Many of the changes occurring within medicine are being catalyzed by the proliferation of professional and social activity with the internet and mobile technology. Understanding of the way in which healthcare is being transformed by IT is key in the improvement of medical standards and reduction of cost. This book presents the current and future trends in the transformation of healthcare services in the Information Society Era.
The synergy between computer technology and medical services has opened fascinating new possibilities for benefit in areas such as continuing care,...
Many of the changes occurring within medicine are being catalyzed by the proliferation of professional and social activity with the internet and mo...
Childhood speech and language disorders from symptom to intervention Phonological Disability in Children: Studies in Disorders of Communication provides a detailed look at the field's current body of knowledge.
Childhood speech and language disorders from symptom to intervention Phonological Disability in Children: Studies in Disorders of Communication provid...
The work of Jurgen Habermas (b. 1929) has been highly influential both in philosophy and across many disciplines in the social sciences. David Ingram here provides anintroduction to Habermas's complex thought as it has evolved from 1953 to the present, spanning philosophy, religion, political science, social science, and law. One of today's most intriguing thinkers, Habermas is also notably prolific; for students and other readers who wish to navigate the philosopher's more than thirty books, the lucid and precise Habermas: Introduction and Analysis is a welcome starting point...
The work of Jurgen Habermas (b. 1929) has been highly influential both in philosophy and across many disciplines in the social sciences. David Ingr...
The work of Jurgen Habermas (b. 1929) has been highly influential both in philosophy and across many disciplines in the social sciences. David Ingram here provides anintroduction to Habermas's complex thought as it has evolved from 1953 to the present, spanning philosophy, religion, political science, social science, and law. One of today's most intriguing thinkers, Habermas is also notably prolific; for students and other readers who wish to navigate the philosopher's more than thirty books, the lucid and precise Habermas: Introduction and Analysis is a welcome starting point...
The work of Jurgen Habermas (b. 1929) has been highly influential both in philosophy and across many disciplines in the social sciences. David Ingr...
In-depth study of internet-enhanced healthcare services
Complete and thorough survey of the most promising e-health technologies
Presents numerous real world examples
Emphasis on international health-informatics topics, such as better access of states / countries to modern e-health technologies developed by leading centers
In-depth study of internet-enhanced healthcare services
Complete and thorough survey of the most promising e-health technologies
Since the rise of the contemporary ecology movement in the 1960s, American songwriters and composers, from folk singer Pete Seeger to jazz saxophonist Paul Winter, have lamented, and protested against, environmental degradation and injustice. The Jukebox in the Garden is the first book to survey a wide range of musical styles, including folk, country, blues, rock, jazz, electronica and hip hop, to examine the different ways in which popular music has explored American relationships between nature, technology and environmental politics. It also investigates the growing link between music and...
Since the rise of the contemporary ecology movement in the 1960s, American songwriters and composers, from folk singer Pete Seeger to jazz saxophonist...
The book examines the impact of poverty and other global crises in generating forms of structural coercion that cause agential and societal underdevelopment.
The book examines the impact of poverty and other global crises in generating forms of structural coercion that cause agential and societal underdevel...
This book presents diverse, original research studies on typical and atypical child language acquisition in monolingual, bilingual and bi-dialectal settings, with a focus on development, assessment and research methodology. Languages investigated in the studies include underrepresented languages, such as Farsi, Greek, Icelandic, isiXhosa, Maltese, Mandarin and Slovene, without excluding representative work in major languages like English and Spanish. The language areas of focus are phonology, lexicon, morphology and syntax and the book incorporates studies in under-researched language...
This book presents diverse, original research studies on typical and atypical child language acquisition in monolingual, bilingual and bi-dialectal se...