Author: William Osler
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: aequanimitas
Number of Pages: 421
Published: 1932-12-01
List price: $72.95
ISBN-10: 0070479151
ISBN-13: 9780070479159

A timeless collection of essays from famed physician and statesman, the late William Osler, MD Capturing the essence of the healing art, the book makes the perfect gift item or serves as a welcome pause that refreshes.

Author: Audrey Osler
Publisher: Trentham Books
Keywords: schools, democracy, citizenship
Number of Pages: 190
Published: 2001-12-15
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1858562228
ISBN-13: 9781858562223

This book provides a framework for Citizenship Education in the context of cultural diversity. Underpinning Citizenship Education has to be an understanding and practice of human rights. The contributors show how human rights principles are used by schools to challenge structural inequality, discrimination and exclusion and to support young people in developing confident identities in contexts of diversity. Case studies illustrate how students can realise their rights and responsibilities as citizens.Leading researchers and expert teachers worked over two years in seminars funded by the ESRC a

Author: Michael Bliss
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: medicine, life, osler, william
Number of Pages: 632
Published: 1999-11-18
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0195123468
ISBN-13: 9780195123463

William Osler was born in a parsonage in backwoods Canada on July 12, 1849. In a life lasting seventy years, he practiced, taught, and wrote about medicine at Canada’s McGill University, America’s Johns Hopkins University, and finally as Regius Professor at Oxford. At the time of his death in England in 1919, many considered him to be the greatest doctor in the world. Osler, who was a brilliant, innovative teacher and a scholar of the natural history of disease, revolutionized the art of practicing medicine at the bedside of his patients. He was idolized by two generation

Author: Charles S. Bryan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: physician, inspirations, osler
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1997-03-20
List price: $49.99
ISBN-10: 0195112512
ISBN-13: 9780195112511

Authors:Audrey Osler, Kerry Vincent,
Publisher: Routledgefalmer
Keywords: exclusion, amp, girls
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-05-15
List price: $47.50
ISBN-10: 0415303168
ISBN-13: 9780415303163

By drawing directly on girls’ own accounts and experiences of school life and their perception of exclusion, this book offers new perspectives on the issue of disaffection amongst girls. The authors of this book propose a re-definition of exclusion, as it applies to girls, recognising that it can occur through feelings of isolation, unresolved personal, family or emotional problems, bullying and truancy. By considering the issues from the perspectives of a wide range of professionals, not just those allied to the teaching profession, the authors provide new insights into complex problems

Authors:Audrey Osler, Hugh Starkey,
Publisher: Trentham Books
Keywords: learning, language, citizenship
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2005-03
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 1858563348
ISBN-13: 9781858563343

This volume breaks new ground by bringing together and synthesising contributions from practitioners and researchers in language teaching and citizenship. It draws on the work of the British Council in developing education for citizenship and good governance through language teaching.Language teachers across the world are increasingly recognizing their role as teachers of intercultural communication. Language learning develops skills for communication across cultural boundaries. The quality of the communication depends on respect, tolerance and acceptance of basic standards of human rights suc

Authors:Mark Silverman, T. Jock Murrary, Charles S. Brya,
Publisher: American College of Physicia
Keywords: osler, quotable
Number of Pages: 314
Published: 2007-09-20
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1934465003
ISBN-13: 9781934465004

He has been the subject of many articles and books, and Oslerian Societies around the world meet regularly to discuss his legacy. Sir William Osler’s eloquent essays and speeches, laced with principles and precepts written in an aphoristic style, have influenced generations of physicians. This newly revised and updated paperback edition features the addition of fifty new quotes, forty of which have never before been published, as well as a chronology of Osler s life! The Quotable Osler is the ideal resource for those seeking an apt quote for an article, presentation, or for those wanting