Author: Murray Dickson
Publisher: Hesperian Foundation
Keywords: dentist
Number of Pages: 283
Published: 1983-06-01
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0942364058
ISBN-13: 9780942364057

Community health workers, educators and individuals from around the world use Where There Is No Dentist to help people care for their teeth and gums. This book’s broad focus makes it an invaluable resource. The author uses straightforward language and careful instructions to explain how to: examine patients; diagnose common dental problems; make and use dental equipment; use local anesthetics; place fillings; and remove teeth. There is also a special chapter on oral health and HIV/AIDS, which provides the dental worker with a detailed, well-illustrated discussion of the special problems

Authors:Jane Maxwell, Carol Thuman, David Werner, Carol Thuma
Publisher: Hesperian Foundation
Keywords: handbook, care, health, village, doctor
Number of Pages: 446
Published: 1992-05-25
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0942364155
ISBN-13: 9780942364156

Hesperian’s classic manual, Where There Is No Doctor, is perhaps the most widely-used health care manual in the world. Useful for health workers, clinicians, and others involved in primary health care delivery and health promotion programs, with millions of copies in print in more than 75 languages, the manual provides practical, easily understood information on how to diagnose, treat, and prevent common diseases. Special attention is focused on mutrition, infection and disease prevention, and diagnostic techniques as primary ways to prevent and treat health problems. This 2007 reprint i

Author: Steven Shavell
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: casebook, university, law, analysis, economic
Number of Pages: 121
Published: 2004-08-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1587788152
ISBN-13: 9781587788154

"Economic Analysis of Law" is a spin-off title from the legal casebook "Analytical Methods for Lawyers." This book offers an overview of economic analysis, and how it applies to various areas of the law, including property law, torts, contracts, civil litigation and more.

Authors:Kirk J. Stark, Steven A. Bank,
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: code, regulations, tax, income, sections, federal, selected
Number of Pages: 616
Published: 2008-06-25
List price: $31.00
ISBN-10: 1599415283
ISBN-13: 9781599415284

This best-selling statutory supplement provides selected federal income tax statutes, including edited sections and significant amendments, additions, and revisions. Designed to offer maximum flexibility and ease-of-use in dealing with individual federal income tax, this resource examines fundamental procedures and administration involved in the Code, and regulations governing federal income tax. Explains basic and complex tax provisions in a clear and succinct manner, discussing such issues as liability, taxable income, contributions, special limitations, penalties, definitions, judicial proc

Author: Marvin a Chirelstei
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: concepts, insights, series, taxation, income, federal
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2009-05-15
List price: $43.00
ISBN-10: 1599414031
ISBN-13: 9781599414034

Highly acclaimed as both a supplemental text and a law student self-help aid, Federal Income Taxation focuses on the conceptual aspects of federal income tax to improve student understanding of this complex subject. Designed to help students quickly pull together the entire subject area for end-of-semester review, the textbook provides a sense of perspective about where a topic fits within the federal income tax scheme. While the present income tax is the main object of interest in this book, Federal Income Taxation also includes an explanation of the often-discussed consumption tax concept an

Author: Douglas G. Baird
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: insights, concepts, fourth, bankruptcy, elements
Number of Pages: 299
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 1599410621
ISBN-13: 9781599410623

This casebook is an authoritative introduction to bankruptcy. Case studies, case notes, and examples illustrate points under consideration. Thought-provoking questions generate classroom discussion and hone students’ legal reasoning. Students reap the benefit of the author’s expert opinions, insight, and experience. Representative topics include the individual debtor, corporate reorganizations, and claims, property of the state, and the "Strong-Arm Powers."

Author: James Salzman; Barton H. Thompson; Jr.
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: insights, series, concepts, policy, law, environmental
Number of Pages: 338
Published: 2006-12-11
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1599410885
ISBN-13: 9781599410883

The first part of the book provides an engaging discussion of the major themes and issues that cross cut environmental law. Starting with the first chapter s brief history of environmentalism in America, the second chapter goes on to explore the importance and implications of basic themes that occur in virtually all environmental conflicts, including scientific uncertainty, market failures, problems of scale, public choice theory, etc. It then presents three dominant perspectives in the field that drive policy development environmental rights, utilitarianism, and environmental justice. Chapter