First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Provides the GP trainee and trainer with a practical guide to making the best use of the vocational training programme.
This new edition has been completely revised to reflect the most recent changes to GP training and assessment. It sets out a practical framework within which trainees and trainers can work to ensure that trainees are as prepared as possible, not only for their MRCGP or Summative Assessments, but also for their whole careers in general practice.

Trying to understand this jungle we call society? Our culture has changed so much in the last fifty years, it's no wonder so many of us feel confused Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game is a thought-provoking and often humorous book about popular culture that everyone-from young adults to the elderly-can relate to. It is an easy-to-follow yet informative and realistic look at society and how it has shaped our lives. Our political, financial, and moral systems are described as the "Game," while the members of society are considered the "Players" who are influenced by the system. We all have...

The process of financial deregulation, and especially the dismantling of direct monetary controls, has been underway for some time now in many financially-developed economies, but little attention has been devoted to analysis of the issues involved in the academic literature. This book represents an attempt to remedy that deficiency providing, as it does, a detailed analysis of the programmes of financial deregulation pursued in the United Kingdom and Australia since 1970 and an assessment of the implications for monetary and prudential policy.

Almost half of the total energy produced in the developed world is inefficiently used to heat, cool, ventilate and control humidity in buildings, to meet the increasingly high thermal comfort levels demanded by occupants. The utilisation of advanced materials and passive technologies in buildings would substantially reduce the energy demand and improve the environmental impact and carbon footprint of building stock worldwide.

Materials for energy efficiency and thermal comfort in buildings critically reviews the advanced building materials applicable for improving the built environment....

Drawing upon the philosophical insights of Friedrich Schlegel, Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, and Blixa Bargeld, this book explores the persistence of a critical-deconstructive approach to musical production, consumption, and reception in the German cultural sphere of the last two centuries.