The Evidence-Based Nursing Series is co-published with Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). The series focuses on implementing evidence-based practice in nursing and mirrors the remit of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, encompassing clinical practice, administration, research and public policy. Models and Frameworks for Implementing Evidence- Based Practice: Linking Evidence to Action looks at ways of implementing evidence gained through research and factors that influence successful im...

Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's thirty years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely on creating cooperation -- an open and trusting alliance between interviewer and respondent, dedicated to specific and honest accounts of both internal and external events. Against the eclectic background of his work in national sample surveys, studies based o...

Just about everyone seems to have views about language. Language attitudes and language ideologies permeate our daily lives. Our competence, intelligence, friendliness, trustworthiness, social status, group memberships, and so on, are often judged from the way we communicate.

Even the speed at which we speak can evoke reactions. And we often try to anticipate such judgements as we communicate. In this lively introduction, Peter Garrett draws upon research carried out over recent decades in or...

Studies in religion are flourishing internationally, and one of the central topics discussed in the field today-perhaps the most discussed topic-is religious diversity. With the influx of religious traditions in the West and the growing diversity of religious adherents and practitioners worldwide, people across the globe are currently nterested in exploring issues in religious diversity. The present work is a response to this ubiquitous interest.

It is a substantial volume of thirty-three ori...

The study of law and politics is one of the foundation stones of the discipline of political science, and it has been one of the most productive areas of cross-fertilization between the various subfields of political science and between political science and other cognate disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the field of law and politics in all its diversity, ranging from such traditional subjects as theories of jurisprudence,constitutionalism, judicial politics and l...

Risks and uncertainties play a role in virtually all of our decisions. Quantitative models have so far been either too unrealistic or too complex. This graduate textbook presents modern models that are both realistic and tractable. All mathematical tools are related to real-life processes, ensuring accessibility to a wide audience.

Eentalige methode zakelijk Duits, met nadruk op communicatieve vaardigheden. Bevat uitleg over de belangrijkste grammaticale onderwerpen.

Het Übungsbuch volgt de opbouw van het Kursbuch in hoofdstukken en paragrafen, maar legt de nadruk op de schrijfvaardigheid, de woordenschat en de grammatica. Elke paragraaf begint met een overzicht van de belangrijkste woordenschat, met ruimte om de Nederlandse vertaling erbij te schrijven, en een aantal handige uitdrukkingen uit het Kursbuch. Daarop volg...

De westerse arts onderzoekt de symptomen, de Chinese dokter richt zich op zowel lichaam als geest. Zijn belangrijkste vraag: waarom heeft deze mens deze ziekte gekregen? Dit handboek beslaat de basiselementen van het menselijk leven, meridianen, disharmonie en de uitingsvormen van yin en yang.

Psychosociale factoren kunnen het herstel van fysiotherapeutische klachten belemmeren. Dit besef is de afgelopen jaren steeds meer doorgedrongen in veel fysiotherapiepraktijken. Dat heeft geresulteerd in de ontwikkeling van het biopsychosociale model. De bruikbaarheid van het model wordt door veel fysiotherapeuten onderkend, maar minder duidelijk is hoe zij het kunnen toepassen in de dagelijkse praktijk. Hoe kunnen de gedragsaspecten en levensomstandigheden van de patiënt worden herkend en b...