offers a more holistic and integrative conceptualization of the forces that make people unique. This new edition reflects the explosion of theories