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Media Effects and BeyondCulture Socialization and Lifestyles Addressing a multitude of questions and issues surrounding how we use the media Media Effects and Beyond represents the results of an international research programme into the use and effects of television video and music. Seeing the viewer not simply as passive object but as a very active subject the contributors engage with every aspect of children's adolescents' and families' use of the media - its character causes and consequences. Topics explored include media and social mobility; family commumication and consumer lifestyles. Confronting the two traditions of lifestyle research and effects research Media Effects and Beyond offers a much-needed reconceptualization of both. Written at a time when traditional European public service media systems struggle against a tidal wave of commercial electronic media this book will be important reading for students of contemporary culture and communications as well as media policy for decision makers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415756198

Media Effects and Society Grounded in theoretical principle Media Effects and Society help students make the connection between mass media and the impact it has on society as a whole. The text also explores how the relationship individuals have with media is created therefore helping them alleviate its harmful effects and enhance the positive ones. The range of media effects addressed herein includes news diffusion learning from the mass media socialization of children and adolescents influences on public opinion and voting and violent and sexually explicit media content. The text examines relevant research done in these areas and discusses it in a thorough and accessible manner. It also presents a variety of theoretical approaches to understanding media effects including psychological and content-based theories. In addition it demonstrates how theories can guide future research into the effects of newer mass communication technologies. The second edition includes a new chapter on effects of entertainment as well as text boxes with examples for each chapter discussion of new technology effects integrated throughout the chapters expanded pedagogy and updates to the theory and research in the text. These features enhance the already in-depth analysis Media Effects and Society provides. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415885911

Media EffectsAdvances in Theory and Research Now in its fourth edition Media Effects again features essays from some of the finest scholars in the field and serves as a comprehensive reference volume for scholars teachers and students. This edition contains both new and updated content that reflects our media-saturated environments including chapters on social media video games mobile communication and virtual technologies. In recognition of the multitude of research trajectories within media effects this edition also includes new chapters on narratives positive media the self and identity media selection and cross-cultural media effects. As scholarship in media effects continues to evolve and expand Media Effects serves as a benchmark of theory and research for the current and future generations of scholars. The book is ideal for scholars and for undergraduate and graduate courses in media effects media psychology media theory psychology sociology political science and related disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138590229

Media Ethics Free Speech and the Requirements of Democracy How we understand protect and discharge our rights and responsibilities as citizens in a democratic society committed to the principle of political equality is intimately connected to the standards and behaviour of our media in general and our news media in particular. However the media does not just stand between the citizenry and their leaders or indeed between citizens and each other. The media is often the site where individuals attempt to realise some of the most fundamental democratic liberties including the right to free speech. Media Ethics Free Speech and the Requirements of Democracy explores the conflict between the rights that people exercise in and through the modern media and the responsibilities that accrue on account of its awesome and increasing power. The individual chapters—written by leading scholars from the US UK and Australia—address several recent events and controversial developments in the media including Brexit the rise of Trump Lynton Crosby Charlie Hebdo dog-whistle politics fake news and political correctness. This much-needed philosophical treatment is a welcome addition to the recent literature in media ethics. It will be of interest to scholars across political and social philosophy applied ethics media and communication studies and political science who are interested in the important issues surrounding the media and free speech and democracy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367732158

Media Ethics and Accountability Systems Over the last few years the O.J. Simpson case then the Lewinsky-Clinton affair and scores of minor scandals have dominated the US press often taking precedence over important domestic and international issues. This tabloidization of the news media both here and abroad has proved that "the market" cannot insure media quality. In a democracy for media to function well they must be free of both political and economic muzzling. The only solution is to add self-regulation or quality control by professionals and public to the other two forces the market and state regulation.In this controversial volume Claude-Jean Bertrand sets out to define a set of accountability systems--democratic efficient and harmless--to insure true freedom and quality of media. This brief highly literate volume focuses not on philosophical foundations of media ethics or case stories but on what is now missing in the codes. Many books deal with media ethics but few deal with accountability. Media Ethics and Accountability Systems zeroes in on the many nongovernmental methods of enforcing "quality control " and on the difficulty of getting the media microcosm to accept such accountability. To remedy this lack Bertrand proposes rethinking existing "media accountability systems " some 30 to 40 in number and creation of new ones. He observes that existing systems are rooted in four basic approaches: training: the education of citizens in media use and the incorporation of ethics courses in journalistic education; evaluation: criticism (positive and negative) not only from politicians consumerists and intellectuals but from media professionals themselves; monitoring: by independent academic experts over extended periods of time into the long-term effects; and feedback: giving ear to the various segments of media users and their needs and tastes rather than scrutinizing sales and ratings.Media Ethics will be of particular interest to academics in the fields of communication and journalism as well as to the general reader with an interest in public issues and a civic concern for society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511989

Media Ethics in AustraliaA Special Issue of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics This issue compromises a selection of papers presented at the Inaugural International Media Ethics Conference held in Canberra Australia in July 2002. The papers selected are representative of some of the central themes of the conference such as managing the newsroom and editorial independence limits on press freedom ethical standards and credibility investigative journalism and commercial constraints on the media. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003059097

Media EthicsCases and Moral Reasoning Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning challenges readers to think analytically about ethical situations in mass communication through original case studies and commentaries about real-life media experiences. This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical principles of ethical philosophies facilitating ethical awareness. It introduces the Potter Box with its four dimensions of moral analysis to provide a framework for exploring the steps in moral reasoning and analyzing the cases. Focusing on a wide spectrum of ethical issues faced by media practitioners the cases in this Eleventh Edition include the most recent issues in journalism broadcasting advertising public relations and entertainment. Cases touch on issues and places worldwide from Al Jazeera to the Xinhua News Agency from Nigerian "brown envelopes" to PR professional standards in South Africa. Racially divisive language comes up in different communication contexts as does celebrity influence on culture. A core textbook for classes in media ethics communication ethics and ethics in journalism public relations and advertising. The companion website [url] contains sample syllabi and lesson plans PowerPoint presentations discussion and test questions and a library of video and other media materials for class use. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367243975

Media ExperiencesEngaging with Drama and Reality Television Media Experiences: Engaging with Drama and Reality Television travels across people and popular culture exploring the pathways to engagement and the various ways in which we shape and are shaped by the media landscapes in which we move. This exploration includes the voices and bodies sights and sounds of audiences as they experience entertainment through television drama reality TV at live events and within digital television itself as actors participants and producers. It is about the people who create the drama live events and reality entertainment that we experience. This book traverses the relationships between producers and audiences in shared places of a media imagination. Annette Hill’s research draws on interviews and observations with over 500 producers and audience members to explore cultures of viewing across different genres such as Nordic noir crime drama The Bridge cult conspiracy thriller Utopia and reality television audiences and participants in global formats MasterChef and Got to Dance. The research highlights how trends such as multi-screening catch up viewing amateur media and piracy work alongside counter-trends in retro television viewing where people relish the social ritual of watching live television or create a social media blackout for immersive viewing. Media Experiences bridges the divide between industry and academia highlighting how producers and audiences co-create shape and limit experiences within emerging mediascapes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415625364

Media FirmsStructures Operations and Performance Media Firms presents studies applying the company level approach to media and communication firms. It explores differences among missions strategies organizational choices and other business decisions. Reviewing economic factors and pressures on media and communications companies this book seeks to improve understanding of how these elements affect market and company structures operations and performance of firms. The chapters written by leading scholars worldwide were selected from papers on the theme of media firms presented at the 5th World Media Economics Conference hosted by the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration and The Journal of Media Economics. The collected studies provide: *an overview of economic and related managerial issues affecting the structures of markets in which firms compete; *the operations of media and communications firms; and *their financial performance. As a result it expands the discussion of economic issues traditionally associated with the field due to narrowed focus of initial books in media economics. It is hoped that this book will induce additional avenues of inquiry regarding such issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415516297

Media Freedom and Contempt of Court The essays discuss the restrictions imposed by contempt of court and other laws on media freedom to attend and report legal proceedings. Part I contains leading articles on the open justice principle. They examine the extent to which departures from that principle should be allowed to protect the rights of parties in particular the accused in criminal proceedings to a fair trial and their interest in being rehabilitated in society after proceedings have been concluded. The essays in Part II examine the topical issue of whether open justice entails a right to film and broadcast legal proceedings. The articles in Part III are concerned with the application of contempt of court to prejudicial media publicity; they discuss whether it is possible to prevent prejudice without sacrificing media freedom. Another aspect of media freedom and contempt of court is canvassed in Part IV: whether journalists should enjoy a privilege not to reveal their sources of information. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315091297

Media GenerationsExperience identity and mediatised social change While the analysis of generations has been central in the sociological understanding of social change the role of the media in this process has only been acknowledged as an important feature during the last couple of decades. Building on quantitative and qualitative comparative research Media Generations analyses the role of the media in the formation of generational experience identity and habitus and how mediated nostalgia is an important part in the social formation of generations. Avoiding popular generational labelling Göran Bolin argues that the totality of the media landscape is a contextual structure that together with age and life-course factors help inform world-views and ways to relate to the wider society that guide the actions of media users. Media Generations demonstrates how - as different generations come of age at different moments in the mediatised historical process - they develop different media habits but also make sense of the world differently which informs their relations to older and younger generations. It also explores how this process of ‘generationing’ that is the process in which a generation come into being as a self-perceived social identity partly builds on specific kinds of nostalgia that establishes generational differences and distinctions.　This book will be of special interest to those studying social change collective memory cultural identity and the role of the media in social experience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138907683

Media Globalization and Digital Journalism in MalaysiaNetwork Newswork The media ecology within which conventional mainstream journalism currently operates has undergone major transformations since the advent of social media. These transformations arise from the disruption brought upon by the emergence of networked interactive platforms and user-driven online applications including social media blogs and alternative citizen news sites.This book analyses networked forms of journalistic production at traditional news organizations and their conventional news channels. Focusing on case studies from Malaysia it examines current transformations to the norms practices and values of conventional news production. Drawing upon a recent global-comparative turn in journalism studies and parallel efforts to de-Westernize communication theory this book suggests an innovative ‘glocal’ comparative approach to analyse ‘network newswork’ among global transnational and local news organizations including Al Jazeera and Bernama TV located within the same geographical locality Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. This author uses an empirically-grounded conceptual framework for exploring and understanding recent transformations that user-driven networked resources bring to professional journalists’ daily work of producing news. Discussing the implications of network newswork on the wider global journalistic sphere the book elucidates a tiered model of networked sources and expounds upon journalism’s deepening of the digital divide in its inadvertent muting of the voices of non-networked communities that are switched off from the global news sphere and its network society.A fresh perspective on the analysis of globalization in the media and a useful guide for gaining access into media organizations and securing cooperation of organizational members for research this book will be of interest to researchers in the field of Asian Media and Communication Studies Journalism Studies Political Communication and Sociology of Journalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367877415

Media Globalization and the Discovery Channel Networks This book is about the relationship between media and globalization explored through the unique study of the global expansion of Discovery Communications spearheaded by the Discovery Channel one of the world’s largest providers of factual television programming and media content. The book argues that the study of Discovery's relationship with globalization provides both a specific and a more general practical and theoretical understanding of how the processes of increased linking and interweaving of media and communications unfold and develop as well as some of the consequences of this. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415809009

Media History and the Archive By the time readers encounter academic history in the form of books and articles all that tends to be left of an author’s direct experience with archives is pages of endnotes. Whether intentionally or not archives have until recently been largely thought of as discrete collections of documents perhaps not neutral but rarely considered to be historical actors. This book brings together top media scholars to rethink the role of the archive and historical record from the perspective of writing media history. Exploring the concept of the archive forces a reconsideration of what counts as historical evidence. In this analysis the archive becomes a concept that allows the authors to think about the acts of classifying collecting storing and interpreting the sources used in historical research. The essays included in this volume from Susan Douglas Lisa Gitelman John Nerone Jeremy Packer Paddy Scannell Lynn Spigel and Jonathan Sterne focus on both the theoretical and practical ways in which the archive has affected how media is thought about as an object for historical analysis. This book was published as a special issue of The Communication Review. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138864658

Media Imperialism in India and Pakistan Examining anew the notions of media imperialism and globalization of media this book disrupts the generalised consensus in media scholarship that globalization of media has put an end to media imperialism. One elemental aspect of media imperialism is the structural dependency of television systems in the global South on the imperial North. Taking India and Pakistan as its case studies this book views globalization of media as the unleashing of processes that have translated into the liberalization of air waves and privatization of television systems whereby commercialization of television is privileged over public interest television. Additionally it argues that the globalization of media has contributed to corruption tabloidization and marginalization of subaltern classes in the Indian and Pakistani media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367891152

Media in ChinaConsumption Content and Crisis Multinational media companies increasingly look to China as a highly important market for the future but with what degree of confidence should they do so? Media in China is about a new kind of revolution in China - a revolution in which rapidly commercializing media industries confront slow-changing power relations between political social and economic spheres. This interdisciplinary collection draws on the expertise of industry professionals academic experts and cultural critics. It offers a variety of perspectives on audio-visual industries in the world's largest media market. In particular the contributors examine television film music commercial and political advertising and new media such as the internet and multimedia. These essays explore evolving audience demographies new patterns of media reception in regional centres and the gradual internationalization of media content and foreign investment in China's broadcasting industries. This book will of use to students and professionals involved in media and communication as well as anyone interested in contemporary China. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315870663

Media in MotionCultural Complexity and Migration in the Nordic Region Owing to increased migration dating from the 1990s Nordic countries have gone through substantial cultural and social changes resulting in increased debate surrounding the politics of multiculturalism. One of the central realms of the discussion around multiculturalism in the Nordic region concerns the media which is considered to be a vital factor in the construction of society's values as well as an essential tool in the integration process of migrants providing as it does a symbolic arena for learning about and becoming part of society. This collection draws together the latest research from Denmark Finland Norway and Sweden to look at different aspects of the relationship between media and migration in the Nordic region. Exploring the role played by the media in nation building and the power of the media in the definition of who 'belongs' in society Media in Motion examines the practices of inclusion and exclusion that characterise mainstream media representations. The book also examines the manner in which recent technological changes suggest the emergence of a transnational and cosmopolitan media landscape; a space which blurs the boundaries of the national and transnational as well as between the public and the private with significant implications for the ways migrants may take and become part of society. As such it will be of interest to those working in the fields of media race and ethnicity colonialism and postcolonial studies and migration. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138279469

Media in ProcessTransformation and Democratic Transition The post-communist development of media systems has been uneven in the countries of the region. Television and newspapers together with the emergence of social media have had great influence on the political debate in various countries. Ownership of the media has been a factor in many instances. The integration of traditionally isolated Central/Eastern Europe into larger worldwide trends has fundamentally changed the way we look at the media in this region. This volume proposes to address the transition of the media and communication industries in the contemporary period. The contributions discuss among other things the obstacles that still remain for the media to play an effective watchdog role in the new democracies and whether the advent of the Internet and social media has helped or hindered the transformation to a powerful independent media. The discussion further examines whether advertising agencies have targeted post-communist citizens differently than those in Western European countries and if the media markets in the post-communist region are fundamentally different than in Western Europe and North America. A second focus of the volume is the media coverage of social issues like domestic violence which is intended to draw attention to these issues and influence policy in a more aware and open society. This establishes the trend of post-communist media following the example of western media practice. The implications of the Central European media transformation for the newly transforming media markets in the post-Soviet space suggest a new phase in the development of the medium. The impact of global influences on regional expression is an important aspect of the political and social changes that are underway. This volume makes an important interdisciplinary contribution in examining the development of the media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367881511

Media in War and Armed ConflictDynamics of Conflict News Production and Dissemination This book focuses on the social process of conflict news production and the emergence of public discourse on war and armed conflict. Its contributions combine qualitative and quantitative approaches through interview studies and computer-assisted content analysis and apply a unique comparative and holistic approach over time across different cycles of six conflicts in three regions of the world and across different types of domestic international and transnational media. In so doing it explores the roles of public communication through traditional media social media strategic communication and public relations in informing and involving national and international actors in conflict prevention resolution and peace-keeping. It provides a key point of reference for creative innovative and state-of-the-art empirical research on media and armed conflict. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367583613

Media IndependenceWorking with Freedom or Working for Free? Media independence is central to the organization make-up working practices and output of media systems across the globe. Often stemming from western notions of individual and political freedoms independence has informed the development of media across a range of platforms: from the freedom of the press as the "fourth estate" and the rise of Hollywood’s Independent studios and Independent television in Britain through to the importance of "Indy" labels in music and gaming and the increasing importance of independence of voice in citizen journalism. Media independence for many therefore has come to mean working with freedom: from state control or interference from monopoly from market forces as well as freedom to report comment create and document without fear of persecution. However far from a stable concept that informs all media systems the notion of media independence has long been contested forming a crucial tension point in the regulation shape size and role of the media around the globe. Contributors including David Hesmondhalgh Gholam Khiabany José van Dijck  Hector Postigo Anthony Fung  Stuart Allan and Geoff King demonstrate how the notion of independence has remained paramount but contested in ideals of what the media is for how it should be regulated what it should produce and what working within it should be like. They address questions of economics labor relations production cultures ideologies and social functions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138548459

Media Law The aim of this book is to analyse media law in relation to specific areas both in terms of its practical application and its theoretical framework. Part 1 concentrates on the regulation of media content and is largely written from a pro media point of view. Its central tenet is how far does the English media enjoy freedom of expression and the way in which that impacts on how the media operates. It considers how the Human Rights Act 1998 impacts on the media. Part 2 moves on to look at the regulation of the media industries as a whole. Part 3 focuses on day to day transactions for the media. In particular it focuses on provisions from typical media agreements and aims to provide a context for the law which has been outlined in Parts 1 and 2. The structure of this book bridges the gap between a traditional textbook and practitioner work and provides a book which will be of interest to law degree and LPC students and practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138158702

Media Law and Ethics Media Law and Ethics is a comprehensive overview and a thoughtful introduction to media law principles and cases as well as related ethical concerns relevant to the practice of professional communication. This is the fi rst textbook to explicitly integrate both media law and ethics within one volume. Since it integrates both current law and ethical queries it is ideal for both undergraduate and graduate courses in media law and ethics. Co-author Kyu Ho Youm expands this edition’s international scope updating and broadening his chapter on international and foreign law. The book also covers the most timely and controversial issues in modern American media. The new fifth edition has been updated with current events and discusses the potential impact they have. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138282469

Media Law and EthicsA Casebook This new edition of the casebook includes extensive excerpts from 25 major decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States in media law or related to media law. The cases are presented in the order in which they are discussed in the third edition of <I>Media Law and Ethics<$> by Roy L. Moore and Michael D. Murray but the casebook is designed to be used as a supplemental text in any media law course. Each case includes a brief overview and has been edited to delete detailed citations and highly technical material. However every effort has been made to preserve the Court's original language including its recitation of the facts its reasoning and the holding in the case. Most of the cases also include excerpts from the Court's syllabus a summary prepared by the Court's Reporter of Decisions. A few of the cases include excerpts from concurring and/or dissenting opinions where those opinions illustrate the complexity of the case or were influential in later decisions. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003064336

Media Law for Journalists This book is both an introductory text and reference guide to the main issues facing journalists today including social media fake news and regulators. The text covers the law of the United Kingdom – including Scots and Northern Irish devolved legislation – as well as human rights and EU laws. This book covers essential areas such as: privacy confidentiality freedom of expression and media freedom defamation contempt of court regulation of the print press and broadcast regulation as well as discussions on fake news and how to regulate online harm. There is a section on intellectual property law covering mainly copyright. Court reporting and how to report on children young people and victims of sexual offences receive particular attention in this book with relevant cases in user-friendly format. The engaging writing style is aimed to enthuse students practitioners and lecturers with plenty of examination and practice materials. The text is packed with extensive learning aids including case studies boxed notes sample examination questions appendices of statutes and cases and a glossary. It is intended as a complete course textbook for students and teachers of journalism media communications and PR courses focusing on diploma courses NCTJ examinations and broadcast journalism courses such as the BJTC. The book’s international focus would also make it ideal reading for journalists from across the world who are working in the UK. The book presumes no prior legal knowledge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367421779

Media Law for Producers Media Law for Producers is a comprehensive handbook that explains in lay terms the myriad legal issues that the producer will face on a regular basis - contracts permits defamation patents releases and insurance libel royalties and residuals as well as protecting the finished production. This revised and expanded edition includes such Internet-related topics as Internet music law online registration and online privacy. Other new topics covered include:· Implied and express contracts in the project/idea submission process · Assignment/transfer of copyright· Music clip licensing· Use of other people's trademarks in media production· Parody as a defense to copyright infringement Clear explanations examine the how and why of different types of production contracts and checklists provide a quick means for producers to determine when their productions might be at greatest risk to legal challenges. Media Law for Producers also examines the substantial changes in copyright term resulting from recent copyright legislation. Legal problems can be very costly to media producers. Lawyers and court fees coupled with the loss of work time can lead to bankruptcy. Media Law for Producers cuts through the legalese and illustrates legal issues to help producers recognize the legal questions that can arise during production. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138130456

Media Law Through Science FictionDo Androids Dream of Electric Free Speech? Attorney and legal scholar Daxton Stewart examines the intersection of media law and science fiction exploring the past present and future of communication technology and policy debates. Science fiction offers a vast array of possibilities anticipating future communication technologies and their implications on human affairs. In this book Stewart looks at potential legal challenges presented by plausible communication technologies that may arise 20 or 50 or 100 years from today. Performing what he calls "speculative legal research " Stewart identifies the kinds of topics we should be talking about relating to speech privacy surveillance and more and considers the debates that would be likely to arise if such technologies become a reality. Featuring interviews with prominent science fiction authors and legal scholars and a foreword by Malka Older this book considers the speculative solutions of science fiction and their implications in law and policy scholarship. Chapters feature specific literary examples to examine how cultural awareness and policy creation are informed by fictional technology future societies and legal disputes. Looking forward beyond traditional legal research and scholarship to the possible and even very likely future of communication technology this fascinating work of speculative legal research will give students and scholars of media law science fiction and technology much to discuss and debate. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138949331

Media LawA User's Guide for Film and Programme Makers First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315004716

Media Leaks and Corruption in BrazilThe Infostorm of Impeachment and the Lava-Jato Scandal Analyzing the political consequences of the most extensive corruption investigation in recent Latin American history Operação Lava-Jato Media Leaks and Corruption in Brazil answers two central questions about the contradictory effects news media has on political systems. First how can political actors in a seemingly well-functioning democracy quickly override checks and balances and replace a head of state with a corrupt vice-president? Second how can very active news media while ostensibly performing the role of the watchdog still fail to deliver media accountability to the public?Combining a quantitative view of the media sphere with case studies of the leaks legal actions and alliances forming and breaking in the Brazilian Congress Mads Bjelke Damgaard demonstrates that the media’s attention to leaks and investigations of corruption paved the way for Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment. By timing the disclosure of information in scandals actors with inside information were able to drive the media agenda and let some scandals escape from the limelight. The book delivers an in-depth study of how scandals become political weapons in a time of media personalities and post-politics.This book will interest scholars of Latin American Studies and Brazil and the broader fields of media studies democracy studies and journalism studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367666040

Media Literacy Around the World At the dawn of the twenty-first century education about and through the media has become a worldwide phenomenon and is playing an increasingly important role in educational reform. The theory and practice of media education have profited greatly from recent and intensive development and application of new information and telecommunications technologies. Consequently the importance of media and information literacy is taking on an even greater urgency. With this in mind the contributors to this volume survey what has taken place over the last decade in different parts of the world examine the current state of theoretical conceptual and research development and consider where media education is going and where it ought to go. With two-thirds of its 22 contributions coming from outside the United States Media Literacy around the World is a genuine international effort with many leading media and information educators in the world taking part. The work converts the notion of globalism from a slogan into a working hypothesis. The concerns in this volume are with literacy not just in computer technology but as a broad concern of the educational process. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351292924

Media Literacy Education in ActionTheoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives Media Literacy Education in Action brings together the field’s leading scholars and advocates to present a snapshot of the theoretical and conceptual development of media literacy education—what has influenced it current trends and ideas about its future. Featuring a mix of perspectives it explores the divergent ways in which media literacy is connected to educational communities and academic areas in both local and global contexts. The volume is structured around seven themes: • Media Literacy: Past and Present • Digital Media and Learning • Global Perspectives • Public Spaces • Civic Activism • Policy and Digital Citizenship • Future Connections Compelling well-organized and authoritative this one-stop resource for understanding more about media literacy education across disciplines cultures and divides offers the fresh outlook that is needed at this point in time. Globally as more and more states and countries call for media literacy education more explicitly in their curriculum guidelines educators are being required to teach media literacy in both elementary and secondary education contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415658379

Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment This book part of the BEA Electronic Media Research Series brings together top scholars researching media literacy and lays out the current state of the field in areas such as propaganda news participatory culture representation education social/environmental justice and civic engagement. The field of media literacy continues to undergo changes and challenges as audiences are reconceptualized and reconfigured media industries are transformed and replaced and the production of media texts is available to anyone with a smartphone. The book provides an overview of these. It offers readers specific examples and recommendations to help others as they develop their own teaching and research agendas. Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment will be of great interest to scholars and graduate students studying media literacy through the lens of broadcasting communication studies media and cultural studies film and digital media studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367414856

Media Management and Digital Transformation Media Management and Digital Transformation provides novel and empirically rich insights into the tensions struggles and innovations of news making and managing in media organizations. From an empirically grounded perspective this book investigates how the 'buzz' of new technology tends to prevent management from seeing which changes are needed and indeed possible to make in the newsroom. It presents ground-breaking research showing that fostering ingenious innovative solutions can be created from within organizations by engaging and allowing employees to recognize problems reflect and experiment with new ways of working using technology as support for change. The research presented arises from a four-year action research project in collaboration with three small and medium-sized Norwegian newspapers in addition to ethnographic research in newsrooms and on media organizations and phenomena in the USA and Europe. It includes among other empirical examples of newsrooms transitioning from a deadline-controlled workflow to an open-ended flowline　production and provides new tools and methods for fostering collaborative creativity and co-creative innovation practices. It also looks into newsrooms’ attempts to strengthen their audience engagement metrics performance and external collaborations with technology providers journalism education and action researchers. With theoretical chapters methodological insights and qualitative case studies of contemporary practices this book is essential reading for students and practitioners involved with media management globally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138592087

Media Management and Economics Research in a Transmedia Environment This landmark work centers on media management and economics within a diverse international historical and constantly changing environment. The chapters herein reflect the current state of research and present directions for future study. Developed at the 2012 Research Symposium in conjunction with the annual convention of the Broadcast Education Association it represents the most current theory and research in the area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138925588

Media Management MattersChallenges and Opportunities for Bridging Theory and Practice This edited volume explores media management as engaged scholarship building a bridge between theory and practice and discussing research collaboration between academia policymakers and the media industry. In addition to advancing the scholarly discipline it also questions investigates and discusses the practical value of the research undertaken showing how media management research can provide actionable practice-relevant knowledge to decision makers throughout the media industry. The volume is broken into two parts: a section reflecting on the need for collaboration between research and practice and a section overviewing specific projects that aim to deliver administrative value to stakeholders. The international research projects presented here span topics such as digital transformation business models in news and digital journalism media entrepreneurship and start-ups ad-blocking location-based services audiovisual consumption preferences the sustainability of small television markets co-located and clustered industries and digital privacy. Incorporating under-used methodological approaches such as action research and ethnography Media Management Matters brings suggestions for how scholarship might be promoted outside academia. Simply put this book aims to demonstrate why media management matters.　 Featuring an international roster of contributors this collection is essential reading for scholars and practitioners of media management business and policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367211004

Media Management Review This unique publication deals exclusively with current media management issues. It fills a void in the current literature and provides an outlet for a growing number of media scholars and practitioners interested in the ever-changing and ever-more-complex field of media management. The Media Management Review was designed to appeal to working professionals who deal directly with managing the media: radio television cable newspapers magazines new media and advertising agencies. Written in a style that is both understandable and applicable this annual volume is an indispensable resource filled with information on the latest media management theories and practices. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203053256

Media ManagementA Casebook Approach Media Management: A Casebook Approach provides a detailed consideration of the manager’s role in today’s media organizations highlighting critical skills and responsibilities. Using media-based cases that promote critical thinking and problem-solving this text addresses topics of key concern to managers: diversity group cultures progressive discipline training and market-driven journalism among others. The cases provide real-world scenarios to help students anticipate and prepare for experiences in their future careers. Accounting for major changes in the media landscape that have affected every media industry this Fifth Edition actively engages these changes in both discussion and cases. The text considers the need for managers to constantly adapt obtain quality information and be entrepreneurial and flexible in the face of new situations and technologies that cannot be predicted and change rapidly in national and international settings. As a resource for students and young professionals working in media industries Media Management offers essential insights and guidance for succeeding in contemporary media management roles. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138901025

Media MattersRace & Gender in U.S. Politics Now more than 20 years since its initial release John Fiske’s classic text Media Matters remains both timely and insightful as an empirically rich examination of how the fierce battle over cultural meaning is negotiated in American popular culture. Media Matters takes us to the heart of social inequality and the call for social justice by interrogating some of the most important issues of its time. Fiske offers a practical guide to learning how to interpret the ways that media events shape the social landscape to contest official and taken-for-granted accounts of how events are presented/conveyed through media and to affect social change by putting intellectual labor to public use. A new introductory essay by former Fiske student Black Hawk Hancock entitled ‘Learning How to Fiske: Theorizing Cultural Literacy Counter-History and the Politics of Media Events in the 21st Century’ explains the theoretical and methodological tools with which Fiske approaches cultural analysis highlighting the lessons today’s students can continue to draw upon in order to understand society today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138888203

Media Mergers The recent surge in media mergers has set off a wave of stories that all hit very close to home. In some cases the news organizations themselves become news. The formation of communication conglomerates raises profound questions for reporters' lives and work such as: What is the best way to cover stories of high profile and complexity? Will the new giants broaden both the definition of journalism and the opportunities for journalists to practice their craft? What are the prospects for the new partnership of big news new media and big business? The consequences of consolidation vary by media industry. The evolution of communication technology is so fast that today's truisms can be undone tomorrow. Media Mergers provides a healthy dose of skepticism a search for illuminating facts and a willingness to consider all sides of the discussion.This book approaches the emergence of media giants from a variety of angles. The contributors offer many ways of understanding their scale and their significance. Media Mergers is divided into six parts: "Point/Counterpoint " "The Imperial Moment " "Captains of Communication " "States of Media " "The Consequences of Media Empires in the United States " and "The Consequences of Media Empires Around the World." Authors include: Todd Gitlin; Steven Rattner; Ken Auletta; Madeline Rogers; Danny Schechter; Barbara Maltby; and Mac Margolis.Included in this volume is a roundtable introduced by Walter Cronkite and moderated by Alex Jones. Participants are Frank A. Bennack Jr. Neil S. Braun P. Anthony Ridder and Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. A review essay by Anne Wells Branscomb concludes book. She discusses various books on the subjects of media moguls multimedia conglomerates and media takeovers. Media Mergers is especially pertinent today an age in which the communications industry is constantly changing progressing and being affected by business upheavals. It will be of interest to publishers media specialists and all those in communications policy and research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138527829

Media MessagesWhat Film Television and Popular Music Teach Us About Race Class Gender and Sexual Orientation The new edition of this widely adopted book reveals how the popular media contribute to widespread myths and misunderstanding about cultural diversity. While focused on the impact of television feature film and popular music the authors reach far beyond media to explore how our understanding values and beliefs about race class gender and sexual orientation are constructed. They analyze how personal histories combined with the collective history of oppression and liberation contribute to stereotypes and misinformation as well as how personal engagement with media can impact prospects for individual and social freedom. Along with updated media examples expanded theories and analysis this edition explores even more deeply the coverage of race in two chapters discusses more broadly how men and boys are depicted in the media and socialized and how class issues have become even more visible since the Great Recession of the 21st century and the Occupy movements. Special activities and exercises are provided in the book and an online Instructor's Manual is available to adopters. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780765617576

Media Moms & Digital DadsA Fact-Not-Fear Approach to Parenting in the Digital Age Is social media ruining our kids? How much Internet activity is too much? What do FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) sexting and selfies mean for teens? Are you curious about what research says about how media and technology are affecting childhood? Supported by academic research focused on technology Media Moms & Digital Dads breaks down complex issues in a friendly accessible fashion making it a highly useful and ultimately reassuring read for anyone who worries about the impact that media might be having on young minds. Each chapter delves into a different issue related to kids and media so parents can easily find their particular issue of concern. Dr. Uhls ends each chapter with quick takeaways in the form of tips and guidance for parents.  Dr. Uhls' expertise as a former Hollywood film executive and as a current expert on child development and the media gives her a unique and important perspective. As a trained scientist she understands the myriad studies conducted by researchers and as a mom of digital teens she knows what actually works and can relate to the reality of being a parent in the 21st century. Dr. Uhls also describes the primary research she conducted at UCLA including whether extensive screen time impacts non-verbal emotional understanding which has been covered in the New York Times Time magazine and on National Public Radio.  There are few more important issues for parents today than helping children safely navigate the digital world in which we live a world that provides immense opportunity for learning and connecting yet also puts kids in a position to make mistakes and even cause harm. Knowing what the facts are and when and how to get involved is perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of modern parenting. Media Moms & Digital Dads offers parents reassuring and fact-based guidance on how best to manage screens and media for their children. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781629560847

Media NetworksArchitectures Applications and Standards A rapidly growing number of services and applications along with a dramatic shift in users’ consumption models have made media networks an area of increasing importance. Do you know all that you need to know?Supplying you with a clear understanding of the technical and deployment challenges Media Networks: Architectures Applications and Standards covers media networks basics architectures protocols standards specifications advanced audiovisual and multimedia services and future directions. Focusing on video and audio-visual services it provides wide-scale reference on media networks and the audiovisual domain.The book investigates the different network architectures along with their related protocols and standards. It examines the different digital TV technologies as well as their deployment architectures. Illustrating the role of network operators service providers content providers and manufacturers this timely reference is divided into three parts:Presents digital TV technologies including Open IPTV Mobile TV 3D video and content delivery networksCovers media content delivery and quality of experience (QoE) Examines user-centricity and immersive technologies that take into account advanced services personalization immersive technologies architectures and applications e-health and societal challengesThe book considers emerging media content delivery architectures including Future Internet CDN (Content Delivery Networks) architectures and Content Centric Networks (CCN) approaches while examining the technical challenges and standardization efforts related to such issues. It presents the Quality of Experience (QoE) in Future Internet/ Next Generation Mobile Networks and also covers the management of media (audio/video) information in Future Internet including transport protocols and compression technologies. The book concludes by describing pressing s Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367381370

Media Ownership and Agenda ControlThe hidden limits of the information age Media Ownership and Agenda Control offers a detailed examination of media ownership amidst the complexities of the information age from the resurgence of press barons to the new influence wielded by internet giants. Much of the discussion pivots around recent revelations and controversies in the media industry such as the findings published in 2012 from the Leveson Inquiry the US Federal Communications Commission’s ruling on net neutrality in 2015 Edward Snowden’s decision to leak National Security Agency (NSA) documents in 2013 and the legal battles over ancillary copyrights waged in Germany and elsewhere. Justin Schlosberg traces the obscure and often unnoticed ways in which agendas continue to be shaped by a small number of individual and institutional megaphones despite the rise of grassroots and participatory platforms and despite ubiquitous displays of adversarial journalism. Above all it explores the web of connections and interdependence that binds old and new media gatekeepers and cements them to the surveillance and warfare state. This ultimately foregrounds the book’s call for a radical rethink of ownership regulation situating the movement for progressive media reform alongside wider struggles against the iniquities and injustices of global capitalism. This book’s re-evaluation of the nature of media ownership and control in a postdigital world will prove to be an invaluable resource for students of media studies and journalism as well as all those with an interest in the changing dynamics of media power.  Get involved: Reclaimthemedia.org   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138775466

Media Perceptions of Religious Changes in AustraliaOf Dominance and Diversity This volume explores the contradiction between the news coverage given to issues of religion particularly since 2001 in relation to issues such as terrorism politics security and gender and the fact of its apparent decline according to Census data. Based on media research in Australia and offering comparisons with the UK the author demonstrates that media discussions overlook the diversity that exists within religions particularly the country’s main religion Christianity and presents religion according to specific interpretations shaped by race class and gender which in turn result in very limited understandings of religion itself. Drawing on understandings of the sacred as a non-negotiable value present in religious and secular form Media Perceptions of Religious Changes in Australia calls for a broader sociological perspective on religion and will appeal to scholars of sociology and media studies with interests in religion and public life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367192570

Media Perspectives for the 21st Century Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts topics and issues concerning the communication environment in contemporary democratic societies. It combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide an interdisciplinary and truly global perspective that reflects the trends theories and issues in current media and communication research. The collection raises significant questions about the study of the media by challenging approaches to major media and societal issues and analyses in more depth the range of concerns that shape both the present and the future media landscape and the issues these can create for communication. It also investigates the main effects of technological developments on the domain of the news media and journalism. Divided into two main sections Part I provides accounts of the role of the media in society and deals with agendas that affect the field of communications studies. Part II goes on to examine the world of new media and offers analyses on the developments of the 21st century. Chapters deal with various dimensions of media from a number of different perspectives and socio-political contexts covering a wide range of topics including Social Networking Political Communication Public Journalism Global Infotainment and Consumer Culture. Media Perspectives for the 21st Century will be highly useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers and academics in the fields of media and communication studies mass communication journalism and new media. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203834077

Media Piracy in the Cultural EconomyIntellectual Property and Labor Under Neoliberal Restructuring This book takes a Marxist approach to the study of media piracy – the production distribution and consumption of media texts in violation of intellectual property laws – to examine its place as an endemic feature of the cultural economy since the rise of the Internet. The author explores media piracy not in terms of its moral or legal failings or as the inevitable by-product of digital technologies but as a symptom of a much larger restructuring of cultural labor in the era of the Internet: labor that is digital entrepreneurial informal and even illegal and increasingly politicized. Sketching the contours of this new political economy while engaging with theories of digital media both critical and celebratory Mueller reveals piracy as a submerged social history of the digital world and potentially the key to its political reimagining. This significant contribution to the study of piracy and digital culture will be vital reading for scholars and students of critical media studies cultural studies political theory or digital humanities and particularly those researching media piracy digital labor the digital economy and Marxist theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138303812

Media Portrayals of Religion and the Secular SacredRepresentation and Change Is it true that Christianity is being marginalised by the secular media at the expense of Islam? Are the mass media Islamophobic? Is atheism on the rise in media coverage? Media Portrayals of Religion and the Secular Sacred explores such questions and argues that television and newspapers remain key sources of popular information about religion. They are particularly significant at a time when religious participation in Europe is declining yet the public visibility and influence of religions seems to be increasing. Based on analysis of mainstream media the book is set in the context of wider debates about the sociology of religion and media representation. The authors draw on research conducted in the 1980s and 2008-10 to examine British media coverage and representation of religion and contemporary secular values and to consider what has changed in the last 25 years. Exploring the portrayal of Christianity and public life Islam and religious diversity atheism and secularism and popular beliefs and practices several media events are also examined in detail: the Papal visit to the UK in 2010 and the ban of the controversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders in 2009. Religion is shown to be deeply embedded in the language and images of the press and television and present in all types of coverage from news and documentaries to entertainment sports reporting and advertising. A final chapter engages with global debates about religion and media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409448068

Media Power Professionals and Policies The work of Jeremy Tunstall one of the founding fathers of British media studies is the inspiration behind Media Power Professionals and Policies. In this collection of new work leading international contributors address the central themes of Tunstall's work; the history structures and practices of the international media industry the relationship between media and government and the sociology of labour in the media industry. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203349816

Media Power and Democratization in BrazilTV Globo and the Dilemmas of Political Accountability In this book Porto analyzes the role of TV Globo in the democratization of Brazil. TV Globo one of the world's largest media conglomerates has a dominant position in Brazil's communications landscape. It also exports telenovelas to more than 130 countries and has established joint ventures with transnational media conglomerates. Beginning in the mid-1990s TV Globo began a process of "opening " replacing its authoritarian model of journalism with a more independent reporting style. Representations of Brazil in prime time telenovelas have also shifted. Given this shift Porto considers some of the following questions: •What explains these changes in Brazil's most powerful media company? •How are they related to processes of political and social democratization? •How did TV Globo's opening affect Brazil's emerging democracy especially in terms of the quality of political accountability mechanisms? Porto uses the Brazilian case of TV Globo to analyze the larger links between democratization civil society mobilization and media change in transitional societies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415720052

Media Power and Hegemony in South AfricaThe Myth of Independence This book critically explores how meanings of ‘independence’ are constructed and reconfigured by public service broadcasters in the global south with a particular focus on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Blessed Ngwenya questions the institutional political economy and world systems paradigms born out of coloniality which continue to influence broadcasting and media in the global south and instead presents a radical local understanding of freedom in the present day. The author draws on detailed empirical interviews with members of staff from across the SABC including board members senior management and journalists offering an intimate insight into how the participants themselves perceive understand and deal with the issues and problems they face in relation to independence. Framed by a rich analysis of the historical context this book provides readers with the theoretical and empirical toolkit needed to place the everyday experiences and needs of their subjects first and to ultimately arrive at an accurate understanding of independence in its several senses. Contributing to growing global debates on the decolonisation of knowledge this book is critical reading for advanced scholars and researchers of African media culture communication and epistemic freedom. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367489892

Media Power in Hong KongHyper-Marketized Media and Cultural Resistance Studies of Hong Kong media primarily examine whether China will crush Hong Kong’s media freedom. This book however traces the root problem of Hong Kong media back to the colonial era demonstrating that before the resumption of Chinese sovereignty there already existed a uniquely Hong Kong brand of hyper-marketized and oligopolistic media system. The system encouraged by the British colonial government was subsequently aggravated by the Chinese government. This peculiar system is highly susceptible to state intervention and structurally disadvantaged dissent and marginal groups before and after 1997. The book stresses that this hyper-marketized media system has been constantly challenged. Through a historical study of media stigmatization of youth this book proposes that over the years various counter forces have penetrated the structurally lopsided Hong Kong media: independent public popular and news media all make occasional subversive alliances to disrupt the mainstream and news media with a strong liberal professionalism provide the most subversive space for challenging cultural hegemony. The book offers an alternative and fascinating account of the dynamics between hegemonic closure and day-to-day resistance in Hong Kong media in both the colonial and post-colonial eras arguing that the Hong Kong case generates important insights for understanding ideological struggles in capitalist media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138102002

Media Practices Social Movements and PerformativityTransdisciplinary Approaches As individuals incorporate new forms of media into their daily routines these media transform individuals’ engagement with networks of heterogeneous actors. Using the concept of media practices this volume looks at processes of social and political transformation in diverse regions of the world to argue that media change and social change converge on a redefinition of the relations of individuals to larger collective bodies. To this end contributors examine new collective actors emerging in the public arena through digital media or established actors adjusting to a diversified communication environment. The book offers an important contribution to a vibrant transdisciplinary and international field of research emerging at the intersections of communication performance and social movement studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367883980

Media Practices and Protest PoliticsHow Precarious Workers Mobilise How do precarious workers employed in call-centres universities the fashion industry and many other labour markets organise struggle and communicate to become recognised influential political subjects? "Media Practices and Protest Politics; How Precarious Workers Mobilise" reveals the process by which individuals at the margins of the labour market and excluded from the welfare state communicate and struggle outside the realm of institutional politics to gain recognition in the political sphere. In this important and thought provoking work Alice Mattoni suggests an all-encompassing approach to understanding grassroots political communication in contemporary societies. Using original examples from precarious workers mobilizations in Italy she explores a range of activist media practices and compares different categories of media technologies organizations and outlets from the printed press to web application and from mainstream to alternative media. Explaining how activists perceive and understand the media environment in which they are embedded the book discusses how they must interact with a diverse range of media professionals and technologies and considers how mainstream radical left-wing and alternative media represent protests. Media Practices and Protest Politics offers important insights for understanding mechanisms and patterns of visibility in struggles for recognition and redistribution in post-democratic societies and provides a valuable contribution to the field of political communication and social movement studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138268654

Media Product PortfoliosIssues in Management of Multiple Products and Services Media product portfolios are rapidly becoming the predominant shared characteristic of media companies worldwide. The phenomenon involves firms from all kinds of media--newspapers magazines television radio cinema--and is found in enterprises ranging from small local firms to large globalized companies. This volume is the result of a coordinated effort of scholars in the United States and Europe to explore the characteristics processes challenges and implications of media product portfolios.This book breaks new ground by introducing the concepts of product portfolio management and applying them to media companies in a comprehensive manner. It draws from knowledge and methods of analyzing product portfolio management in other industries applies that knowledge to media industries and analyzes current practices in media firms. The process and issues of portfolio strategy development and management are complex and wide ranging. The book explores the development of media product portfolios from an interdisciplinary perspective providing insight from business economic organizational and communication approaches. The book explores why and how firms develop portfolios how company strategy and organizational development relate to portfolios the role of leaders in developing portfolio activities economic and economic geography issues in portfolios production issues challenges in managing multiple products and operations issues of marketing and branding issues in portfolios personnel implications and the unique challenges in the internationalization of media portfolio operations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415650045

Media Production AgreementsA User's Guide for Film and Programme Makers Media Production Agreements is an invaluable reference tool for film television and video producers and has been written specifically for all those involved in the media industry. Providing legal information and sound advice on the structuring of deals and negotiated agreements this authoritative guide identifies potential pitfalls in the drafting and arrangement of contracts and proposals.Media Production Agreements contains legal agreements which independent producers writers and all those involved in the film and television industry are faced with at the outset of a project. Typical agreements and sample contracts are presented in the text and practical explanatory notes provide clarification caveats and advice.Contracts and agreements discussed include:* option and literary purchase* writer's and director's agreement* co-production agreement* distribution agreement* location agreement* non-disclosure agreement* release from a living person* release for extras* name product and logo release agreement* licence to reproduce still photographs. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315004709

Media ProductionA Practical Guide to Radio & TV Media Production is an introductory guide to radio TV and film production techniques. Illuminating the step by step process from conception to delivery from the initial brainstorms through planning research and editing this book creates a guided structure to help students learn about media production. Aimed at those producing radio film or TV productions for the first time this book offers relevant advice which takes account of the context in which students work and the type of equipment available to them. Supported by online resources this textbook provides templates notes and exercises to help students prepare for their own productions as well as a video and audio library showcasing techniques interviews and behind the scenes industry footage. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415535328

Media Promotion & Marketing for Broadcasting Cable & the Internet This fifth edition of the successful Promotion and Marketing for Broadcasting Cable and the Web 4ed takes an important timely look at the newest media venue the Internet. Under its new title Media Promotion and Marketing for Broadcast Cable and the Internet 5ed it takes a fresh look at the industry and the latest strategies for media promotion and marketing.The book explores the scope and goals of media production from the perspectives of network and local television cable Internet and radio including public broadcasting. Topics include: goals of promotion; research in promotion; on-air print and Web message design; radio promotion; television network and station promotion and new campaigns; non-commercial radio and television promotion; cable marketing and promotion; research and budgeting for promotion; syndicated program marketing; global and international promotion and marketing; and online marketing and promotion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138168671

Media PsychologyExploration and Application This book examines media psychology as a field of study and provides a fundamental understanding of its emergence and application. It covers various key themes such as consumer behavior mass media and advertising media and culture media messages and their effects on individual and group behavior in the Indian context. It highlights the role of media psychology with reference to citizenship and pedagogy and studies the emerging concept of digital altruism. The author also discusses various research methods used in this field that help to objectively evaluate the impact of mass media messages on people and people’s effect on the functioning of mass media. This comprehensive book will be useful to students and researchers of psychology media psychology mass-communication consumer behavior digital marketing corporate communication and media studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367676223

Media ReformDemocratizing the Media Democratizing the State Using examples of media from a range of countries in Latin America Europe Asia and Africa including Uruguay Poland China Indonesia Jordan and Uganda Media Reform considers the social and cultural implications of a free and independent media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138980730

Media Relations in Property Media relations are a vital tool for helping property companies build shareholder value through stronger brands develop reputations that drive a flow of new work and help sell and let properties faster and at a fraction of the cost of other marketing techniques but such relationships need to be managed properly. This practical and comprehensive book � peppered with real case studies and observations from numerous people within the property industry � aims to demystify �the black art of PR�. Some of the topics covered include: the strategic aims and benefits of good media relations promoting good media relations practice throughout your organization an overview of property opportunities across the UK media understanding journalists and what they want do's and don'ts of working with the media developing a media relations plan the costs of media relations programmes. Written by an award winning property journalist and a marketing consultant with more than forty years experience between them this book is a must read for all property professionals looking to make the most out of the media. Media > Books > Print Books Estates Gazette 9781138461338

Media Relations MeasurementDetermining the Value of PR to Your Company's Success Nowadays most managers seek a complete picture when it comes to return on investment and this applies to PR too. Despite this and the developments in measurement tools for marketing and advertising PR has lagged behind and different professionals have favoured different models. Ralf Leinemann and Elena Baikaltseva's book brings together the range of models for evaluating PR effectiveness and develops them into a series of appropriate tools for business use. Basic concepts such as balanced scorecards business fundamentals and planning processes are all covered. The authors also introduce their own theory of PR evaluation and apply it to five different types of activity: interviews press conferences generic campaigns crisis PR and long-term projects. In addition the book contains many valuable tips and real-life examples throughout. Written for corporate PR practitioners and marketing/communications specialists this book brings together business objectives and the evaluation of company impact in terms of media reputation visibility of the company and its competitors. In total more than 60 different methods of evaluation are discussed providing readers with an indispensable toolkit for mapping each PR task or project by selecting the appropriate method from the menu provided. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138380943

Media Relations of the Anti-War MovementThe Battle for Hearts and Minds In this book Ian Taylor examines how a social movement the anti-Iraq War movement in the UK engaged with the media as a part of their campaigning against the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Moving beyond content analysis to draw upon interviews with locally based journalists and activists Taylor examines how locally based anti-war groups engaged with their local press as well as how those groups were reported on by the local press in their respective areas. In the process of exploring these ideas the book takes on questions like: How did local journalists assess the legitimacy of the anti-war movement? How why and to what extent did opponents of the war pursue local press coverage? What bearing did the social composition of the movement have on the way they set about engaging with the media? How did the local press handle the controversy surrounding opposition to military action against Iraq? Media Relations of the Anti-War Movement makes a unique contribution to research on the interactions between social movements and the media and plugs a major gap in the literature on the Iraq War and the media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138368217

Media RelationsIssues and strategies Public relations and the media are in a time of major change. The rise of social media altered media platforms evolving legislative environments and new models of communication have altered not only the working environments of public relations and the news and entertainment media but also many aspects of how these industries work together.Media Relations provides a practical and thorough introduction to media work in this changing environment. Based on a solid understanding of media culture and theory Jane Johnston shows how to steer a path between the technical and human elements of media relations. She drills down into the different types of media analysing their applications strengths and weaknesses and shows how to target your message to the right media outlets whether national television community radio celebrity magazines or influential blogs.This second edition has been revised throughout and includes new case studies and new chapters on digital and social media media campaigns and legal and ethical considerations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781742376448

Media Representations of Anti-Austerity Protests in the EUGrievances Identities and Agency This book analyzes constructions of injustice group identification and participation in news and social media in anti-austerity protests within the European Union (EU). Since 2008 EU member-states have witnessed waves of protests and demonstrations against the adoption of austerity measures and alignment of domestic economies with the prevailing global neoliberal order. Understanding how the media represents dissent and how it influences public deliberation is of critical importance. It is accordingly necessary to explore the strategies deployed and role played by news and social media in representing and perhaps acting upon anti-austerity protests in the Eurozone crisis. This volume undertakes such a critical exploration.　 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367889555

Media Representations of Gender and Torture Post-9/11 In this timely book Gronnvoll offers a feminist rhetorical examination of gender and torture looking at the media coverage of Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay as well as recent popular entertainment television serials where torture appears as a plot device (including 24). In exposing news media coverage to such scrutiny she finds that cases of American personnel engaging in torture achieved notoriety chiefly because of the fact that women were perpetrators. The language of commentators suggests at least as much social outrage over the gender performance of the women as over the fact of torture being committed by Americans. At the same time political and social discourses sketch a portrait of an intractable enemy in the form of the Muslim "Other" and betray a longing for a savior warrior hero who is capable of prevailing over this perceived "evil." Yet news coverage of Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay suggests women warriors are socially perceived as lacking the necessary qualifications to be such saviors. This finding provides a transition into an examination of popular entertainment television programs that feature male and female heroes as government agents engaged in fighting the war on terrorism. Ultimately Gronnvoll's analysis suggests that a Western cultural longing for a savior is partially fulfilled through fictional programming portrayals of masculine warriors who engage in torture and remain heroic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415634212

Media Research on Climate ChangeWhere have we been and where are we heading? Research on media coverage of climate change as a particular subfield of environmental communication research has proliferated over the past decade. This book sets out to consider what conclusions can be drawn in light of the existing body of work what lessons can be learnt what are the challenges to be met and what are the directions to be taken in order to further develop media research on climate change. The mixture of articles in this volume serve well to illustrate the range of empirical theoretical and methodological approaches subsumed under the broad heading of "media studies on climate change." Some contributions focus on the past—how the subfield has developed and what we can learn from that—and some look toward the future. Either way all the authors share the ambition to suggest important avenues of research be they centered on media context applicability of results or theoretical advancement. As such they make a valuable contribution to identifying important directions for future research on the role of the media in communicating climate change. This book was previously published as a special issue of Environmental Communication. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367074821

Media ResearchTechnology Art and Communication Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) received his PhD in English literature from Cambridge University and taught in the United States and Canada. He is best known however as the founding father of media studies. McLuhan was Director of the Center for Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto. Among his ground-breaking works on the psychic and social dimensions of communication technology are The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962); Understanding Media: the Extensions of Man (1964); and The Medium Is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects (1967). Michel Moos' premise is that Marshall McLuhan's importance derives from his achievements in rethinking the entire process of education and training itself not with his popular fame as media guru and he analyzes McLuhan's work from the feedback effect his vision continues to provide rather than from the perspective of interpreting McLuhan's pronouncements on the electronic media. Moos contrasts McLuhan's thoughts with those of such thinkers as Roland Barthes Fredric Jameson Friedrich Kittler Donna Haraway and Deleuze and Guattari and renders an updated account of the effect of the mass media on our society and ourselves. The concept "the medium is the message" is the hub around which Marshall McLuhan's explorations revolved. McLuhan's interests ranged from sixteenth-century literature to twentieth-century business practices. With wit and literary flair he reported the media's influence on society and on the individual. He concluded that we could not escape being transformed by the forces that are hidden deeply within the electronic telecommunications revolution of the sixties. For McLuhan the new mediums of film television and the emerging realm of the digital were the modern equivalent of Gutenberg's printing press. Essays by M. McLuhan. Edited and with a Commentary by M.A. Moos. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315078601

Media Servers for Lighting ProgrammersA Comprehensive Guide to Working with Digital Lighting Media Servers for Lighting Programmers is the reference guide for lighting programmers working with media servers – the show control devices that control and manipulate video audio lighting and projection content that have exploded onto the scene becoming the industry standard for live event productions TV and theatre performances. This book contains all the information you need to know to work effectively with these devices beginning with coverage of the most common video equipment a lighting programmer encounters when using a media server - including terminology and descriptions - and continuing on with more advanced topics that include patching a media server on a lighting console setting up the lighting console for use with a media server and accessing the features of the media server via a lighting console. The book also features a look at the newest types of digital lighting servers and products. This book contains: Never-before-published information grounded in author Vickie Claiborne’s extensive knowledge and experience Covers newest types of digital lighting servers and products including media servers software and LED products designed to be used with video Companion website with additional resources and links to additional articles on PLSN Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415721899

Media Sociology The British post-war campaign to ban American horror comics neatly illustrates many of the pitfalls of media research. It is the first case-study used by David Barrat as he reviews this rapidly growing field of sociology. He gives a clear account of how and why sociologists have studied the media looking in particular at the arguments about the effects of television video comics newspapers and radio on their audiences.He explains how media organizations work how 'news' is manufactured and what the political and commercial constraints can be. He discusses the likely impact on new technologies including satellite and cable television on the media industry. The final chapter is about methods of studying the media such as 'uses and gratifications' content analysis semiology and structural approaches. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138442931

Media Spectacle and the Crisis of DemocracyTerrorism War and Election Battles Douglas Kellner's Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy: 9/11 the War on Iraq and Election 2004 investigates the role of the media in the momentous political events of the past four years. Beginning with the role of the media in contested election of 2000 Kellner examines how corporate media ownership and concentration linked with a rightward shift of establishment media have disadvantaged the Democrats and benefited George W. Bush and the Republicans. Exploring the role of media spectacle in the 9/11 attacks and subsequent Terror War in Afghanistan and Iraq Kellner documents the centrality of media politics in advancing foreign policy agendas and militarism. Building on his analysis in Media Spectacle (Routledge 2003) Kellner demonstrates in detail how conflicting political forces ranging from Al Qaeda to the Bush administration construct media spectacles to advance their politics. Two chapters critically engage the role of the media in the buildup to the Iraq war and the media-centric nature of Bush's Iraq invasion and occupation. Final chapters delineate the role of the media in the highly contested and significant 2004 election campaign that many believe to be one of the key political struggles of the contemporary era. Criticizing Bush's unilateralism Kellner argues for a multilateral and cosmopolitan globalization and the need for democratic media to help overcome the current crisis of democracy in the United States. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315633480

Media Spectacles First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138416178

Media Strategies for Marketing Places in Crisis Growing competition between countries and cities over attracting infrastructure investment tourists capital and national and international status mean that today a negative image is more harmful than ever. Whatever the cause of the negative image places perceived as dangerous frightening or boring are at a distinct disadvantage. Many decision makers and marketers stand by helplessly frustrated by their knowledge that in most cases their city's negative image is not based on well-grounded facts. Given that stereotypes are not easily changed or dismissed the challenge facing these decision makers is great. Analyses of many case studies show interesting examples of places that tried to change a negative image into a positive one in order to bringing back tourists investors and residents. Although a great deal of knowledge about crisis communications has accumulated in recent years very little has been written about strategies to improve places' negative images. The aim of "Media Strategies for Marketing Places in Crisis" is to discuss the various dimensions of an image crisis and different strategies to overcome it both in practice and theory. "Media Strategies for Marketing Places in Crisis" is based on the careful analysis of dozens of case studies advertisements public relations campaigns press releases academic articles news articles and the websites of cities countries and tourist destinations.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138473546

Media StrategiesManaging content platforms and relationships Media Strategies maps the complex and disruptive media environment for the communication professional and provides the tools and methods to work effectively within it. Increasingly communication professionals need to be accomplished content managers capable of employing an arsenal of multi-media tactics across different platforms. This book presents new and innovative approaches to media relations brand journalism and content management providing practitioners with the tools to creatively develop share and deliver strategic media assets and ideas that cut through the cluttered digital environment. The authors also demonstrate that personal and traditional skills are as important as ever including the ability to tell stories create memorable media pitches write and lay-out media materials and develop credibility and trust in relationships. Media Strategies sets a new agenda for anyone seeking to build a career as a professional communicator. It includes examples from around the world from corporate political government not-for-profit and activist communication and public relations practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781760295196

Media Strategy and Military Operations in the 21st CenturyMediatizing the Israel Defence Forces This book applies the concept of mediatization to the contemporary dynamic between war media and society with a focus on the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Since the beginning of the 21st century the IDF has undergone an intensive process of mediatization that has transformed the media into an interpretative grid for many of its military activities and increasingly utilized media to garner public support and construct civilian perceptions of conflict and security through media activity and strategy. This process can be divided into four distinct chronological phases in accordance with the operational challenges confronted by the IDF during this period from the Al-Aqsa Intifada of 2000 through Israeli unilateral disengagement from Gaza in 2005 and the second Lebanon war of 2006 to the series of Gaza confrontations of 2008-2014. The work shows how the IDF’s media policy evolved from a narrow perception of its role and separation between operational and media actions to a cohesive and coherently articulated media strategy that is increasingly intertwined with military action and operational strategy and a vital component of strategic military aims and objectives. This strategic stance has led the IDF to adopt a global media perspective using the most advanced new media platforms designed to influence public opinion and improve national narratives both in Israel and the international community. By applying the concept of mediatization to the Israeli case this book fills a research lacuna and offers a new prism for the study of media-military relations in contemporary conflicts. The book will be of much interest to students of civil-military relations strategic studies Middle Eastern Studies media and communication studies sociology and IR in general. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367596354

Media Studies 2.0 Media Studies 2.0 offers an exploration of the digital revolution and its consequences for media and communication studies arguing that the new era requires an upgraded discipline: a media studies 2.0. The book traces the history of mass-media and computing exploring their merger at the end of the twenty-century and the material ecological cultural and personal elements of this digital transformation. It considers the history of media and communication studies arguing that the academic discipline was a product of the analogue broadcast-era emerging in the early twentieth century as a response to the success of newspapers radio and cinema and reflecting that era back in its organisation themes and concepts. Digitalisation however takes us beyond this analogue era (media studies 1.0) into a new post-broadcast era. Merrin argues that the digital-era demands an upgraded academic discipline: one reflecting the real media life of its students and teaching the key skills needed by the twenty-first century user. Media 2.0 demand a media studies 2.0 This original and critical overview of contemporary developments within media studies is ideal for general students of media and communication as well as those specifically studying new and digital media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415638630

Media Studies: The Basics Fully updated and revised the second edition of Media Studies: The Basics is the ideal guide to the changing landscape of media and Media Studies. There have been seismic shifts in what constitutes (the) media in recent years with technological advances ushering in whole new categories of producers consumers and modes of delivery. This has been reflected in the way media is studied with new theories concepts and practices coming to the fore. This new edition addresses core questions including: Who or what are the media? What are the key terms and concepts used in analysing media? Where have new media technologies had the biggest impact? How and by whom is media made in the 21st century? Featuring new case studies an updated glossary and suggestions for further reading this is the ideal introduction to Media Studies today for both A Level and undergraduate students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138349162

Media StudiesTexts Production Context Media Studies: Texts Production Context 2nd Edition is a comprehensive introduction to the various approaches in the field. From outlining what media studies is to encouraging active engagement in research and analysis this book advocates media study as a participatory process and provides a framework and set of skills to help you develop critical thinking. Updated to reflect the changing media environment Media Studies retains the highly praised approach and style of the first edition. Key Features: Five sections - media texts and meanings; producing media; media audiences; media and social contexts; histography - examine approaches to the field including new and web media traditional print and broadcast media popular music computer games photography and film. An international perspective allows you to view media in a global context. Examines media audiences as consumers listeners readerships and members of communities. Guidance on analytical tools - language a range of theories and analytical techniques - to give you the confidence to navigate research and make sense of the field. New for the second edition: New case studies including Google My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding the life of a freelance journalist phone hacking at News International and collaborative journalism. 'New Media New Media Studies' is an additional feature which brings into focus ways of thinking about new media forms. Media Studies: Texts Production Context 2nd Edition will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of media studies cultural studies communication studies film studies the sociology of the media popular culture and other related subjects. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781408269510

Media StudiesThe Essential Resource Bringing together key writings with original textbook material the second edition of Media Studies: The Essential Resource explains central perspectives and concepts within Media Studies. Readers are introduced to a range of writing on media topics promoting an understanding of the subject from both contemporary and historical perspectives. The text is split into three parts covering Analysis and Perspectives Media Audiences and Ecologies and Creativities. The key areas of study are discussed with accessible readings from essential theoretical texts and fully supported with an author commentary. Theoretical perspectives are used to analyse contemporary media forms and activities direct students to interrogate readings further and apply their learning. Encouraging critical and analytical study Media Studies: The Essential Resource helps students to understand the main theories and theorists within Media Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415540155

Media Technology and SocietyA History From the Printing Press to the Superhighway Challenging the popular myth of a present-day 'information revolution' Media Technology and Society is essential reading for anyone interested in the social impact of technological change. Winston argues that the development of new media forms from the telegraph and the telephone to computers satellite and virtual reality is the product of a constant play-off between social necessity and suppression: the unwritten law by which new technologies are introduced into society only insofar as their disruptive potential is limited. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138130678

Media Theory for A LevelThe Essential Revision Guide Media Theory for A Level provides a comprehensive introduction to the 19 academic theories required for A Level Media study. From Roland Barthes to Clay Shirky from structuralism to civilisationism this revision book explains the core academic concepts students need to master to succeed in their exams. Each chapter includes: • Comprehensive explanations of the academic ideas and theories specified for GCE Media study. • Practical tasks designed to help students apply theoretical concepts to unseen texts and close study products/set texts. • Exemplar applications of theories to set texts and close study products for all media specifications (AQA Eduqas OCR and WJEC). • Challenge activities designed to help students secure premium grades. • Glossaries to explain specialist academic terminology. • Revision summaries and exam preparation activities for all named theorists. • Essential knowledge reference tables. Media Theory for A Level is also accompanied by the essentialmediatheory.com website that contains a wide range of supporting resources. Accompanying online material includes: • Revision flashcards and worksheets. • A comprehensive bank of exemplar applications that apply academic theory to current set texts and close study products for all media specifications. • Classroom ready worksheets that teachers can use alongside the book to help students master essential media theory. • Help sheets that focus on the application of academic theory to unseen text components of A Level exams. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367145439

Media TodayMass Communication in a Converging World This seventh edition of Joseph Turow’s pathbreaking media textbook uses convergence as a lens that puts students at the center of the profound changes in the 21st century media world. It teaches students to think critically about the role of media and what these changes mean for their lives. The book’s media systems approach helps students to look carefully at how media content is created distributed and exhibited in the new world that the digital revolution has created. The first part examines the media world as a whole while the second delves deep into key media industries such as the movie book and video game industries. This new edition includes critical expanded coverage of social media as well as updated figures tables and pedagogy including key terms and further activities. Media Today is an excellent introduction to the world of media in the digital age. From news media to video games and social networking to mobile platforms it provides students with the tools they need to understand and critique the media they encounter and consume. Extensive pedagogical materials also make this a highly teachable book well suited to the classroom. The accompanying website has also been updated with new student and instructor resources including chapter recaps recommended readings and instructor’s manual. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138593848

Media WarfareThe Americanization of Language Media Warfare is the concluding volume of Melvin Lasky's monumental The Language of Journalism a series that has been praised as a ""brilliant"" and ""original"" study in communications and contemporary language. Firmly rooted in the critical tradition of H. L. Mencken George Orwell and Karl Kraus Lasky's incisive analysis of journalistic usage and misusage gauges both the cultural and political health of contemporary society as well the declining standards of contemporary journalism.As in the first two volumes Lasky's scope is cross-cultural with special emphasis on the sometimes conflicting sometimes mutually influential styles of American and British journalistic practice. His approach to changes in media content and style is closely keyed to changes in society at large. Media Warfare pays particular attention to the gradual easing and near disappearance of censorship rules in the 1960s and after and the attendant effects on electronic and print media. In lively and irreverent prose Lasky anatomizes the dilemmas posed by the entrance of formerly ""unmentionable"" subjects into daily journalistic discourse whether for reasons of profit or accurate reporting. He details the pervasive and often indirect influence of the worlds of fashion and advertising on journalism with their imperatives of sensationalism and novelty and by contrast how the freeing of language and subject matter in literature--the novels of Joyce and Lawrence the poetry of Philip Larkin--have affected permissible expression for good or ill. Lasky also relates this interaction of high and low style to the spread of American urban slang often with Yiddish roots and sometimes the occasion of anti-Semitic reaction into the common parlance of British no less than American journalists.Media Warfare concludes with prescriptive thoughts on how journalism might still be revitalized in a ""post-profane"" culture. Witty timely and deeply learned the three volumes of The Language of Journalism are a c Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203785973

Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era The concept of media logic a theoretical framework for explaining the relationship between mass media and culture was first introduced in Altheide and Snow's influential work Media Logic. In Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era the authors expand their analysis of how organizational considerations promote a distinctive media logic which in turn is conductive to a media culture. They trace the ethnography of that media culture including the knowledge techniques and assumptions that encourage media professionals to acquire particular cognitive and evaluative criteria and thereby present events primarily for the media's own ends.Case studies and examples of the mass media presentation of entertainment news politics organized religion and sports during the past twenty years illustrate how scheduling sources of information style format and professional awards influence how the world is portrayed in the various media. The authors analyze the influence of media logic on society's perceptions and judgments of issues and its impact on public opinion culture and social institutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511996

Mediaeval Education and the Reformation Originally published in 1967 this volume provides an account of the early development of English education. The schools and universities of the mediaeval period arose to meet the social needs of that time. The book charts developments up to the sixteenth century when the Reformation brought profound social and religious changes which affected education: not only the organisation of schools and universities but also the curriculum. This was the turning point when the foundations of an educational system in the modern sense of the term were laid. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415860598

Mediaeval Hospitals of England First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315031491

Mediaeval Researches from Eastern Asiatic SourcesFragments Towards the Knowledge of the Geography and History of Central and Western Asia fr First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138878792

Mediaeval Researches from Eastern Asiatic SourcesFragments Towards the Knowledge of the Geography and History of Central and Western Asia fr First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138862142

Mediated Citizenship Previously published as a special issue of Social Semiotics this book grapples with such questions as: What does it mean to be a citizen in contemporary societies? What role do mass media play in the making of citizenship? Drawing on ground-breaking work from scholars around the world known for their contributions to the study of media and politics this volume covers a range of practices of mediated citizenship with chapters studying the mourning after the deaths of Pim Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh in the Netherlands and notions of authenticity in letters written to British Conservative politician Boris Johnson. The authors explore discourses of nationalism in the English and Scottish Press and examine struggles over definitions of the public in Australian public service broadcasting and the US Medicare debate. Emerging possibilities for mediated citizenship are assessed in three studies of online activism and participation in the US and China. The book builds on conventional understandings of citizenship and the public sphere calling attention to the need for understanding affective attachments to politics. Finally it demonstrates that we cannot fully understand citizenship without looking at the concrete workings of power in and through mediated discourse. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138980747

Mediated Discourse as Social InteractionA Study of News Discourse Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction makes an explicit link between media studies and social interactionalist discursive research where previously the two fields of study have been treated as separate disciplines. This text presents an integrated theory illustrated by ample concrete examples bringing together the latest research in these two fields. It offers a critique to the sender-receiver model implicit in media studies and argues for an analysis of media discourse as social interaction on the one hand among journalists and newsmakers as a community of practice and among readers and viewers as a spectating community of practice on the other. The book also argues for a coherent and interdiscursive methodology for the ethnographic study of the role of the news media in the social construction of identity and is based on a considerable body of ethnographic and textual analysis of both print and television news media.The theory of mediated discourse presented in this volume will be of great interest to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates studying media studies sociology of language discourse analysis interactional sociolinguistics ethnography of communication and applied linguistics. It will also be welcomed by scholars and professionals involved in research in these areas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138179486

Mediated FootballRepresentations and Audience Receptions of Race/Ethnicity Nation and Gender Football has become one of the most mediated cultural practices in modern Western societies providing players officials and spectators with implicit and often hidden discourses about race/ethnicity national identity and gender. This book provides new and critical insights into how mediated football as a contested cultural practice influences and is influenced by discourses and stereotypes about race/ethnicity nation and gender that operate at the local national and global level. It analyzes both contemporary media representations and the ways these representations are negotiated interpreted and used by football media audiences. These issues are explored across all media genres (print media television online social media film and so forth) in a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural manner with contributions from diverse disciplines and countries. This book was originally published as a special issue of Soccer and Society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138305410

Mediated Identity in the Emerging Digital AgeA Dialogical Perspective:a Special Issue of identity This book illustrates the process of mediated dialogue in a digital age. It shows that culture and self-like society and identity-are conceived as mutually inclusive and shows how technology is able to create a new form of dialogue that is very personal and very public at the same time. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138417267

Mediated Intercultural Communication in a Digital Age This book focuses on mediated intercultural communication in the context of globalization. Analyzing social and traditional media using qualitative interpretive and critical and cultural perspectives contributors engage with diverse topics - ranging from hybrid identities in different　communities to journalistic collaborations in the global media landscape. In addition the authors also examine the placeless and borderless communities of diaspora members their transnational identities and the social media stories that shape and are shaped by them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367660833

Mediated IntimaciesConnectivities Relationalities and Proximities Social media characterized by user-generated content interactivity participation and community formation have gained much research attention in recent years. At the same time intimacy affectivity and emotions are increasingly growing as fields of study. While these two areas are often interwoven the actual interconnections are rarely studied in detail. This anthology explores how social media construct new types of intimacies and how practices of intimacy shape the development and use of new media offering empirical knowledge theoretical insights and an international perspective on the flourishing field of digital intimacies. Chapters present a range of research tools used such as interviews online ethnography visual analysis text analysis and video analysis. There is also rich variation in sources for the empirical material studied including Tumblr YouTube dating sites hook-up sites Facebook Snapchat Couchsurfing selfies blogs and photographs as well as smartphones tablets and computers. By focusing on the intersection between social media and intimacies and their continuous co-constitution this anthology offers new insights into the vast landscape of contemporary media reality. It will be a valuable resource for teachers students and scholars with an interest in new media communication intimacy and affectivity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138631878

Mediated KinshipGender Race and Sexuality in Donor Families Illustrating the fascinating intersections of online media and new kinship this book presents a study of the increasing numbers of single women and lesbian couples reproducing by using donor sperm. It explores how they connect with each other online develop intimate digital communities and most importantly locate their children’s hitherto unknown biological half-siblings throughout the world. The author discusses how these new families - consisting of only mothers - engage in extended families involving large numbers of ‘donor siblings’. The new families challenge previous understandings of kinship and provide illustrations of how norms of gender sexuality and family are challenged negotiated and maintained in contemporary times. A crucial study of contemporary formations of family gender and race Mediated Kinship discusses the racial aspects of the world’s largest sperm bank exporting Danish sperm (termed ‘Viking sperm’) and explores the narratives of whiteness and imagined racial superiority that circulate among mothers as well as the racialisations accompanying commercial online sperm sales. By analysing contemporary families of donor-conceived children in the context of legislation reproduction technologies and online media the book will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in race and ethnicity whiteness gender sexuality kinship and the sociology of the family. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367478896

Mediated Space As the social media revolution embeds itself in our daily lives and as those who once consumed media become producers established broadcast media producers are witnessing the dissolution of trust in their established authority. Mediated Space critiques contemporary intersections of Architecture and broadcast media that exploit spaces and places that are real imagined or hybrids of the two in order to re-establish and strengthen the power of traditional capitalist mechanisms of production and consumption. Examining eight spatial constructions in North America Europe the Middle East and Africa Mediated Space embarks on a global exploration of how architecture spatial design and technology conspire in the service of global capitalism. In three thematic parts that focus on the automotive space of the city the journalistic space of the news room and the mediated skyline of the city Mediated Space makes an architectural critique of spaces that are rarely designed by architects but that are experienced every day by millions of people. Media > Books > Print Books RIBA Publishing 9781859469477

Mediating and Remediating Death From the ritual object which functions as a substitute for the dead - thus acting as a medium for communicating with the ’other world’ - to the representation of death violence and suffering in media or the use of online social networks as spaces of commemoration media of various kinds are central to the communication and performance of death-related socio-cultural practices of individuals groups and societies. This second volume of the Studies in Death Materiality and Time series explores the ways in which such practices are subject to ’re-mediation’; that is to say processes by which well-known practices are re-presented in new ways through various media formats. Presenting rich interdisciplinary new empirical case studies and fieldwork from the US and Europe Asia The Middle East Australasia and Africa Mediating and Remediating Death shows how different media forms contribute to the shaping and transformation of various forms of death and commemoration whether in terms of their range and distribution their relation to users or their roles in creating and maintaining communities. With its broad and multi-faceted focus on how uses of media can redraw the traditional boundaries of death-related practices and create new cultural realities this book will appeal to scholars across the social sciences and humanities with interests in ritual and commemoration practices the sociology and anthropology of death and dying and cultural and media studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138336681

Mediating Climate Change Climate change has been a significant area of scientific concern since the late 1970s but has only recently entered mainstream culture and politics. However as media coverage of climate change increases in the twenty-first century the gap between our understanding of climate change and climate action appears to widen. In this timely book Julie Doyle explores how practices of mediation and visualisation shape how we think about address and act upon climate change. Through historical and contemporary case studies drawn from science media politics and culture Mediating Climate Change identifies the representational problems climate change poses for public and political debate. It offers ways forward by exploring how climate change can be made more meaningful through for example innovative forms of climate activism the reframing of meat and dairy consumption media engagement with climate events and science and artistic experimentation. Doyle argues that cultural discourses have problematically situated nature and the environment as objects externalised from humans and culture. Mediating Climate Change calls for a more nuanced understanding of human-environmental relations in order for us to be able to more fully imagine and address the challenges climate change poses for us all. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138278516

Mediating FaithsReligion and Socio-Cultural Change in the Twenty-First Century Religion is living culture. It continues to play a role in shaping political ideologies institutional practices communities of interest ways of life and social identities. Mediating Faiths brings together scholars working across a range of fields including cultural studies media sociology anthropology cultural theory and religious studies in order to facilitate greater understanding of recent transformations. Contributors illustrate how religion continues to be responsive to the very latest social and cultural developments in the environments in which it exists. They raise fundamental questions concerning new media and religious expression religious youth cultures the links between spirituality personal development and consumer culture and contemporary intersections of religion identity and politics. Together the chapters demonstrate how belief in the superempirical is negotiated relative to secular concerns in the twenty-first century. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315594590

Mediating Human RightsMedia Culture and Human Rights Law Drawing on social-legal cultural and media theory this book is one of the first to examine the media politics of human rights. It examines how the media construct the story of human rights investigating what lies behind the apparent media hostility to human rights and what has become of the original ambition to establish a human rights culture. The human rights regime has been high on the political agenda ever since the Human Rights Act 1998 was enacted. Often maligned in sections of the press the legislation has entered popular folklore as shorthand for an overbearing government an overzealous judiciary and exploitative claimants. This book examines a range of significant factors in the mediation of human rights including: Euroscepticism the war on terror the digital reordering of the media landscape press concerns about an emerging privacy law and civil liberties. Mediating Human Rights is a timely exploration of the relationship between law politics and media. It will be of immense interest to those studying and researching across Law Media Studies Human Rights and Politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138644847

Mediating Identities in Eighteenth-Century EnglandPublic Negotiations Literary Discourses Topography Through case studies from diverse fields of cultural studies this collection examines how different constructions of identity were mediated in England during the long eighteenth century. While the concept of identity has received much critical attention the question of how identities were mediated usually remains implicit. This volume engages in a critical discussion of the connection between historically specific categories of identity determined by class gender nationality religion political factions and age and the media available at the time including novels newspapers trial reports images and the theatre. Representative case studies are the arrival of children's literature as a genre the creation of masculine citizenship in Defoe's novels the performance of gendered and national identities by the actress Kitty Clive or in plays by Henry Fielding and Richard Sheridan fashion and the public sphere the emergence of the Whig and Tory parties the radical culture of the 1790s and visual representations of domestic and imperial landscape. Recognizing the proliferation of identities in the epoch these essays explore the ways in which different media determined constructions of identity and were in turn shaped by them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138379749

Mediating in CyprusThe Cypriot Communities and the United Nations The UN peacemaking operation in Cyprus has been one of the longest of its kind but has resulted in discarded proposals non-papers or reports. This study investigates the Cypriot parties' views of peacemaking to shed light on the problem and on the theoretical debates surrounding mediation. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203044735

Mediating Literary Borders: Asian Australian Writing Engaging with Asian Australian writing this book focuses on an influential area of cultural production defined by its ethnic diversity and stylistic innovativeness. In addressing the demanding new transnational and transcultural critical frameworks of such syncretic writing the contributors collectively examine how the varied and diverse body of Asian Australian literary work intervenes into contemporary representational politics and culture. The book questions for instance the ideology of Australian multiculturalism; the core/periphery hierarchy; the perpetuation of Orientalist attitudes and stereotypes; and white Australian claims to belong as seen in its myths of cultural authenticity and authority. Ranging in critical analyses from the historic first Chinese-Australian novel to contemporary award winning Sri Lankan Bangladeshi and Filipino Australian novels the book provides an inside view of the ways in which Asian Australian literary work is reshaping Australian mainstream literature politics and culture and in the wider context the world literary scene. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Postcolonial Writing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367892494

Mediating MemoryTracing the Limits of Memoir The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age. Mediating Memory: Tracing the Limits of Memoir challenges and dismantles that assumption. Focusing on the history theory and practice of memoir writing editors Bunty Avieson Fiona Giles and Sue Joseph provide a thorough and cutting-edge examination of memoir through the lenses of ethics practice and innovation. By investigating memoir across cultural boundaries in its various guises and tracing its limits the editors convincingly demonstrate the plurality of ways in which memoir is helping us make sense of who we are who we were and the influences that shape us along the way. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367667429

Mediating Mental HealthContexts Debates and Analysis The problem of media representations about mental health is now a global issue with health agencies expressing concern about produced stigma and its outcomes specifically social exclusion. In many countries the statistic of one in four people experiencing a mental health condition prevails making it essential that more is known about how to improve media portrayals. With a globally projected increase in mental health conditions Mediating Mental Health offers a detailed critical analysis of media representations in two phases looking closely at genre form. The book looks across fictional and factual genres in film television and radio examining media constructions of mental health identity. It also questions the opinions of journalists mental healthcare professionals and people with conditions with regard to mediated mental health meanings. Finally as a result of a production project people with conditions develop new images making critical contrasts with dominant media portrayals. Thus useful and practical recommendations for developing media practice ensue. As such this book will appeal to mental health professionals people with conditions journalists sociologists students and scholars of media and cultural studies practitioners in applied theatre and anyone interested in media representations of social groups. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138260139

Mediating Nature Mediating Nature provides a history of the present nature of mass mediation. It examines the ways in which a number of discourses technologies and institutions have historically shaped the current ways of imagining nature in the mass media. Where much of the existing research treats mass mediation as a matter of media technologies texts or institutions this text adopts a somewhat different approach: it considers mass mediation as a historical process by means of which the members of audiences and indeed the public more generally came to be incorporated as observers in and of mass culture. This approach allows the book to investigate the roles that a wide range of genres relating to nature played in constructing senses of nature but also of mass culture itself. The genres include landscape paintings and gardens modern zoos photography early cinema nature essays disaster and ‘animal attack’ films as well as wildlife documentaries on television. The investigation develops what Lindahl Elliot describes as a ‘social semeiotic’ approach that combines the semeiotic theory of Charles Peirce with a historical sociology of cultural formations. Topical and timely this fascinating book will be of great interest to students and researchers in the fields of media sociology cultural geography and environmental studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203390214

Mediating NatureThe Role of Technology in Ecological Literacy Mediating Nature considers how technology acts as a mediating device in the construction and circulation of images that inform how we see and know nature. Scholarship in environmental communication has focused almost exclusively on verbal rather than visual rhetoric and this book engages ecocritical and ecocompositional inquiry to shift focus onto the making of images. Contributors to this dynamic collection focus their efforts on the intersections of digital media and environmental/ecological thinking. Part of the book’s larger argument is that analysis of mediations of nature must develop more critical tools of analysis toward the very mediating technologies that produce such media. That is to truly understand mediations of nature one needs to understand the creation and production of those mediations right down to the algorithms circuit boards and power sources that drive mediating technologies. Ultimately Mediating Nature contends that ecological literacy and environmental politics are inseparable from digital literacies and visual rhetorics. The book will be of interest to scholars and students working in the fields of Ecocriticism Ecocomposition Media Ecology Visual Rehtoric and Digital Literacy Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367025182

Mediating PolicyGreece Ireland and Portugal Before the Eurozone Crisis Amongst the most serious consequences of the 2008 global financial collapse and sovereign debt crisis were a series of unprecedented international bailouts for Greece Ireland and Portugal between 2010 and 2011. This book analyses the development policies of Greece Ireland and Portugal between 1990 and 2008 before the Eurozone crisis. It identifies national-level differences between the policy strategies and outcomes that have characterized recent developments in the Greek Irish and Portuguese political economies. In addition it provides an explanation for these differences that takes into account variations in political institutions and state-society relations. In doing so it locates an explanation for policy divergence in the presence or absence of the policy-making institutions and processes that make up a 'zone of mediation'. Overall it argues there is significant variation in the extent to which Ireland Portugal and Greece have adapted their developmental goals and strategies in order to address the labour market challenges posed by the post-industrial era. This book will be of key interest to students and scholars of European politics and studies comparative political economy public policy/policy studies and democracy studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138504899

Mediating Post-Socialist Femininities Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall this collection of essays examines the ways in which popular media re-construct ideas and ideals of femininity in the post-socialist cultural space. The authors explore a comprehensive range of questions including: How have post-socialist women engaged with media as media producers and consumers as well as objects of media representation? What are the consequences of the commodification of femininity in the post-socialist context? How does the female body serve as a battleground for the enactment and renegotiation of gendered identities and ideologies? How can we understand and theorize post-socialist women’s activist movements? In seeking answers to such questions this volume highlights the need to reconsider feminism as a political and theoretical project with many faces. It bridges research on the mediation of post-socialist femininities with broader concerns about the transnational trajectories of feminism today. This book was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Media Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138099166

Mediating Power-SharingDevolution and Consociationalism in Deeply Divided Societies This book focuses on the design and operation of power-sharing in deeply divided societies. Beyond this starting point it seeks to examine the different ways in which consociational institutions emerge from negotiations and peace settlements across three counter-intuitive cases – post-Brexit referendum Northern Ireland the Brussels Capital Region and Cyprus. Across each of the chapters the analysis assesses how the design or mediation of these various forms of power-sharing demonstrate similarity difference and complexity in how consociationalism has been conceived of and operated within each of these contexts. Finally a key objective of the book is to explore and evaluate how ideas surrounding power-sharing have evolved and changed incrementally within each of the empirical contexts. The unifying argument within the book is that power-sharing has to have the capacity to adapt to changing political circumstances and that this can be achieved through the interplay of formal and informal micro-level refinements to these institutions and the procedures that govern them that allow such institutions to evolve over time in ways that increase their utility as conflict transformation governance structures for deeply divided societies. This book fills the gap in the published literature between theoretical and empirical studies of power-sharing and will be of much interest to students of peace and conflict studies consociationalism European politics and IR in general. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367607241

Mediating Science Learning through Information and Communications Technology Developments in information technology are bringing about changes in science education. This Reader focuses on the theoretical and practical consideration of using information and communications technologies in teaching and learning. It examines current approaches to teaching and learning in science at various levels of education and ways in which science in made more accessible. This will include the future potential of such current developments as access to practical work delivered on the web.The Reader is divided into three sections: What are the current issues in using ICT to teach and learn in science? Designing and evaluating ICT to teach and learn science Extending access to science learning This is a companion book to Reconsidering Science Education also published by RoutledgeFalmer.Mediating Science Learning Through ICT is a valuable resource for teachers on Masters courses in science education and academics in science education. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203464007

Mediating Sexual CitizenshipNeoliberal Subjectivities in Television Culture Mediating Sexual Citizenship considers how the neoliberal imperatives of adaptation improvement and transformation that inform the shifting artistic and industrial landscape of television are increasingly indexed to performed disruptions in the norms of sexuality and gender. Drawing on examples from a range of television genres (quality drama reality television talk shows sitcoms) and outlets (network cable subscription video on demand) the analysis in this book demonstrates how as one of the most dominant cultural technologies television plays a critical role in the production maintenance and potential reconfiguring of the social organisation of embodiment be it within gender identities kinship structures or the categorisation of sexual desire. It suggests that in order to understand television’s role in producing gendered and sexual citizenship we must pay critical attention to the significant shifts in how television is produced broadcast and consumed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138351875

Mediating the Message in the 21st CenturyA Media Sociology Perspective Hailed as one of the "most significant books of the twentieth century" by Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Mediating the Message has long been an essential text for media effects scholars and students of media sociology. This new edition of the classic media sociology textbook now offers students a comprehensive theoretical approach to media content in the twenty-first century with an added focus on entertainment media and the Internet.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415989145

Mediating the Nation What does it mean to watch two-hour long news programmes every evening? Why are some people 'addicted' to the news while others prefer to switch off? Television is an indispensable part of the fabric of modern life and this book investigates a facet of this process: its impact on the ways that we experience the political entity of the nation and our national and transnational identities. Drawing on anthropological social and media theory and grounded on a two-year original ethnography of television news viewing in Athens the book offers a fresh interdisciplinary perspective in understanding the media/identity relationship. Starting from a perspective that examines identities as lived and as performed the book follows the circulation of discourses about the nation and belonging and contrasts the articulation of identities at a local level with the discourses about the nation in the national television channels. The book asks: whether and in what ways does television influence identity discourses and practices? When do people contest the official discourses about the nation and when do they rely on them? Do the media play a role in relation to inclusion and exclusion from public life particularly in the case of minorities? The book presents a compelling account of the contradictory and ambivalent nature of national and transnational identities while developing a nuanced approach to media power. It is argued that although the media do not shape identities in a causal way they do contribute in creating common communicative spaces which often catalyse feelings of belonging or exclusion. The book claims a place in the emerging sub-field of media anthropology and represents the new generation of audience research that places media consumption in the wider social economic and political context. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203058817

Mediating the Tourist ExperienceFrom Brochures to Virtual Encounters Traditionally tourism media has referred to the image of destinations constructed through media texts such as brochures and postcards with increasing attention towards other mediascapes such as films and television. Yet with prolific advancements in technologies of media communication such traditional formats have experienced a shift in the productive and consumptive practices through which they come into being. The possibilities of production and subsequent consumption are unequivocally changing the ways in which tourists imagine understand and engage with destinations. This book therefore explores the role of tourism media and mediating practices in the development of non-linear processes of communication and understanding as both producers and consumers come together to negotiate the tourist experience. In varying ways it examines the emergent relationships and connections between media practices and tourism practices everyday experiences and encounters of place. Collectively the authors in this book address a range of media and technologies from brochures television video and film to mediated virtual spaces such as e-brochures Internet cultures social networks and Google Earth. In doing so the book highlights the continued significance of media in tourism contexts; recognising both traditional and newer technologies and the non-linear continuous cycle of mediated representations and experiences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138255609

Mediation Information and Communication This third volume of Information and Behavior shows broad continuities with previous volumes in this series but it also represents an important evolution. In emphasizing theoretical advances in mediation information and communication processes this volume has unifying themes at the cutting edge of communication research linking communication with areas as far-ranging as cognitive psychology intellectual history social psychology policy and macroeconomics.A sampling of the contents indicates both continuities and discontinuities of communication research embodied in this volume. Contributions include Joseph Turow "Mass Communication as Concept"; Gary Grumpert and Robert Cathcart "A Theory of Mediation;" Leah Lievrouw and T. Andrew Finn "Common Dimensions of Communication"; Joshua Meyrowitz "Mediated and Unmediated Behavior"; Kathleen Reardon "Teaching Children About AIDS"; Sari Thomas "The Death of Intellectual History and the Birth of the Transient Past"; Sheizaf Rafaeli "Interacting with Media."The second part of the work emphasizing research and policy in specific information societies and regions includes an opening essay by Everett M. Rogers and follow-up studies by Judith K. Larsen on "Silicon Valley"; Quentin W. Lindsey on "The North Carolina Research Triangle"; Luis Fonseca "High Technology in Brazil"; Ruyzo Ogasawara "High Technology in Japan"; and Mitchell Moss "Telecommunications and Financial Centers."The final two portions of the book cover social theory and cultural processes. They include articles by Jerry Salvaggio and Richard Nelson "Models for Developing Telecommunications and Information Industries"; Everett M. Rogers and James Dearing "University-Industry Technology Transfer"; Frederick Williams "The Communications Revolution Revisited"; Rolf Wigand "Recurring Questions about the Information Society"; Lee Thayer "Tropes and Things"; Gordon L. Miller "The Energy of Intelligence"; David Carr "Thinking in Museums;" Benjamin J. Bates "Information as an Economic Good"; Jorge Schement and Daniel Stout "A Time-Line of Information Technology." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138512009

Mediation & Popular Culture This book examines mediation topics such as impartiality self-determination and fair outcomes through popular culture lenses. Popular television shows and award-winning films are used as illustrative examples to illuminate under-represented mediation topics such as feelings and expert intuition conflicts of interest and repeat business and deception and caucusing. The author also employs research from Australia Belgium Canada China Denmark France Germany Greece India Israel Japan the Netherlands New Zealand Singapore South Africa Spain the United Kingdom and the United States of America to demonstrate that real and reel mediation may have more in common than we think. How mediation is imagined in popular culture compared to how professors teach it and how mediators practise it provides important affective ethical legal personal and pedagogical insights relevant for mediators lawyers professors and students and may even help develop mediator identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367181055

Mediation and Commercial Contract LawTowards a Comprehensive Legal Framework There is an urgent need to better understand the legal issues pertaining to alternative dispute resolution (ADR)  particularly in relation to mediation clauses. Despite the promotion of mediation by dispute resolution providers policy makers and judges use of mediation remains low. In particular problems arise when parties lack certainty regarding the legal effect of a mediation clause and the potential uncertainty regarding the binding nature of agreements to pursue mediation is problematic and threatens the growth of ADR. This book closely examines the importance and complexity of mediation clauses in commercial contracts to remedy this persistent uncertainty. Using comparative law methods and detailed empirical research it explores the creation of a comprehensive framework for the mediation clause. Providing valuable insight into the process of ADR and mediation this book will be of interest to academics law makers law students in-house council lawyers as well as parties interesting in drafting enforceable mediation clauses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367484453

Mediation and Liberal PeacebuildingPeace from the Ashes of War? This book offers a state-of-the-art examination of peacemaking looking at its theoretical assumptions empirical applications and its consequences. Despite the wealth of research on external interventions and practices of Western peacebuilding many scholars tend to rely on findings in the so-called 'post-agreement' phase of interventions. As a result most mainstream peacebuilding literature pays limited or no attention to the linkages that exist between mediation practices in the negotiation phase and processes in the post-peace agreement phase of intervention. By linking the motives and practices of interveners during negotiation and implementation phases into a more integrated theoretical framework this book makes a unique contribution to the on-going debate on the so-called Western ‘liberal’ models of peacebuilding. Drawing upon in-depth case-studies from various different regions of the world including Bosnia-Herzegovina Kosovo Afghanistan Sudan Ivory Coast Senegal and Sierra Leone this innovative volume examines a variety of political motives behind third party interventions thus challenging the very founding concept of mediation literature. This book will of much interest to students of peacebuilding statebuilding peacemaking war and conflict studies security studies and IR in general. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415638357

Mediation in Family DisputesPrinciples of Practice This is the authoritative textbook on family mediation. As well as mediators this work will be indispensable for practitioners and scholars across a wide range of fields including social work and law. It draws on a wide cross-disciplinary theoretical literature and on the author's extensive and continuing practice experience. It encompasses developments in policy research and practice in the UK and beyond. Roberts presents mediation as an aid to joint decision-making in the context of a range of family disputes notably those involving children. Mediation is seen as a process of intervention distinct from legal social work and therapeutic practice drawing on a distinctive body of knowledge across disciplinary fields including anthropology psychology and negotiation theory. Incorporating empirical evidence the book emphasizes the value of mediation in mitigating the harmful effects of family breakdown and conflict. First published in 1988 as a pioneering work this third edition has been fully updated to incorporate legal and policy developments in the UK and in Europe new sociological and philosophical perspectives on respect justice and conflict and international research and practice innovations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367594053

Mediation in Family DisputesPrinciples of Practice This is the authoritative textbook on family mediation. As well as mediators this work will be indispensable for practitioners and scholars across a wide range of fields including social work and law. It draws on a wide cross-disciplinary theoretical literature and on the author's extensive and continuing practice experience. It encompasses developments in policy research and practice in the UK and beyond. Roberts presents mediation as an aid to joint decision-making in the context of a range of family disputes notably those involving children. Mediation is seen as a process of intervention distinct from legal social work and therapeutic practice drawing on a distinctive body of knowledge across disciplinary fields including anthropology psychology and negotiation theory. Incorporating empirical evidence the book emphasises the value of mediation in mitigating the harmful effects of family breakdown and conflict. First published in 1988 as a pioneering work this fourth edition has been fully updated to incorporate legal and policy developments in the UK and in Europe new sociological and philosophical perspectives on respect justice and conflict and international research and practice innovations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409450344

Mediation in the Asia-Pacific RegionTransforming Conflicts and Building Peace This book examines mediation in connection with peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific region providing practical examples which either highlight the weaknesses within certain mediation approaches or demonstrate best-practice. The authors explore the extent to which current ideas and practices of mediation in the Asia-Pacific region are dominated by Western understandings and critically challenge the appropriateness of such thinking. Featuring a range of case studies on Fiji Vanuatu Papua New Guinea Malaysia Vietnam China Singapore Indonesia the Philippines and Thailand this book has three main aims: To challenge dominant Western practices and ways of thinking on mediation that currently are being imposed in the Asia-Pacific region; To develop culturally-fluent and socially just mediation alternatives that build upon local traditional or religious approaches; To situate mediation within ideas and practices on peacebuilding. Making a unique contribution to peace and conflict studies literature by explicitly linking mediation and peacebuilding practices this book is a vital text for students and scholars in these fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415849517

Mediation in the Construction IndustryAn International Review The application of construction dispute procedures has changed dramatically in the last decade. This has resulted in an increased use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in many countries and mediation in particular. Construction is one of the major industries using mediation in the UK and in many other countries such as the US China Australia and New Zealand. This expansion in mediation has been helped by encouragement from governments although it takes diverse forms in different legal jurisdictions for example: court rules to encourage this use (as in the US and UK); the courts’ own mediation schemes or programmes or legislation-backed programmes; or the use of industry driven mediation clauses in standard form contracts. These developments have taken place extremely rapidly. They represent significant changes to the legal environment within which the international construction industry conducts its business but to date there has been little research on their impact. All these initiatives have inevitably led to a developing legal jurisprudence concerned with the validity of contract clauses or with providing statutory interpretation of the rules requiring or governing practice. This has important consequences for the construction industry because legal uncertainty increases the likelihood of dispute which is not only costly for the disputants but can be damaging to national and global economies. This book identifies the emerging international practices within construction mediation and seeks solutions to the many legal and commercial challenges which they pose. It presents an international collection of reviews by experts and allows a comparative commentary on the practice of construction mediation and the legal challenges facing its development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138980754

Mediation LawJourney through Institutionalism to Juridification In England mediation became a key part of the civil justice reform agenda after the Woolf Reforms of 1996 as disputants were deflected from litigation towards settlement outside the court system. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) give courts the power to ‘encourage’ mediation through judicial case management or use stronger measures by using costs to penalise parties who act unreasonably by refusing to use　ADR or mediation. One of the effects of this institutionalisation is an emerging case law that defines how mediation is practiced as it is merges with the litigation process. When mediation first began to be used in England the parties either agreed to mediate by a contract before a dispute happened or decided to attempt the process as a way of resolving disagreements. Inevitably some disputants either refused to abide by their contractual obligations or would not follow through with the settlement agreements reached through the process. This brought the authority of the law into a new area and the　juridification process began. This book explores how mediation law shapes the practice of mediation in the English jurisdiction. It provides a comprehensive examination of the legal framework for mediation and explores the jurisprudence in order to analyse the extent that institutionalisation by the state and courts has led to the monopolisation by lawyers and a further ‘juridification’ process results. The book includes a comparative legal methodology on the framework underpinning mediation practise in other common law jurisdictions including the United States Australia and Hong Kong in order to explicate shared or distinctive approaches to mediation. The book will be of great interest to academics and students of legal theory and dispute resolution. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138639492

Mediation Of Civil WarsApproaches And Strategies--the Sudan Conflict This book explores mediation as a means toward resolving the civil wars. It shows that the sovereign sensitivities of incumbent governments the risk of international legitimization of insurgents and the need for reconciliation rather than mere containment demand special mediation efforts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367161200

Mediation of International ConflictsA Rational Model This book examines the use of third-party mediation as a conflict resolution method. In an attempt to explain why some but not all conflicts are mediated this work argues that diverse conflict structures are inherently different in their susceptibility to mediation attempts. By offering a systematic method for measuring the transformability of conflict structures this book contributes to our understanding of the sufficient and necessary conditions for mediation. In addition the study offers an analytical framework for the examination of mediation as a trilateral rational bargaining process. Although the general concept of mediation as a three-person game is not new most studies focus on either the disputants' perspectives or the mediator's perspective. In contrast this study integrates the perspectives of all three parties. The framework links the different stages involved in the whole process of mediation from the onset of mediation through the mediation strategies used to the outcome rather than focusing on one particular aspect. The book applies the framework to two case studies – the conflict between Israel and Egypt and the conflict between India and Pakistan – and provides new insights into these conflicts from a mediation perspective. In general the model developed here provides a framework for systematically assessing conflicts and the options available to those involved in the mediation process. This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution mediation war and conflict studies Asian politics Middle Eastern politics and IR in general. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138205093

Mediation: Theory Policy and PracticeTheory Policy and Practice This title was first published in 2001. This volume of essays explores the theoretical and jurisprudential bases of mediated forms of dispute resolution from legal anthropological sociological psychological and political sources. It also presents ongoing disputes about the field itself including its threat to conventional litigation and justice seeking adjudication and its promise in providing more humane and tailored solutions to human problems. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138634862

MediationA Practical Guide This unique and practical resource shows what mediation is the rationale behind it and how it differs from litigation. It explains every aspect of the mediation process and provides practical tips and useful case studies clearly setting out all the do's and don'ts of mediation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138180956

Mediatization and Mobile LivesA Critical Approach Mediatization and Mobile Lives: A Critical Approach contributes to a complex situated and critical understanding of what mediatization means and how it works in contemporary life. The book explores the tension between the extended capabilities offered by media technology and growing media reliance focusing particularly on mobile middle-class lives. It problematizes how mediatization is culturally legitimized in our times when connectivity and mobility are increasingly seen as mandatory elements of self-realization. Supported by extensive fieldwork carried out in contexts of gentrification elite cosmopolitanism and post-tourism André Jansson advances a critical cultural materialist perspective of mediatization as he examines how people are torn between the new opportunities afforded by their mobile lives and the feeling of being trapped by our connected media culture. Mediatization and Mobile Lives offers an engaging and critical exploration of the interplay between mediatization individualization and globalization making it an ideal resource for students and scholars of Media and Communication. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138723634

Mediatized Religion in AsiaStudies on Digital Media and Religion This edited volume discusses mediatized religion in Asia examining the intensity and variety of constructions and processes related to digital media and religion in Asia today. Individual chapters present case studies from various regions and religious traditions in Asia critically discussing the data collected in light of current mediatization theories. By directing the study to the geographical cultural and religious contexts specific to Asia it also provides new material for the theoretical discussion of the pros and cons of the concept mediatization among other things interrogating whether this concept is useful in non-’Western’ contexts." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367663933

MediaWritingPrint Broadcast and Public Relations MediaWriting is an invaluable resource for students planning to enter the dynamic and changing world of media writing in the twenty-first century. With easy-to-read chapters a wealth of updated real-world examples and helpful "How To" boxes throughout this textbook explains the various styles of writing for print broadcast online social media public relations and multimedia outlets. Some of the features included in the book are: A re-written Chapter 13 Writing and Reporting in the New New Media with updates to how social media is used today Expanded chapters on print reporting methods and the Associated Press Stylebook Updates to Chapters 5 and 6  Legal Considerations in Media Writing and Ethical Decisions in Writing and Reporting discuss recent court cases and current ethical issues Explanatory "How To" boxes that help readers understand and retain main themes Illustrative "It Happened to Me" vignettes from the authors’ professional experiences Discussion questions and exercises at the end of every chapter Designed to meet the needs of students of print and broadcast media public relations or a wannabe jack-of-all trades in the online media environment this reader-friendly primer will equip beginners with the skills necessary to succeed in their chosen writing field. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138341784

Medicaid and the Costs of Federalism 1984-1992 First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138980761

Medicaid Politics and Policy The story of Medicaid comes alive for readers in this strong narrative including detailed accounts of important policy changes and extensive use of interviews. A central theme of the book is that Medicaid is a "weak entitlement " one less established or effectively defended than Medicare or Social Security but more secure than welfare or food stamps.In their analysis the authors argue that the future of Medicaid is sound. It has the flexibility to be adapted by states as well as to allow for policy innovation. At the same time the program lacks an effective mechanism for overall reform. They note Medicaid has become a source of perennial political controversy as it has grown to become the largest health insurance system in the country.The book's dual emphasis on politics and policy is important in making the arcane Medicaid program accessible to readersand in distinguishing policy grounded in analysis from partisan ideology. This second edition features a new preface three new chapters accounting for the changes to the Affordable Care Act and an updated glossary. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412856744

Medical Abbreviations & Normal RangesSurvival Guide Part of the skill of nursing and healthcare involves being able to decipher and understand the meanings of results and abbreviations. Fully updated this second edition is a handy survival guide which will supply you with up-to-date information and help you understand this language so that you can provide appropriate holistic care to your patients. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138351974

Medical and Psychological Effects of Concentration Camps on Holocaust Survivors This unique research bibliography is offered in honor of Leo Eitinger of Oslo Norway. Dr. Eitinger fled to Norway in 1939 at the start of the World War II. He was caught and deported to Auschwitz where among others he operated on Elie Wiesel who has written the foreword to this volume. After the war Eitinger became a pioneering researcher on a subject from which many shied away. His contributions to understanding of the experience of massive psychological trauma have inspired others to do similar work. His many books and papers are listed in this special volume of the acclaimed bibliographic series edited by Israel W. Charny of The Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem.In order to acquaint users of this bibliography with the topic two introductory articles are offered. The first is titled "Survivors and Their Families" and deals with the impact of the Holocaust on individuals. The second "Psychiatry and the Holocaust " examines the general impact of the Holocaust on the field of psychiatry. Robert Krell writes that in general the psychiatric literature has reflected critically on the survivor due to preconceived notions held by many mental health professionals. For many years the exploration of victims' psychopathology obscured the remarkable adaptation made by some survivors. The problems experienced by survivors and possible approaches to treatment were entirely absent from mainstream psychiatric textbooks such as the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry throughout the 1960s and 1970s.Fifty years of observations about survivors of the concentration camps and other survivors of the Holocaust (in hiding as partisans in slave labor camps) has provided a new body of medical and psychiatric literature. This comprehensive bibliography contains a plethora of references to significant pieces of literature regarding the Holocaust and its effects on survivors. It will be of inestimable value to physicians psychiatrists psychologists and social workers along with historians sociologists and Holocaust studies specialists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138512016

Medical and Surgical Emergencies for Students and Junior Doctors Lack of exposure and patient management during undergraduate and early postgraduate training often means both students and junior doctors can have difficulty managing acute medical and surgical situations. This pocketbook provides comprehensive coverage of the common medical and surgical emergencies encountered by medical students and junior doctors. It outlines possible symptoms signs differentials investigations and management in a succinct easy to comprehend format. By focusing on evidence-based practice the guide provides the most up-to-date and clinically relevant guide for today's practice ideal for quick reference on the wards. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781846195037

Medical Anecdotes and HumourMyocardial Medley Health care needs assessment provides information to plan negotiate and change services for the better and to improve health in other ways. The first edition of this series established itself as a key source on health care needs for specific conditions supported by the Department of Health. Now in its second edition it provides vital updates taking into account how health care has moved on and how the structure of the UK's health service has changed. Each of the chapters follows the same structure; each analysing its topic reviewing the incidence and prevalence the range of services available and the effectiveness of those services. It describes the central role and aim of health care needs assessment in the NHS health care reforms and explains the 'epidemiological approach' to needs assessment and its effectiveness. Volume 1 includes diabetes mellitus renal disease stroke lower respiratory disease coronary heart disease colorectal cancer cancer of the lung osteoarthritis affecting the hip and knee cataract surgery and groin hernia. Volume 2 includes varicose veins and venous ulcers benign prostatic hyperplasia severe mental illness Alzheimer's disease alcohol misuse drug misuse learning disabilities community child health services and contraception induced abortion and fertility services. All health professionals including policy makers and shapers and those assessing quality of service will find this book an essential resource. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315376097

Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks make the ecological perspective of medical anthropology more important a field of study than ever. In this premier teaching text authors Ann McElroy and Patricia K. Townsend integrate biocultural environmental and evolutionary approaches to the study of human health providing a complete and authoritative ecological perspective that is essential for interpreting medical anthropology. Research by biological anthropologists archaeologists and paleopathologists illuminates the history and prehistory of disease along with coverage of contemporary health issues both local and global. This sixth edition is thoroughly revised and updated with expanded discussion on the interaction of environment and infectious disease; new material on climate change globalization and the effects of war on physical and mental health; and an entirely new chapter on ethics in community health and medical anthropology. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective captures the essentials of the discipline and covers its ever-changing topics trends and developments in an engaging accessible way. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780813348872

Medical Anthropology in EuropeShaping the Field This collection brings together three generations of medical anthropologists working at European universities to reflect on past current and future directions of the field. Medical anthropology emerged on an international playing ground and while other recently compiled anthologies emphasize North American developments this volume highlights substantial ethnographic and theoretical studies undertaken in Europe. The first four chapters trace the beginnings of medical anthropology back into the two formative decades between the 1950s-1970s in Italy German-speaking Europe the Netherlands France and the UK supported by four brief vignettes on current developments. Three core themes that emerged within this field in Europe – the practice of care the body politic and psycho-sensorial dimensions of healing – are first presented in synopsis and then separately discussed by three leading medical anthropologists Susan Whyte Giovanni Pizza and René Devisch complemented by the work of three early career researchers. The chapters aim to highlight how very diverse (and sometimes overlooked) European developments within this rapidly growing field have been and continue to be. This book will spur reflection on medical anthropology’s potential for future scholarship and practice by students and established scholars alike.This book was originally published as a special issue of Anthropology and Medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367739379

Medical Applications of Artificial Intelligence Enhanced more reliable and better understood than in the past artificial intelligence (AI) systems can make providing healthcare more accurate affordable accessible consistent and efficient. However AI technologies have not been as well integrated into medicine as predicted. In order to succeed medical and computational scientists must develop hybrid systems that can effectively and efficiently integrate the experience of medical care professionals with capabilities of AI systems. After providing a general overview of artificial intelligence concepts tools and techniques Medical Applications of Artificial Intelligence reviews the research focusing on state-of-the-art projects in the field. The book captures the breadth and depth of the medical applications of artificial intelligence exploring new developments and persistent challenges. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138072275

Medical Applications of Controlled Release First Published in 1984 this book offers a full comprehensive guide into drug administration. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes pictures and references this book serves as a useful reference for Students of Medicine and other practitioners in their respective fields. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367227296

Medical Applications of Controlled Release First Published in 1984 this book offers a full comprehensive guide into drug administration. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes pictures and references this book serves as a useful reference for Students of Medicine and other practitioners in their respective fields. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367227418

Medical Applications of Fluorescent Excitation Analysis Fluorescent excitation analysis (FEA) is a technique that has been utilized for some time in physics. An increasing number of biomedical applications for FEA have been reported in recent year: it is becoming the assay method of choice in many areas of research and clinical practice. The purpose of this volume is to acquaint the interest physician or physicist with the basic principles and instrumentation relevant for FEA as well as some present and future biomedical applications. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315895260

Medical Arabic Medical Arabic is a valuable resource for students interested in learning medical Arabic at ACTFL level Advanced Low. Effective communication is essential in health care and communication is most effective when both parties share a common language therefore resulting in a comfortable relationship between health care provider and patient. This textbook is intended for those with prior knowledge of Arabic language and grammar. It is designed to provide students with the linguistic and cultural competencies and medical Arabic terminology necessary to communicate in medical settings such as a hospital clinic or a community health care facility. Students will be able to ask questions in Arabic and provide answers in common medical situations conduct patient interviews and understand a wider variety of possible responses from patients. The book provides clear explanations of medical vocabulary and concepts as they occur in the reading materials to encourage active interaction with the text. The book’s drills are designed as either in-class exercises or homework. The answer key for the book exercises is also provided as a downloadable e-resource. Written by dynamic authors who taught Arabic as a foreign language for several years and reviewed by physicians and professionals in the field the book is an essential guide for students in medical school biology and other science majors. Students will find Medical Arabic more than merely a textbook but rather a pathway to enhance their communication skills effectively. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367896997

Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts 1550–1650 The first study to analyze print vernacular folio herbals from the standpoint of gender and to present original findings to do with early modern women's ownership of these herbals Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts also looks at reasons and contexts behind early modern female writers claiming herbal practice. Author Rebecca Laroche first establishes cultural backdrops in the gendering of medical authority that takes place in the herbals and the regular ownership of these herbals by women. She then examines women's engagements with herbal texts in life writings and poetry and asks how these moments represent and engage medical authority. In ultimately demonstrating how female writers variously take on women's herbal medical practices Laroche reveals the broad range of literary potentials within the historical category of women's medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250529

Medical Big Data and Internet of Medical ThingsAdvances Challenges and Applications Big data and the Internet of Things (IoT) play a vital role in prediction systems used in biological and medical applications particularly for resolving issues related to disease biology at different scales. Modelling and integrating medical big data with the IoT helps in building effective prediction systems for automatic recommendations of diagnosis and treatment. The ability to mine process analyse characterize classify and cluster a variety and wide volume of medical data is a challenging task. There is a great demand for the design and development of methods dealing with capturing and automatically analysing medical data from imaging systems and IoT sensors. Addressing analytical and legal issues and research on integration of big data analytics with respect to clinical practice and clinical utility architectures and clustering techniques for IoT data processing effective frameworks for removal of misclassified instances practicality of big data analytics methodological and technical issues potential of Hadoop in managing healthcare data is the need of the hour. This book integrates different aspects used in the field of healthcare such as big data IoT soft computing machine learning augmented reality organs on chip personalized drugs implantable electronics integration of bio-interfaces and wearable sensors devices practical body area network (BAN) and architectures of web systems. Key Features: Addresses various applications of Medical Big Data and Internet of Medical Things in real time environment Highlights recent innovations designs developments and topics of interest in machine learning techniques for classification of medical data Provides background and solutions to existing challenges in Medical Big Data and Internet of Medical Things Provides optimization techniques and programming models to parallelize the computationally intensive tasks in data mining of medical data Discusses interactions advantages limitations challenges and future perspectives of IoT based remote healthcare monitoring systems. Includes data privacy and security analysis of cryptography methods for the Web of Medical Things (WoMT) Presents case studies on the next generation medical chair electronic nose and pill cam are also presented. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138492479

Medical Biostatistics Encyclopedic in breadth yet practical and concise Medical Biostatistics Fourth Edition focuses on the statistical aspects ofmedicine with a medical perspective showing the utility of biostatistics as a tool to manage many medical uncertainties. This edition includes more topics in order to fill gaps in the previous edition. Various topics have been enlarged and modified as per the new understanding of the subject. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9781498799539

Medical Care And The Health Of The Poor This book reproduces the seven invited papers that were prepared for the Cornell University Medical College Eighth Conference on Health Policy on the theme medical care and the health of the poor. The topics included looks at physician supply clinical decisionmaking and social values. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367157500

Medical Care in Down SyndromeA Preventive Medicine Approach This reference provides contemporary information on all aspects of Down syndrome investigating health concerns by age group and by organ system. The text sets out to identify and correct problems before they interrupt developing skills. It includes preventive medical checklists with summaries of appropriate medical intervention; supplies background information about history genetics and epidemiology; outlines clinical management strategies; establishes guidelines on how to inform parents of the diagnosis and conveys practical suggestions on the handling and care of the infant; and offers a detailed review of the medical literature. Appendices provide information including growth charts and financial checklists. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367402785

Medical Careers and Feminist AgendasAmerican Scandinavian and Russian Women Physicians The increasing proportion of women in the medical profession has been followed keenly both by conservative and feminist observers during the past three decades. Statistics both in Europe and in the United States tend to confirm that women work mainly in niches of the health care system or medical specialties characterized by relatively low earnings or prestige. The segregation of medical work has become increasingly recognized as a sign of inequality between female and male members of the medical profession.Medicine as a social organization is not a universal structure: Health care systems vary in the extent to which physicians work in the private or public sector and in the extent to which they have as a corporate body been able to influence their numbers and the character of their work. The aim of this book is not only to review and to provide an account of women's position in medicine but also to provide an analytical framework. The text revolves around three key issues that illuminate this argument: numbers medical practice and feminist agendas of women physicians. The issues are addressed in all the chapters but highlighted as central analytical themes in a cross-cultural context.Challenging previous studies of the medical profession which have assumed for the most part a gender-neutral stance Riska's text provides a unique focus. Medical Careers and Feminist Agendas presents a comprehensive cross-national analysis of the current status of women in three societies where the economics of medical practice vary considerably: a market society a welfare state and a formerly communist society in transition. Aimed at a wide audience this book will be useful for years to come in medical sociology the sociology of professions and women's studies. Its historical breadth current data and trenchant probing will furnish practitioners and policy-makers alike with a needed analytical tool. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203785966

Medical Clinics and PracticesUnderstanding How They Work and Why A hospital can be a private or public sector building where patients are admitted for acute treatment. On the other hand a clinic is a hub of healthcare activity and a place where care providers interact with patients prescribe medicine and provide care instructions on what to do after leaving the clinic. Both sites have different and specific operational management needs and requirements. This book serves as a guide to new consultants management engineers administrators and sales professionals seeking to assess simple clinics or medical practice operations. In addition to providing important information about the various aspects of managing a clinic or medical practice each chapter explains common operating practices seen today and gives some indication of good or better practices. To organize the chapter flow the chapters are simplified into the typical flow of how a patient moves through the system from patient access to registration to discharge and is presented in a ‘Fact Finder’ format. In this format the author answers important questions: What is a care team? What kind of physical space does the practice need? What about equipment and technology needs? Finally the author concludes with key infrastructure concepts such as leadership and management systems integration into larger systems and key measurements. All topics important to those working in or servicing the ambulatory market. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138341395

Medical Complications of Kidney Transplantation With color illustrations throughout this book analyzes the implications that transplantation and immunosuppression can hold for patients. Discussing the many complications that may occur after kidney transplantation this source is a must for anyone caring for patients recovering from this type of procedure. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367446215

Medical Conditions Affecting Pregnancy and Childbirth Midwives are encountering more and more women whose pregnancies are complicated by medical conditions including cardiac disease obesity and diabetes. This new edition is completely up-to-date and offers highly practical solutions for everyday midwifery practice acknowledging the importance of promoting normality where possible. This text includes physiology explanations of conditions and principles of care for preconception pregnancy labour birth and the postnatal period. Each chapter brings together the basic knowledge of a condition and how it changes during pregnancy in an integrated and accessible way including a new chapter dedicated to obesity. Explanations of laboratory tests diagnostic tests common drugs and illustrative colour pictures are included in relevant chapters. Medical Conditions Affecting Pregnancy and Childbirth is a vital guide for student midwives as well as a useful reference for practising midwives. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367027407

Medical Conditions Affecting Pregnancy and ChildbirthA Handbook for Midwives Midwives are encountering more and more women whose pregnancies are complicated by medical conditions. The number of women with cardiac disease becoming pregnant is growing each year obesity older age and the complex health problems of women born outside the United Kingdom have also been identified as key factors and women with serious medical c Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003112600

Medical Confidentiality and Crime Medical confidentiality is universally recognised as a value worth protecting. However difficulties arise when confidential medical information becomes relevant in the context of crime prevention and criminal prosecution. Should medical confidentiality be upheld where the physician holds information which is essential for the investigation of a serious crime; for establishing the truth in a criminal trial; for an accused’s defence; or for the prevention of a criminal offence? And according to which criteria should such decisions be made? Based on an examination of different approaches in medical ethics and a comparison of the relevant law of France Germany England and Wales and the US this book analyses how a balance of the competing interests can best be struck. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315249346

Medical Confidentiality and Legal Privilege First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415755443

Medical Consulting by Letter in France 1665–1789 Ailing seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French men and women members of their families or their local physician or surgeon could write to high profile physicians and surgeons seeking expert medical advice. This study the first full-length examination of the practice of consulting by letter provides a cohesive portrayal of some of the widespread ailments of French society in the latter part of the early modern period. It explores how and why changes occurred in the relationships between those who sought and those who provided medical advice. Previous studies of epistolary medical consulting have limited attention to the output of one or two practitioners but this study uses the consultations of around 100 individual practitioners from the mid-seventeenth century to the time of the Revolution to give a broad picture of patients and physicians perceptions of illnesses and how they should be treated on a day-to-day basis. It makes a unique contribution to the history of medicine as no other study has been undertaken in the consulting by letter of surgeons as opposed to physicians. It is shown that the well-known disputation between physicians and surgeons tells only a part of the history; whereas in fact necessity required that these two 'professions' had to work together for the patients' good. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138279728

Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire Early modern Spain was a global empire in which a startling variety of medical cultures came into contact and occasionally conflict with one another. Spanish soldiers ambassadors missionaries sailors and emigrants of all sorts carried with them to the farthest reaches of the monarchy their own ideas about sickness and health. These ideas were in turn influenced by local cultures. This volume tells the story of encounters among medical cultures in the early modern Spanish empire. The twelve chapters draw upon a wide variety of sources ranging from drama poetry and sermons to broadsheets travel accounts chronicles and Inquisitorial documents; and it surveys a tremendous regional scope from Mexico to the Canary Islands the Iberian Peninsula Italy and Germany. Together these essays propose a new interpretation of the circulation reception appropriation and elaboration of ideas and practices related to sickness and health sex monstrosity and death in a historical moment marked by continuous cross-pollination among institutions and populations with a decided stake in the functioning and control of the human body. Ultimately the volume discloses how medical cultures provided demographic analytical and even geographic tools that constituted a particular kind of map of knowledge and practice upon which were plotted: the local utilities of pharmacological discoveries; cures for social unrest or decline; spaces for political and institutional struggle; and evolving understandings of monstrousness and normativity. Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire puts the history of early modern Spanish medicine on a new footing in the English-speaking world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367669225

Medical Device Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance "Acquaints developers of medical devices with the basic concepts and major issues of medical quality assurance and regulatory documents describes the requirements listed in these documents and provides strategies for compliance with these requirements." Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367400361

Medical Device Regulatory PracticesAn International Perspective This book is intended to serve as a reference for professionals in the medical device industry particularly those seeking to learn from practical examples and case studies. Medical devices like pharmaceuticals are highly regulated and the bar is raised constantly as patients and consumers expect the best-quality healthcare and safe and effective medical technologies. Obtaining marketing authorization is the first major hurdle that med techs need to overcome in their pursuit of commercial success. Most books on regulatory affairs present regulations in each jurisdiction separately: European Union USA Australia Canada and Japan. This book proposes practical solutions for a coherent one-size-fits-all (or most) set of systems and processes in compliance with regulations in all key markets throughout the life cycle of a medical device. It also contains key information about international harmonization efforts and recent regulatory trends in emerging markets; important terminology needed to understand the regulators’ language; and examples case studies and practical recommendations that bridge the gap between regulatory theory and practice. Media > Books > Print Books Pan Stanford Publishing 9789814669108

Medical Device Reliability and Associated Areas Although Reliability Engineering can trace its roots back to World War II its application to medical devices is relatively recent and its treatment in the published literature has been quite limited. With the medical device industry among the fastest growing segments of the US economy it is vital that the engineering biomedical manufacturing and design communities have up-to-date information on current developments tools and techniques.Medical Device Reliability and Associated Areas fills this need with broad yet detailed coverage of the field. It addresses a variety of topics related - directly and indirectly - to reliability including human error in health care systems and software quality assurance. With emphasis on concepts rather than mathematical rigor a multitude of examples exercises tables and references this is one resource that everyone connected to the medical device industry must have. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367398804

Medical Device Use ErrorRoot Cause Analysis Medical Device Use Error: Root Cause Analysis offers practical guidance on how to methodically discover and explain the root cause of a use error—a mistake—that occurs when someone uses a medical device. Covering medical devices used in the home and those used in clinical environments the book presents informative case studies about the use errors (mistakes) that people make when using a medical device the potential consequences and design-based preventions. Using clear illustrations and simple narrative explanations the text: Covers the fundamentals and language of root cause analysis and regulators’ expectations regarding the thorough analysis of use errors Describes how to identify use errors interview users about use errors and fix user interface design flaws that could induce use errors Reinforces the application of best practices in human factors engineering including conducting both formative and summative usability tests Medical Device Use Error: Root Cause Analysis delineates a systematic method of analyzing medical device use errors. The book provides a valuable reference to human factors specialists product development professionals and others committed to making medical devices as safe and effective as possible. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498705790

Medical Devices and Human Engineering Known as the bible of biomedical engineering The Biomedical Engineering Handbook Fourth Edition sets the standard against which all other references of this nature are measured. As such it has served as a major resource for both skilled professionals and novices to biomedical engineering. Medical Devices and Human Engineering the second volume of the handbook presents material from respected scientists with diverse backgrounds in biomedical sensors medical instrumentation and devices human performance engineering rehabilitation engineering and clinical engineering. More than three dozen specific topics are examined including optical sensors implantable cardiac pacemakers electrosurgical devices blood glucose monitoring human–computer interaction design orthopedic prosthetics clinical engineering program indicators and virtual instruments in health care. The material is presented in a systematic manner and has been updated to reflect the latest applications and research findings. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138748569

Medical DevicesEuropean Union Policymaking and the Implementation of Health and Patient Safety in France Medical devices are the bread and butter from which health care and clinical research are derived. Such devices are used for patient care genetic testing clinical trials and experimental clinical investigations. Without medical devices there is no clinical research or patient care. Without life-adjusting devices there are no medical procedures or surgery. Without life-saving and life-maintaining devices there is no improvement in well-being and quality of life. Without innovative medical devices and experimentation there can be no medical progress or patient safety. Medical devices and medical technology are used to create or support many different products and medical-surgical procedures.This volume on the regulation of medical devices in the European Union with a focus on France tackles a topic of interdisciplinary interest and significance for policymakers in countries around the globe. The EU regulatory regime is one of three global regional regimes and medical products manufactured in EU countries are sold worldwide. As countries confront an aging population on a global scale with associated increases in chronic diseases physical handicaps and multi-morbidity there will inevitably be an increase in the demand for health services and concomitantly the use of medical devices in medical and surgical procedures. This will be the case regardless of whether services are delivered in hospitals doctors' offices or at home. The associated risks of a particular device will be the same whatever the country of origin for the device or where the need occurs. Revolutionary medical advances increase diagnostic capabilities but they increase the potential of harm and risks to patients.Medical technologies and devices are used ethically most of the time; yet they have the potential for unethical use when scientific medicine is elevated over human life and death. Assumptions that are taken for granted can be dangerous to a patient's health. That is why our understanding of appropriate and effective regulation of medical devices is significant to all people on all continents. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138512023

Medical Dominance <i>Medical Dominance</i> now in a revised edition provides a fascinating account of the medical profession's successful domination of a wide range of health care services. Evan Willis delves into the past to explain the existing division of labour and health care the rise of the medical profession to a position of economic power within the health system and their defence of that dominant position. Now completely revised and updated this edition also considers the related question of the policy implications of medical dominance.<br><br>The defence by doctors of their position of power is highlighted by the author's exhaustive and original research into demarcation struggles between medicine and other health occupations in particular midwifery optometry and chiropractic. Conventional explanations of medical dominance are challenged by the argument that the role of developments in medical knowledge and in technology itself have been overstated. As well greater account must be taken of the social relations and struggles which developed for control of that knowledge and technology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003134343

Medical Education Politics and Social JusticeThe Contradiction Cure This book critically analyses how politics and power affect the ways that medicine is taught and learned. Challenging society’s historic reluctance to connect the realm of politics to the realm of medicine Medical Education Politics and Social Justice: The Contradiction Cure emphasizes the need for medical students to engage with social justice issues including global health crises resulting from the climate emergency and the health implications of widening social inequality. Arguing for an increased focus on community-based learning rather than acute care this innovative text maps the territory of medicine’s contradictory engagement with politics as a springboard for creative curriculum design. It demonstrates why the socially disempowered - such as political and climate refugees the homeless or those without health insurance should be primary subjects of attention for medical students while exploring how political engagement can be refined sharp cultivated and creative engaging imagination and demanding innovation Exploring how the medical humanities can promote engagement with politics to improve medical education this book is a ground-breaking and inspiring contribution. It is an essential read for all those with a focus on medical education and medical humanities as well as medical and healthcare students with an interest in the social determinants of health.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367567132

Medical EducationA Dictionary of Quotations Today's students are tomorrow's doctors. The quality of education they receive is vitally important to the successful future of healthcare. Medical education as a discipline has a long history and has developed enormously in the past decade with the emergence of evidence-based teaching techniques outcomes based curricula and assessment methods that are valid and reliable - however it will never be an exact science. It will always depend on enthusiastic teachers and ambitious learners who are hungry for new knowledge and skills. This thoroughly researched and fully referenced compendium of quotes has been specially selected to motivate and encourage medical educators who will find the themed structure vital in planning and delivering their courses. Students too will be inspired and nurtured in their learning. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781846195488

Medical EducationA History in 100 Images This fascinating guide to medical education introduces readers to the historical development of this important subject through 100 powerful images from the prestigious Wellcome Library Collection that highlight key figures in the field and innovations that have taken place not just in the recent past but over the centuries. The text that accompanies each image both describes that image and shows how the ideas arising from it have helped to shape modern medical education with relevance to current clinical practice. The book is an invaluable and visual introduction for students academics managers and practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498751964

Medical Equipment Management Know What to Expect When Managing Medical Equipment and Healthcare Technology in Your Organization As medical technology in clinical care becomes more complex clinical professionals and support staff must know how to keep patients safe and equipment working in the clinical environment. Accessible to all healthcare professionals and managers Medical Equipment Management presents an integrated approach to managing medical equipment in healthcare organizations. The book explains the underlying principles and requirements and raises awareness of what needs to be done and what questions to ask. It also provides practical advice and refers readers to appropriate legislation and guidelines. Starting from the medical equipment lifecycle the book takes a risk-based approach to improving the way in which medical devices are acquired and managed in a clinical context. Drawing on their extensive managerial and teaching experiences the authors explain how organizational structures and policies are set up how funding is allocated how people and equipment are supported and what to do when things go wrong. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781420099584

Medical Error and Patient SafetyHuman Factors in Medicine A difficult and recalcitrant phenomenon medical error causes pervasive and expensive problems in terms of patient injury ineffective treatment and rising healthcare costs. Simple heightened awareness can help but it requires organized effective remedies and countermeasures that are reasonable acceptable and adaptable to see a truly significant drop in the intolerable rate of medical mistakes. Only with better understanding knowledge and directed techniques can there be rapid and marked improvement in medical error management discipline. Since medical error is situation specific and involves diverse variables in equipment environment and human performance the correct choice of preventive and corrective techniques is critical. Providing a wealth of useful ideas concepts and techniques Medical Error and Patient Safety: Human Factors in Medicine uses abroad perspective to present more than 500 remedies that can be applied and tailored to your unique circumstances. This detailed review of so many measures enables you to correctly identify needs and undertake appropriate actions to achieve a success that can be measured in avoided injuries improved healthcare and reduced cost.   Thought provoking and useful this book considers the potential for error and the possibility for improvement in every aspect of healthcare. After an introduction to general concepts and approaches it examines vulnerabilities in medical services including emergency services healthcare facilities and infection control. It covers risks in medical devices and product design; human factors such as fatigue and stress; management errors; errors in communication at all levels of the healthcare hierarchy; as well as mistakes in drug delivery including faulty labels and warnings. The authors also compare and contrast several analytical methods their interpretation and their translation into a plan of action. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367388393

Medical Ethics Prediction and PrognosisInterdisciplinary Perspectives Recent scientific developments in particular advances in pharmacogenetics and molecular genetics have given rise to numerous predictive procedures for detecting predispositions to diseases in patients. This knowledge however does not necessarily promise benign results for either patients or health care professionals. The aim of this volume is to analyse issues related to prediction and prognosis as a burgeoning field of medicine which is revolutionizing the way we understand and approach diagnosis and treatment. Combining epistemic and ethical reflection with medical expertise on contemporary practice and research an interdisciplinary group of international experts critically examine anticipatory medicine from various perspectives including history of medicine bioethics theories of science and health economics. The highly complex issues involved in medical prediction call for a far-reaching debate on the value and scope of foreknowledge. For example which responsibilities and burdens arise when still healthy people learn of their predisposition to diseases? How should health care insurance reflect risky life styles? Is the increasing medicalization of life connected with prevention ethically sustainable and financially possible in the developing world? These and other related issues are the subject of this timely and important book which not only serves as an introduction to the area but also proposes many feasible solutions to the problems outlined. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367595227

Medical Ethics And LawAn Introduction This book is to help you understand the main ethical and legal details you need to know in order to practice medicine safely and well. Medical ethics is an inherently fascinating subject and throws up new issues every day. Good ethical thinking requires practice and application and there are essentials that are easy to grasp and learn quickly - this book will show you how. It contains short summaries with examples and guidance on your legal position of a series of core topics of medical ethics and law. Its aim is to give you some guides to effective safe and good clinical practice. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781857758948

Medical Ethics and the Elderly The Fourth Edition of this bestselling highly regarded book has been fully revised to incorporate changes in law and clinical guidance making a vital impact on patient management encompassing: . The Equality Act 2010 which provides the right of older people to treatment without discrimination . Case law on withdrawing nutrition and hydration . Updated guidance on resuscitation from the Resuscitation Council (UK) the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing . The redefining of good medical practice by the General Medical Council . The abolition of the Liverpool Care Pathway with updated guidance on end-of-life care and advance care planning. Expanded throughout this new edition also integrates two entirely new chapters covering testamentary capacity and the role of the physician and religious beliefs and end-of-life issues. Its practical reflective and informative approach continues to make it essential reading for all health professionals particularly trainees involved in making difficult decisions in the care of older persons. It is also highly recommended for undergraduate medical students. ' This book combines a primer for the novice with advanced reasoning for the expert both readerships being led through a range of very authentic case studies. The novice can look up the basic elements of current law or acquire some rules of thumb about assessment of capacity or quality of life. The expert can think about clinical scenarios where there are no right answers and all is contingent or work out how the loss of the privilege of driving might be reframed to maximise mobility. Every practitioner should have this book and it should be well-thumbed.' From the Foreword by Professor Steve Iliffe Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781846199004

Medical Ethics in ChinaA Transcultural Interpretation Drawing on a wide range of primary historical and sociological sources and employing sharp philosophical analysis this book investigates medical ethics from a Chinese-Western comparative perspective. In doing so it offers a fascinating exploration of both cultural differences and commonalities exhibited by China and the West in medicine and medical ethics. The book carefully examines a number of key bioethical issues in the Chinese socio-cultural context including: attitudes toward foetuses; disclosure of information by medical professionals; informed consent; professional medical ethics; health promotion; feminist bioethics; and human rights. It not only provides insights into Chinese perspectives but also sheds light on the appropriate methods for comparative cultural and ethical studies. Through his pioneering study Jing-Bao Nie has put forward a theory of "trans-cultural bioethics " an ethical paradigm which upholds the primacy of morality whilst resisting cultural stereotypes and appreciating the internal plurality richness dynamism and openness of medical ethics in any culture. Medical Ethics in China will be of particular interest to students and academics in the fields of Medical Law Bioethics Medical Ethics Cross-Cultural Ethics as well as Chinese/Asian Studies and Comparative Cross-Cultural Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415724562

Medical EthicsA Reference Guide for Guaranteeing Principled Care and Quality Medical ethics is a system of moral principles that apply values to the practice of clinical medicine and in scientific research. Medical ethics allow for people regardless of background to be guaranteed quality and principled care. It is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict. These values include the respect for autonomy non-maleficence beneficence and justice. These tenets allow doctors care providers and families to create a treatment plan and work towards the same common goal without any conflict. Succeeding in the healthcare field means more than just making a diagnosis and writing a prescription. Healthcare professionals are responsible for convincing patients and their family members of the best course of action and treatments to follow while knowing how to make the right moral and ethical choices. Ethical teaching should be an active part of training and should be taught in four division: basic ethics clinical ethics legal principles related to ethics and the ethics of research and affiliation. This book is a reference guide for physicians healthcare providers and administrative staff. It looks at the ethical problems they face every day gives the background and the ethical problem and then provides practical advice which can be easily implemented. This book provides the knowledge needed to understand who has the right to healthcare the justice of clinical practice what autonomy means for a patient giving consent who is going to make any surrogate decisions and more. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138581074

Medical Examination Made MemorableIntegrating Everything Book 4 Examination is an area of medical practice which requires much factual diagnostic and procedural knowledge to be committed to memory: this in itself can be a challenging feat. Medical Examination Made Memorable puts research on learning and memorising techniques into action presenting medical examination in a unique enjoyable and easy-to-learn format. Health conditions are linked to well-known people and specially drawn images - often deliberately bizarre or exaggerated to make them more memorable - are included throughout. Information is broken down into easily recallable chunks and mnemonics (which may not suit all learning styles) are only included where especially clear or useful. Discussing information with others stimulates the aural component of memory and practicing physical skills leads to kinaesthetic memorisation (muscle memory): the book also takes these vital learning techniques into account. Medical Examination Made Memorable is a vital reference and aide-memoire for students and practitioners at all levels and in all specialisms. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315383446

Medical Finals Pack (NEW EDITION) A revision bundle to help students pass their medical finals this pack contains: Complete Self Assessment for Medical and Surgical Finals Second Edition Complete Revision Notes for Medical and Surgical Finals Second Edition Complete OSCE Skills for Medical and Surgical Finals Presenting 650 SBAs 180 EMQs 50 x-ray interpretation cases and explanatory answers Complete Self Assessment for Medical and Surgical Finals Second Edition allows medical students to test themselves on these challenging areas.Complete Revision Notes for Medical and Surgical Finals Second Edition presents information in a stimulating way which in turn enables easy recall. Structured by medical and surgical specialties the contents are organised in a weighted fashion to reflect coverage in undergraduate curricula. Complete OSCE Skills for Medical and Surgical Finals covers the entire undergraduate syllabus for clinical finals and provides the essential information needed to manage OSCE stations competently and will help you to pass your medical and surgical finals. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781444183283

Medical Fringe and Medical Orthodoxy 1750-1850 First published in 1987. Even as the professionalism of medicine progressed many sufferers continued to rely on what would now be termed "fringe" practitioners – quacks backstreet surgeons bone-setters Thomsonian botanists holists and naturalists. Many types of fringe medicine were popular in particular circles or reflected the political or religious preoccupations of their practitioners. Anti-establishment radicals might favour natural medicine Christian Scientists would reject the medical aid "Physical Puritans" would concentrate on homeopathy hydropathy and vegetarianism to create health rather than counter disease. Some diseases particularly venereal ones allowed practitioners to play unscrupulously on the guilt of their patients. The end of the period saw professionalism establish itself in many areas for example with the foundation in 1852 of the Pharmaceutical Society and conflicts of fringe and orthodoxy became the fiercer. The essays collected in this volume all present new research on this fascinating and diverse period in the history of medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138391369

Medical Geography (Routledge Revivals)Progress and Prospect Geographers have for a long time contributed much valuable detailed data on the geographical patterns of disease and health care delivery to the medical world. On its first publication in 1985 this edited collection addressed the need for a review of progress in the field of medical geography that could also shape further developments. Topics under discussion include national systems of health care the utilisation of health services medical planning and medical geography in the developing world. This is a comprehensive volume that is it still of great relevance to today’s students of medical geography health care and demography Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415707510

Medical GeographyTechniques and Field Studies The first book of its kind when originally published in 1972 this book discusses techniques types of maps and atlases case histories illustrations of both disease incidence and distribution of medical services and some examples of theoretical models linked with practical work. It shows the importance of medical geography as a research tool in preparing and collecting data concerning the incidence of disease. In the light of the recent Ebola outbreak this book is of continued relevance with some of the chapters focussing on Malawi Zambia Ghana and other African countries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138100107

Medical Gridlock And Health Reform This book explores and assesses the problems and transformations underway in the financing of U.S. health care and in the delivery of services on the eve of an era of major health care reform. It can be viewed as a follow-up to The Medical Triangle: Physicians Politicians and the Public. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367159382

Medical Group Management in Turbulent TimesHow Physician Leadership Can Optimize Health Plan Hospital and Medical Group Performance Medical Group Management in Turbulent Times: How Physician Leadership Can Optimize Health Plan Hospital and Medical Group Performance provides you with proven methods and new strategies on how to deliver more effective health care health products and related services to patients and other consumers. Stressing physician leadership and proactive participation this text will enhance your understanding of how a working relationship between practicing physicians and health care managers is a positive and necessary means for administering and managing quality health care now and in the future.Through units preceded by defined goals projected outcomes and outcome analyses Medical Group Management presents material to you in a practical comprehensive manner on topics such as: understanding values and relationships among physicians hospitals and health plans working together toward a common goal establishing trust and communication between physicians hospitals and health plans embracing change as a catalyst for the enhancement of medical practice understanding the physicians’role in the management of a consumer-focused medical group planning for shifts in medical practice away from intervention and toward prevention creating jointly developed plans and budgets predicated upon principles of continuous quality improvement such as eliminating unnecessary patient paperwork and improving employees’morale and job satisfactionIn addition most units in this text feature a “factors to consider” category that advises you for example how to research competition establish a target market and research the demographics of a community before formulating a plan to increase your number of patients. Complete with recommendations sample plans on how to market health services or better serve your patients and suggestions on how to enhance quality care Medical Group Management will give you the knowledge to successfully address problems and work together with other professionals in the health care community to provide quality services to patients and consumers now and into the next century. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315862415

Medical Histories for the MRCP and Final MB Taking a patient's medical history is a vital skill often overlooked by junior doctors and medical students leading to a worryingly high failure rate in the PACES and OSCE exams. Don't be caught out! This book has been specifically designed to give you invaluable guidance and practice for taking medical histories. It features 50 complete case studies including referral letters medical histories suggested data gathering methods points to consider warning signs management of uncomfortable topics and differential diagnosis. With a focus on the importance and benefits of role-play in revision this concise and easy to read format provides the study aid for Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) candidates sitting their Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills (PACES) examinations. It is also of great benefit to undergraduates approaching their final year examinations. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315377964

Medical History Education for Health Practitioners 'Twenty-first century medicine is just the current stage of a never-ending journey of tremendous complexity. Those of us who are fortunate enough to practise in this day and age do so in ways that are themselves the results of huge changes over many centuries - advances in areas such as medication and surgical and imaging techniques and developments in our understanding of the human body and its attendant threats through genetics. Add to that list the huge social and societal changes in public health attitudes to illness and changes in ethical viewpoints and we find ourselves at the current forefront of medical evolution but nowhere near the end of this particular journey.' From the Foreword by Paul Lazarus This fascinating book brings to life the history of medicine in Britain since 1600. Throughout the historical account the authors cover mainstream clinical issues but also make reference to the importance of literature and art presenting a wide-ranging view of the past. It also incorporates milestones in other cultures and epochs where appropriate for a balanced overview. The concise self-contained sections are a joy to read and can be easily dipped into. The majority of chapters include suggested questions for students assisting group discussion. It is ideal for medical and healthcare course organisers lecturers and tutors who require a rapid resource of information in their subject area - be it cardiovascular disease emergency medicine or child protection - to provide context interest and entertainment for their students. It is also highly recommended as the basis for a programme of seminars on the history of medicine. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781846199813

Medical Humanities Sociology and the Suffering SelfSurviving Health Following criticisms of the traditionally polarized view of understanding suffering through either medicine or social justice Lowe makes a compelling argument for how the medical humanities can help to go beyond the traditional biographical and epistemic breaks to see into the nature and properties of suffering and what is at stake. Lowe demonstrates through analysis of major healthcare workforce issues and incidence of burnout how key policies and practices influence healthcare education and experiences of both patients and health professionals. By including first person narratives from health professionals as a tool and resource she illustrates how dominant ideas about the self enter practice as a refusal of suffering.　Demonstrating the relationship between personal experience theory and research Lowe argues for a pedagogy of suffering that shows how the moral anguish implicit in suffering is an ethical response of the emergent self. This is an important read for all those interested in medical humanities health professional education person-centred care and the sociology of health and illness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367321413

Medical Humanities and Medical EducationHow the medical humanities can shape better doctors The field of the medical humanities is developing rapidly however there has also been parallel concern from sceptics that the value of medical humanities educational interventions should be open to scrutiny and evidence. Just what is the impact of medical humanities provision upon the education of medical students? In an era of limited resources is such provision worth the investment? This innovative text addresses these pressing questions describes the contemporary territory comprising the medical humanities in medical education and explains how this field may be developed as a key medical education component for the future. Bleakley a driving force of the international movement to establish the medical humanities as a core and integrated provision in the medical curriculum proposes a model that requires collaboration between patients artists humanities scholars doctors and other health professionals in developing medical students’ sensibility (clinical acumen based on close noticing) and sensitivity (ethical professional and humane practice). In particular this text focuses upon how medical humanities input into the curriculum can help to shape the identities of medical students as future doctors who are humane caring expressive and creative – whose work will be technically sound but considerably enhanced by their abilities to communicate well with patients and colleagues to empathise to be adaptive and innovative and to act as ‘medical citizens’ in shaping a future medical culture as a model democracy where social justice is a key aspect of medicine. Making sense of the new wave of medical humanities in medical education scholarship that calls for a ‘critical medical humanities’ Medical Humanities and Medical Education incorporates a range of case studies and illustrative and practical examples to aid integrating medical humanities into the medical curriculum. It will be important reading for medical educators and others working with the medical education community and all those interested in the medical humanities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138243675

Medical Humanities Companion Volume 3 This third volume in the Companion to Medical Humanities series considers the concept of treatment as an active process which produces an outcome be it effective inappropriate or inadequate. It invites the reader to examine the relevance of the patients' belief in any given treatment and their confidence in the practitioner. Against a person-centred backdrop it investigates boundaries and reflects on the practical demands on a health care system limited in its resources where the price of choice for one may be the restriction of service for the other. It also questions the supposed contrasts between treatment and cure redefining the meaning of care in daily practice. It offers inspirational reading for all academics and professionals with an interest in the medical humanities as well as researchers in philosophy of medicine and medical ethics. CPD with Radcliffe. This book can be used to achieve CPD (Continuing Professional Development) points through directed reading. We provide a free online form and downloadable certificate for your appraisal portfolio. For more information and to claim CPD points on this book visit www.radcliffehealth.com/cpd Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781846193705

Medical Humanities Companion Volume 4 This fourth volume in the Companion to Medical Humanities series contemplates the challenge of the prognosis of looking ahead wondering what will happen and attempting to make sense of life and death. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781846195556

Medical Humanities Companionv. 1 The phrase 'medical humanities' has a currency that is wider than any agreement as to what it means though those engaged in the field usually know what they are attempting. This volume examines the idea of 'symptom' as a route to understanding the structure of clinical practice. Actual symptoms are always experienced by real actual individuals - however much those experiences are mediated by language culture expectation and the conventions of the clinical consultation. And this in turn is important because it reminds us that health illness well-being suffering are first and foremost aspects of experience. This book asks questions - and offers answers - about the meaning of actual symptoms and of the concept of 'symptom' as a prelude to a cumulative interdisciplinary understanding of illness as a source of human need and clinical medicine as a human response to it. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315380117

Medical Humanities Companionv. 2 When a person falls ill their experience changes - sometimes in a very minor and transient way sometimes in a decisive and lasting one. 'Diagnosis' is often seen as the process of scientifically and objectively identifying the causes of this subjective experience but is the process and meaning of 'diagnosis' really as simple as this implies? As this volume of The Medical Humanities Companion argues diagnoses are an answer to complex human needs that spring from being ill and are in turn a complex culturally mediated interaction between individuals scientific discoveries social negotiation and historical change. This volume makes visible the complexities and ambiguities involved in giving and receiving diagnoses and how they shape and are shaped by views on what is real and acceptable and how people relate to the phenomena of illness. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315383712

Medical Hypnosis PrimerClinical and Research Evidence This brief Primer assembled by top recognized hypnosis authorities briefly presents the basic concepts of modern medical hypnosis and encourages mental health care practitioners to learn how to use hypnosis as an adjunct to standard medical care. It also lays the groundwork for the teaching and practice of hypnosis as part of the required syllabus for every medical and nursing school as well as graduate programs in clinical and counseling psychology. Medical Hypnosis Primer goes far in advancing the medical and factual aspects of this still greatly misunderstood field and is of great value to practitioners teachers and students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138171879

Medical IELTSA Workbook for International Doctors and PLAB Candidates In which occupation are you?' 'From how long have you been smoking?' 'Do you take any alcohol/drinks?' All overseas qualified doctors who apply for registration in the UK must satisfy the General Medical Council that they have the necessary knowledge of English by obtaining a satisfactory score in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination. This interactive workbook provides a wide range of questions and answers on this subject containing specific medical sections to address the common problems and pitfalls relating to vocabulary and fluency in everyday medical consultations. Overseas qualified doctors needing to take the IELTS examination in order to be eligible for the GMC PLAB examination which is required for practice in the UK will find this book essential for their study. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780203747728

Medical Image Analysis and InformaticsComputer-Aided Diagnosis and Therapy With the development of rapidly increasing medical imaging modalities and their applications the need for computers and computing in image generation processing visualization archival transmission modeling and analysis has grown substantially. Computers are being integrated into almost every medical imaging system. Medical Image Analysis and Informatics demonstrates how quantitative analysis becomes possible by the application of computational procedures to medical images. Furthermore it shows how quantitative and objective analysis facilitated by medical image informatics CBIR and CAD could lead to improved diagnosis by physicians. Whereas CAD has become a part of the clinical workflow in the detection of breast cancer with mammograms it is not yet established in other applications. CBIR is an alternative and complementary approach for image retrieval based on measures derived from images which could also facilitate CAD. This book shows how digital image processing techniques can assist in quantitative analysis of medical images how pattern recognition and classification techniques can facilitate CAD and how CAD systems can assist in achieving efficient diagnosis in designing optimal treatment protocols in analyzing the effects of or response to treatment and in clinical management of various conditions. The book affirms that medical imaging medical image analysis medical image informatics CBIR and CAD are proven as well as essential techniques for health care. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367876289

Medical Image Processing Reconstruction and AnalysisConcepts and Methods Second Edition Differently oriented specialists and students involved in image processing and analysis need to have a firm grasp of concepts and methods used in this now widely utilized area. This book aims at being a single-source reference providing such foundations in the form of theoretical yet clear and easy to follow explanations of underlying generic concepts. Medical Image Processing Reconstruction and Analysis – Concepts and Methods explains the general principles and methods of image processing and analysis focusing namely on applications used in medical imaging. The content of this book is divided into three parts: Part I – Images as Multidimensional Signals provides the introduction to basic image processing theory explaining it for both analogue and digital image representations. Part II – Imaging Systems as Data Sources offers a non-traditional view on imaging modalities explaining their principles influencing properties of the obtained images that are to be subsequently processed by methods described in this book. Newly principles of novel modalities as spectral CT functional MRI ultrafast planar-wave ultrasonography and optical coherence tomography are included. Part III – Image Processing and Analysis focuses on tomographic image reconstruction image fusion and methods of image enhancement and restoration; further it explains concepts of low-level image analysis as texture analysis image segmentation and morphological transforms. A new chapter deals with selected areas of higher-level analysis as principal and independent component analysis and particularly the novel analytic approach based on deep learning. Briefly also the medical image-processing environment is treated including processes for image archiving and communication. Features Presents a theoretically exact yet understandable explanation of image processing and analysis concepts and methods Offers practical interpretations of all theoretical conclusions as derived in the consistent explanation Provides a concise treatment of a wide variety of medical imaging modalities including novel ones with respect to properties of provided image data Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138310285

Medical Image ProcessingAdvanced Fuzzy Set Theoretic Techniques Medical image analysis using advanced fuzzy set theoretic techniques is an exciting and dynamic branch of image processing. Since the introduction of fuzzy set theory there has been an explosion of interest in advanced fuzzy set theories—such as intuitionistic fuzzy and Type II fuzzy set—that represent uncertainty in a better way.Medical Image Processing: Advanced Fuzzy Set Theoretic Techniques deals with the application of intuitionistic fuzzy and Type II fuzzy set theories for medical image analysis. Designed for graduate and doctorate students this higher-level text:Provides a brief introduction to advanced fuzzy set theory fuzzy/intuitionistic fuzzy aggregation operators and distance/similarity measuresCovers medical image enhancement using advanced fuzzy sets including MATLAB®-based examples to increase contrast of the imagesDescribes intuitionistic fuzzy and Type II fuzzy thresholding techniques that separate different regions/leukocyte types/abnormal lesionsDemonstrates the clustering of unwanted lesions/regions even in the presence of noise by applying intuitionistic fuzzy clusteringHighlights the edges of poorly illuminated images and uses intuitionistic fuzzy edge detection to find the edges of different regionsDefines fuzzy mathematical morphology and explores its application using the Lukasiewicz operator t-norms and t-conormsMedical Image Processing: Advanced Fuzzy Set Theoretic Techniques is useful not only for students but also for teachers engineers scientists and those interested in the field of medical image analysis. A basic knowledge of fuzzy set is required along with a solid understanding of mathematics and image processing. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367575960

Medical Image Registration Image registration is the process of systematically placing separate images in a common frame of reference so that the information they contain can be optimally integrated or compared. This is becoming the central tool for image analysis understanding and visualization in both medical and scientific applications. Medical Image Registration provides the first comprehensive coverage of this emerging field. This monograph details the theory technology and practical implementations in a variety of medical settings. International experts thoroughly explain why image registration is important describe its applications in a nonmathematical way and include rigorous analysis for those who plan to implement algorithms themselves. It is accessible and informative to those new to the field yet it provides in-depth treatment for the expert. With its practical examples extensive illustrations and comprehensible approach Medical Image Registration is a must have guide for medical physicists clinicians and researchers. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367397203

Medical Imaging Syst Tech & Ap First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315078274

Medical Imaging Systems Techniques and ApplicationsComputational Techniques The field of medical imaging has been revolutionized by new techniques in powerful computations image processing and modalities such as Computer-Aided Tomography (CAT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) among others. It is therefore an appropriate topic to be included in this series that studies the marriage of computer capabilities and medica Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780429271250

Medical ImagingArtificial Intelligence Image Recognition and Machine Learning Techniques Winner of the "Outstanding Academic Title" recognition by Choice for the 2020 OAT Awards. The Choice OAT Award represents the highest caliber of scholarly titles that have been reviewed by Choice and conveys the extraordinary recognition of the academic community. The book discusses varied topics pertaining to advanced or up-to-date techniques in medical imaging using artificial intelligence (AI) image recognition (IR) and machine learning (ML) algorithms/techniques. Further coverage includes analysis of chest radiographs (chest x-rays) via stacked generalization models TB type detection using slice separation approach brain tumor image segmentation via deep learning mammogram mass separation epileptic seizures breast ultrasound images knee joint x-ray images bone fracture detection and labeling and diabetic retinopathy. It also reviews 3D imaging in biomedical applications and pathological medical imaging. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367139612

Medical ImagingPrinciples and Practices The discovery of x-ray as a landmark event enabled us to see the "invisible " opening a new era in medical diagnostics. More importantly it offered a unique undestanding around the interaction of electromagnetic signal with human tissue and the utility of its selective absorption scattering diffusion and reflection as a tool for understanding the physiology evolution of disease and therapy. With contributions from world-class experts Medical Imaging: Principles and Practices offers a review of key imaging modalities with established clinical utilization and examples of quantitative tools for image analysis modeling and interpretation. The book provides a detailed overview of x-ray imaging and computed tomography fundamental concepts in signal acquisition and processes followed by an overview of functional MRI (fMRI) and chemical shift imaging. It also covers topics in Magnetic Resonance Microcopy the physics of instrumentation and signal collection and their application in clinical practice. Highlights include a chapter offering a unique perspective on the use of quantitative PET for its applications in drug discovery and development which is rapidly becoming an indispensible tool for clinical and research applications and a chapter addressing the key issues around organizing and searching multimodality data sets an increasingly important yet challenging issue in clinical imaging. Topics include: X-ray imaging and computed tomography MRI and magnetic resonance microscopy Nuclear imaging Ultrasound imaging Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) Emerging technologies for in vivo imaging Contrast-enhanced MRI MR approaches for osteoarthritis and cardiovascular imaging PET quantitative imaging for drug development Medical imaging data mining and search The selection of topics provides readers with an appreciation of the depth and breadth of the field and the challenges ahead of the technical and clinical community ofresearchers and practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781439871027

Medical ImagingTechnology and Applications The book has two intentions. First it assembles the latest research in the field of medical imaging technology in one place. Detailed descriptions of current state-of-the-art medical imaging systems (comprised of x-ray CT MRI ultrasound and nuclear medicine) and data processing techniques are discussed. Information is provided that will give interested engineers and scientists a solid foundation from which to build with additional resources. Secondly it exposes the reader to myriad applications that medical imaging technology has enabled. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138072282

Medical Immunology 7th Edition This seventh edition of Medical Immunology now in a full-color presentation continues to provide a succinct clinical review of the human response to infection while being firmly grounded in science. The authors distinguished and experienced educators have been able to anticipate readers’ conceptual challenges and use illustrations diagrams and algorithms throughout to simplify complex concepts. With an emphasis on clinical applications methodological advances immunological diseases and innovative interventions this tried and true guide navigates readers through state-of-the-sciences technologies and demonstrates their implementation in the day-to-day clinical practice of immunology. Key Features Stresses both the basic scientific concepts and clinical correlations to medical practice. Progresses logically from normal immune function to abnormalities and clinical diseases. Reviews the diagnosis pathogenesis and management of autoimmune diseases in a concise manageable and visual manner Continues to be the only current medically-focused immunology text available Provides a succinct review of human response to infection with a focus on diagnostic and clinical immunology Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367224882

Medical InformaticsAn Executive Primer Third Edition This third edition of HIMSS' award-winning bestseller explores how clinicians patients and health IT stakeholders are collaborating to support high-value care through health IT. Medical Informatics: An Executive Primer continues to explore information technologies applied in hospital settings at the physician's office and in patients' homes to provide high-value patient care. Developed for healthcare executives the book looks at how clinicians patients and health IT stakeholders are collaborating on a 'team-based ' IT-enabled approach to healthcare.The book's authors offer provider success stories on utilizing health IT-such as EHRs clinical decision support telehealth and electronic quality measure reporting to transform healthcare while addressing health IT usability interoperability privacy and security concerns and meeting federal regulations. New to this edition are chapters focused on how health IT innovations mobile technologies and personal digital tools are demonstrating the value of health IT. Medical Informatics also explores successful EHR implementations by organizations recognized with the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence through case studies focused on patient engagement population management clinical and business intelligence health information exchange and patient readmission prevention. Media > Books > Print Books HIMSS Publishing 9781938904769

Medical Infrared ImagingPrinciples and Practices The evolution of technological advances in infrared sensor technology image processing "smart" algorithms knowledge-based databases and their overall system integration has resulted in new methods of research and use in medical infrared imaging. The development of infrared cameras with focal plane arrays no longer requiring cooling added a new dimension to this modality. Medical Infrared Imaging: Principles and Practices covers new ideas concepts and technologies along with historical background and clinical applications. The book begins by exploring worldwide advances in the medical applications of thermal imaging systems. It covers technology and hardware including detectors detector materials un-cooled focal plane arrays high performance systems camera characterization electronics for on-chip image processing optics and cost-reduction designs. It then discusses the physiological basis of the thermal signature and its interpretation in a medical setting. The book also covers novel and emerging techniques the complexities and importance of protocols for effective and reproducible results storage and retrieval of thermal images and ethical obligations. Of interest to both the medical and biomedical engineering communities the book explores many opportunities for developing and conducting multidisciplinary research in many areas of medical infrared imaging. These range from clinical quantification to intelligent image processing for enhancement of the interpretation of images and for further development of user-friendly high-resolution thermal cameras. These would enable the wide use of infrared imaging as a viable noninvasive low-cost first-line detection modality. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138072299

Medical Injury Claims in the Netherlands 1980-1990 This text offers a comprehensive insight into the management of and the legal medical and financial aspects of medical insurance claims. The co-operation of a number of major insurance companies enabled one third of all medical claims in a ten-year period to be studied. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003079613

Medical InnovationScience technology and practice This book brings together a collection of empirical case studies featuring a wide spectrum of medical innovation. While there is no unique pathway to successful medical innovation recurring and distinctive features can be observed across different areas of clinical practice. This book examines why medical practice develops so unevenly across and within areas of disease and how this relates to the underlying conditions of innovation across areas of practice. The contributions contained in this volume adopt a dynamic perspective on medical innovation based on the notion that scientific understanding technology and clinical practice co-evolve along the co-ordinated search for solutions to medical problems. The chapters follow an historical approach to emphasise that the advancement of medical know-how is a contested nuanced process and that it involves a variety of knowledge bases whose evolutionary paths are rooted in the contexts in which they emerge.This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners concerned with medical innovation management studies and the economics of innovation. Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138860346_oachapter5.pdf Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367668686

Medical InstrumentationAccessibility and Usability Considerations Two of the most important yet often overlooked aspects of a medical device are its usability and accessibility. This is important not only for health care providers but also for older patients and users with disabilities or activity limitations. Medical Instrumentation: Accessibility and Usability Considerations focuses on how lack of usability and accessibility pose problems for designers and users of medical devices and how to overcome these limitations. Divided into five broad sections the book first addresses the nature and extent of the problem by identifying access barriers human factors and policy issues focused on the existing infrastructure. The subsequent sections examine responses to the problem beginning with tools for usability and accessibility analysis and principles of design for medical instrumentation. Building on this foundation the third section focuses on recommendations for design guidelines while the fourth section explores emerging trends and future technologies for improving medical device usability. The final section outlines key challenges knowledge gaps and recommendations from accomplished experts in the field presented at the recent Workshop on Accessible Interfaces for Medical Instrumentation. Integrating expert perspectives from a wide array of disciplines Medical Instrumentation traces a clear roadmap for improving accessibility and usability for a variety of stakeholders and provides the tools necessary to follow it. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367453404

Medical Instruments and DevicesPrinciples and Practices Medical Instruments and Devices: Principles and Practices originates from the medical instruments and devices section of The Biomedical Engineering Handbook Fourth Edition. Top experts in the field provide material that spans this wide field. The text examines how biopotential amplifiers help regulate the quality and content of measured signals. It includes instruments and devices that span a range of physiological systems and the physiological scale: molecular cellular organ and system. The book chronicles the evolution of pacemakers and their system operation and discusses oscillometry cardiac output measurement and the direct and indirect methods of measuring cardiac output. The authors also expound on the mechanics and safety of defibrillators and cover implantable stimulators respiration and the structure and function of mechanical ventilators. In addition this text covers in depth: Anesthesia Delivery Electrosurgical Units and Devices Biomedical Lasers Measuring Cellular Traction Forces Blood Glucose Monitoring Atomic Force Microscopy Parenteral Infusion Devices Clinical Laboratory: Separation and Spectral Methods Clinical Laboratory: Nonspectral Methods and Automation Noninvasive Optical Monitoring An offshoot from the definitive "bible" of biomedical engineering Medical Instruments and Devices: Principles and Practices offers you state-of-the-art information on biomedical instruments and devices. This text serves practicing professionals working in the areas of medical devices and instrumentation as well as graduate students studying bioengineering instrumentation and medical devices and it provides readers with a practical foundation and a wealth of resources from well-known experts in the field. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138748521

Medical Issues And The Eating DisordersThe Interface First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138883659

Medical JournalismThe Writer's Guide This unique and controversial book puts professional practice in the spotlight. It provides excellent comparative teaching material for professionals to help them develop reflective and ethically responsive practice and initiates a long overdue debate. 'One of the main contributions that this book makes is to provide readers from many different backgrounds professional personal and organisational with a vocabulary with which to begin to articulate the importance ambivalence and discomforts that can surround the enactment of values in the turbulent environment surrounding professions of all kinds today. The editors of this book assert that 'values are everybody's business'. It is my belief that readers will become convinced of the veracity of this assertion once they have read the fascinating and very varied discussions of the ways in which values and professions have interacted and continue to interact' John Wyn Owen in the Foreword Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315376134

Medical Journals and Medical KnowledgeHistorical Essays Originally published in 1992 Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge examines both broad developments in print and media and the practice of particular journals such as the British Medical Journal. The book is the first study to address these questions and to examine the impact of regular news on the making of the medical community. The book considers the rise of the medical press and looks at how it recorded and described principal developments and so promoted medical science and enhanced medical consciousness. This book was a seminal work when first published and was one of the first to consider the importance of the roots of medical journalism editorial practices and the ways in which the medical journalism altered the world of medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367076009

Medical Law and Ethics This title was first published in 2002.The wide range of essays contained within this volume present contemporary thinking on the legal and ethical implications surrounding modern medical practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138730977

Medical Law HandbookThe Epidemiologically Based Needs Assessment Reviews Low Back Pain - Second Series Law touches more and more upon the daily practice of medical professionals. This trend continues as modern medicine delivers more therapies and modern society demands increased rights for individuals and increased accountability for medical professionals. This handbook is written by a practising physician and qualified lawyer to provide an accessible text that allows medical professionals to grasp the legal rules that impact on their daily practice quickly and clearly. The handbook format and clear numbered paragraphs aid speed of use and legal references are matched to short case summaries and legal statute summaries throughout to provide a solid evidence base. The work enables practitioners to clarify legal questions in all key areas in moments. It concisely and comprehensively covers the core topics including confidentiality consent and negligence and clarifies particularly complex issues such as abortion assisted reproduction surrogacy human tissue and the end of life. This book is an essential reference for medical professionals at every level and in every setting from students to consultants. 'The purpose of this book is to provide an accessible resource for busy medical professionals. The text assumes no knowledge of law. The medical factual details that are often frustratingly missing from legal textbooks are retained. The point is to locate the cases not just on the legal maps but also upon the medical maps.' Raj Mohindra in the Introduction Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315379937

Medical LeadershipA Toolkit for Service Development and System Transformation Today’s health care systems need doctors and consultants to act as leaders  within the multi-disciplinary team in addition to carrying out their clinical role. This book identifies the key elements of successful leadership through 'medically led' service development and systems transformation and shows how this benefits patient care particularly when patients become partners in the process. The authors provide a conceptual framework of medical leadership and a set of scientific methods and tools that make a significant contribution to advancing quality and transforming services in healthcare. On top of this they present analytical tools which medical professionals can use to support their own improvement or system transformation strategy including ways of measuring improvement and the returns on investment of medical leadership. Woven throughout the book are real-life case studies from medical leaders across the world providing students with valuable practical insights. Chapter summaries and reflections are provided to support learning.　 Medical Leadership will be essential reading for students on medical and clinical leadership courses internationally as well as for all practising doctors consultants and General Practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138217355

Medical LeadershipFrom the Dark Side to Centre Stage 'Successful medical leaders are usually but not always experienced and credible clinicians with good people skills who look beyond the boundaries of their own specialty or institution who are positive and perseverant and who are prepared to take reasonable risks to achieve their goals. Most importantly they know how to engage their colleagues and effect change. They understand the principles of organisational performance and the balance between professional autonomy and corporate behaviour - ' Sir Bruce Keogh in the Foreword This book is a comprehensive account of the key aspects of medical leadership. Easy to read and highly accessible it explores how the medical profession has evolved in tandem with administrative and structural aspects of the NHS: previously reluctant leaders doctors are increasingly positive about adopting management and organisational responsibility. Assuming leadership roles at all stages of their training and career is a progressively vital component of the definition of a 'good doctor'. Completely up-to-date this book features exciting and critical developments such as the embedding of the Medical Leadership Competency Framework as a statutory element of the training and development of all doctors and the establishment of a new Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. It is highly recommended inspiring reading for all medical professionals taking on formal leadership roles. Junior doctors too will find much of interest. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315383842

Medical LeadershipThe key to medical engagement and effective organisations Second Edition This title is a comprehensive account of the key aspects of medical leadership. A highly accessible text book-style resource it explores how the medical profession has evolved in tandem with administrative and structural aspects of the NHS. Assuming leadership roles at all stages of their training and career is a progressively vital component of the definition of a good doctor. This book will provide invaluable support and guidance to anyone engaged in leadership within the NHS but particularly to junior doctors in the primary and secondary care arenas taking on leadership roles for the first time. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781785231612

Medical Librarian 2.0Use of Web 2.0 Technologies in Reference Servics Widespread use and acceptance of the World Wide Web in the home and office has eclipsed many other technological advances. Next-generation applications like wikis podcasting streaming video virtual reference RSS feeds and blogs sit on the cutting edge of changes that will—and have already begun to—transform librarianship. Medical Librarian 2.0 is a vital groundbreaking resource for understanding and implementing these technologiesin reference services. Medical Librarian 2.0 is both an examination of current technology and a resource for practical applications as well. This important collection includes informative chapters that cover the evolving spectrum of digital tools. Through detailed explorations of current technologies as well as the ways institutions have implemented them to better serve both patrons and staff this text provides the insight and necessary awareness required for librarians who want to stay current with these technologies and to make their services relevant to the newer generation of users. With a wealth of informative tables diagrams Web site illustrations online resources photographs and references Medical Librarian 2.0 is an essential resource that looks at the pervasive Web technologies medical libraries—and other libraries—are successfully adapting to both update old services and provide new ones. Contributors to Medical Librarian 2.0 discuss: • the tools and applications shaping Web 2.0 • extending these vibrant technologies into librarianship with Library 2.0 • virtual reference services in academic health science libraries • e-mail chat and web forms in the changing landscape of reference services • syndicated information delivery via RSS and its integration • producing using organizing and distributing podcasts • challenges to and successes of streaming video in health sciences libraries • social networking social media sharing and social bookmarking tools • tagging peer production blogs and folksonomy • open source software and content management systems like Drupal • wikis and the organizational knowledgebase • creating and utilizing blended applications and mashups • current concerns over data and security • and many other important topics! With a wealth of tables diagrams Web site illustrations online resources photographs and references Medical Librarian 2.0 offers readers clear examples of these applications put into practice. Medical Librarian 2.0 is an essential resource for librarians especially those in medical settings library science educators and students and those looking to stay at the forefront of emerging reference technology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203823385

Medical Library DownsizingAdministrative Professional and Personal Strategies for Coping with Change Learn how to stay ahead of the game when budgets and staff are cutMedical Library Downsizing: Administrative Professional and Personal Strategies for Coping with Change explores corporate downsizing and other company-wide events as they relate to medical librarians in their organization. This training manual is designed to help librarians prepare for a new era where shrinking budgets inflated journal costs and the increasing demand for new and expensive services now put salaries and jobs at risk. While focused on health care issues this book will appeal to a general library audience and can be used in a graduate course in library administration corporate librarianship or hospital librarianship.Medical Library Downsizing investigates the BCEs (Bad Corporate Events) that can negatively affect a librarian including: an across-the-board budget cut a downsizing a restructuring (also called a re-organization or re-engineering) a buyout a merger a consolidation With Medical Library Downsizing you will learn how to prepare for the possibility of a BCE what signs to look for that a BCE is about to take place and how to weather the storm. The book provides the typical patterns for a downsizing budget cut merger or pension buyout—teaching you step-by-step to make the most out of each possible scenario. This unique guide uses sardonic wit and entertaining examples to bring home each lesson making Medical Library Downsizing a vital asset to librarians in any field.Medical Library Downsizing will help you deal with: consultants who recommend downsizing and outsourcing staff communications planning your survival—and your escape route presentations to help you keep your job implementing change re-training staff and more Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315809779

Medical Management of Thyroid Disease Third Edition The Third Edition of Medical Management of Thyroid Disease provides the most up-to-date practical guidance for the diagnosis and management of common and uncommon thyroid diseases. It reflects the advancement in guidelines and research for thyroid cancer nodules and hypothyroidism; all presented in an accessible format with more illustrations and algorithms for management. The contributions of internationally renowned endocrinologists present the clinical aspects from the world’s perspective.Key Features• Completely revised and updated• Reorganized with more algorithms for quick reference and enhanced usability• Edited by internationally renowned physicians in the field• Authoritative comprehensive and yet easily digestible Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367570637

Medical Management: A Practical Guide This essential guide provides a lifeline to authoritative reliable information on medical management giving you all the skills you need whether managing a junior colleague as a lead doctor or running multidisciplinary consortia in the NHS or private sectors. Learn key skills from leadership managing change quality control and project management through to doctors in difficulty appraisals and revalidation managing exceptional performance and poor performance Comprehensive coverage of NHS and private healthcare primary care acute and emergency care mental health and many other sectors Gain insight into important topics such as healthcare innovations and technologies implementing evidence-based medicine medical education patient safety and primary care consortia Refine your management skills with advice wisdom and practical help from key opinion leaders medical professionals and management experts In this world of change reforms and new government initiatives can you afford not to build on your existing skills? Whether you are new to medical management or an experienced director wishing to stay up to date and refine your expertise this book will be an invaluable source of advice to help you manage the delivery of high-quality care. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781444145403

Medical Marginality in South AsiaSituating Subaltern Therapeutics Examining the world of popular healing in South Asia this book looks at the way that it is marginalised by the state and medical establishment while at the same time being very important in the everyday lives of the poor. It describes and analyses a world of ‘subaltern therapeutics’ that both interacts with and resists state-sanctioned and elite forms of medical practice. The relationship is seen as both a historical as well as ongoing one. Focusing on those who exist and practice in the shadow of statist medicine the book discusses the many ways in which they try to heal a range of maladies and how they experience their marginality. The contributors also provide a history of such therapeutics in the process challenging the widespread belief that such ‘traditional’ therapeutics are relatively static and unchanging. In focusing on these problems of transition they open up one of the central concerns of subaltern historiography. This is an important contribution to the history of medicine and society and subaltern and South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138948297

Medical MaterialitiesToward a Material Culture of Medical Anthropology Medical Materialities investigates possible points of cross-fertilisation between medical anthropology and material culture studies and considers the successes and limitations of both sub-disciplines as they attempt to understand places practices methods and cultures of healing. The editors present and expand upon a definition of ‘medical materiality’ namely the social impact of the agency of often mundane at times non-clinical materials within contexts of health and illness as caused by the properties and affordances of this material. The chapters address material culture in various clinical and biomedical contexts and in discussions that link the body and healing. The diverse ethnographic case studies provide valuable insight into the way cultures of medicine are understood and practised. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367662882

Medical Memories and Experiences in Postwar East GermanyTreatments of the Past This book draws on the example of the major cities of Leipzig and Dresden to illustrate continuity and change in public health in the German Democratic Republic. Based on archival work it will demonstrate how members of the medical profession successfully manipulated their pre-1945 past in order to continue practising leading to persistence in the social conception of medicine and disease after Communism took hold. This was particularly evident in attitudes towards and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and the pathology of deviant behaviour among young people. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367138707

Medical Microbiology Testing in Primary Care The book’s purpose is to help community-based primary care physicians and nurses and laboratory-based microbiologists better understand each other’s requirements in collecting and interpreting specimens and thus to improve the quality of patient care while saving resources and reducing unnecessary antibiotic prescription.The book’s structure focuses on three basic principles: deciding whether a specimen is clinically necessary; how to collect the specimen effectively and how to interpret the laboratory report.Individual chapters cover all the main specimen types sent to the laboratory from primary care. At the beginning of each chapter a case scenario is used to identify critical steps in processing a particular specimen type followed by quick action guides to assess current practice and implement necessary changes in procedure. The award winning author of Clinical Bacteriology (BMA student book of the year 2005) has brought together a microbiologist a primary care physician and a specialist in infectious disease to produce this concise highly illustrated guide of value alike to primary care physicians nurses microbiologists and medical students. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781840761597

Medical Misinformation and Social Harm in Non-Science Based Health PracticesA Multidisciplinary Perspective Fraudulent harmful or at best useless pharmaceutical and therapeutic approaches developed outside science-based medicine have boomed in recent years especially due to the commercialisation of cyberspace. The latter has played a fundamental role in the rise of false ‘health experts’ and in the creation of filter bubbles and echo chambers that have contributed to the formation of highly polarised debates on non-science-based health practices—online as well as offline. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach this edited book brings together contributions of international academics and practitioners from criminology digital sociology health psychology medicine law physics and journalism where they critically analyse different types of non-science-based health approaches. With this volume we aim to reconcile different scientific understandings of these practices synthesising a variety of empirical theoretical and interpretative approaches and exploring the challenges implications and potential remedies to the spread of dangerous and misleading health information. This edited book will offer some food for thought not only to students and academics in the social sciences health psychology and medicine among other disciplines but also to medical practitioners science journalists debunkers policy makers and the general public as they might all benefit from a greater awareness and critical knowledge of the harms caused by non-scientific health practices.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138388666

Medical MycologyCurrent Trends and Future Prospects The identification of medically important fungi is an important area of study that warrants further research. The use of traditional and molecular methods of identification provides new insights into differentiation of species and ultimately the line of treatment can be determined. This book covers a diverse group of medically important fungi and diseases including common dermatophytes onychomycosis Coccidiomycosis Paracoccidioidomycosis Mycotic keratitis Sporotrichosis Histoplasmosis and determination of identity of medically important fingi by uising modern techniques such as PCH and the use of MALDI-TOF: as a rapid and new approach in fungal diagnosis and differentiation. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367738013

Medical Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Considering the fluid nature of nano breakthroughs and the delicate balance between benefits and consequences as they apply to medicine readers at all levels require a practical understandable base of information about these developments to take greatest advantage of them. Medical Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine meets that need by introducing non-experts to nanomedicine and its evolving organizational infrastructure. This practical reference investigates the impact of nanotechnology on applications in medicine and biomedical sciences and the broader societal and economic effects. Eschewing technological details it focuses on enhancing awareness of the business regulatory and administrative aspects of medical applications. It gives readers a critical balanced and realistic evaluation of existing nanomedicine developments and future prospects an ideal foundation upon which to plan and make decisions. Covers the use of nanotechnology in medical applications including imaging diagnosis and monitoring drug delivery systems surgery tissue regeneration and prosthetics Part of the Perspectives in Nanotechnology series which contains broader coverage of the societal implications of nanotechnology this book can be used as a standalone reference. Organized by historical perspective current status and future prospects this powerful book: Explores background definitions and terms and recent trends and forces in nanomedicine Surveys the landscape of nanomedicine in government academia and the private sector Reviews projected future directions capabilities sustainability and equity of nanomedicine and choices to be made regarding its use Includes graphical illustrations references and keywords to reinforce concepts and aid further research Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138445505

Medical Negligence: Non-Patient and Third Party Claims Healthcare professionals face an increasing threat of litigation from parties whom they have never met in their daily medical practice and who look nothing like the traditional patient. The so-called ’non-patient’ may take many forms”for example a person who is injured or killed by a mentally-ill physically-disabled or diseased patient; a wrongfully-accused parent in a child neglect/abuse case; or a local authority which is put to the expense of caring for a negligently-treated patient. This book explores the legal principles and conundrums which arise when determining a healthcare professional’s liability in negligence towards a wide variety of non-patients. The topic is assuming increasing legal importance and relevance given the potential for many non-patient claims to give rise to class actions litigation and in light of the legislative and human rights interventions and the frequent appellate judicial consideration which non-patient claims have attracted in recent times. The aim of the book is to have utility for both legal and medical professionals; for academics and students of comparative medical negligence and tort law; and for law reformers who may be interested in adopting certain features of statutory models elsewhere which pertain to some non-patient claims such as those based upon ’Good Samaritan’ conduct. Important parallels or counterpoints from other common law jurisdictions in which courts and commentators have grappled with the legal complexities of non-patient claims are also discussed and critically analyzed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138279629

Medical ObituariesAmerican Physicians' Biographical Notices in Selected Medical Journals before 1907 Originally published in 1981 and then again in 1995 Medical Obituaries is an extensive index begun in the 1960s cataloguing biographical data for American physicians from the 18th and 19th century. The book is an extensive index of American physicians and surgeons and contains an extensive list of sources to the medical obituaries of medical professionals from this period. It also provides a list of graduating classes at the American Medical Colleges before 1907. The book in particular provides an extensive collection of references from medical journals. It is arranged alphabetically and will provide an extremely valuable resource to historians and medical professionals seeking information about American physicians and surgeons working in the 18th and 19th century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367027490

Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering provides broad coverage appropriate for senior undergraduates and graduates in medical physics and biomedical engineering. Divided into two parts the first part presents the underlying physics electronics anatomy and physiology and the second part addresses practical applications. The structured approach means that later chapters build and broaden the material introduced in the opening chapters; for example students can read chapters covering the introductory science of an area and then study the practical application of the topic. Coverage includes biomechanics; ionizing and nonionizing radiation and measurements; image formation techniques processing and analysis; safety issues; biomedical devices; mathematical and statistical techniques; physiological signals and responses; and respiratory and cardiovascular function and measurement. Where necessary the authors provide references to the mathematical background and keep detailed derivations to a minimum. They give comprehensive references to junior undergraduate texts in physics electronics and life sciences in the bibliographies at the end of each chapter. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315275604

Medical Physics During the COVID-19 PandemicGlobal Perspectives in Clinical Practice Education and Research Spreading to every corner of the Earth the COVID-19 virus has had an unparalleled impact on all aspects of our lives. This book explores in detail how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected clinical practice education and research in medical physics and how colleagues on the frontline dealt with this unpredictable and unprecedented pandemic. It tackles key questions such as: How did medical physicists first respond to the situation? What innovative strategies were taken and how effective were they? How are medical physicists preparing for the future? There will be a focus on the different experiences of regional medical physicists and the responses and outlooks in clinical practice education and research in the affected continents Asia-Pacific the Middle East Europe Africa and North and Latin America. With over 91 contributors from 39 countries this unique resource contains key perspectives from teams from each territory to ensure a global range of accounts. The collective opinion and wisdom from the major medical physics journal editors-in-chief are also explored alongside how the pandemic has affected the quantity and quality of publications. Voices of early-career researchers and students of medical physics will be included with narratives of their experiences coping with life during the pandemic. Lastly communicating leadership in times of adversity is highlighted. This book will be a historic account of the impact of the COVID-19 virus on the field of medical physics. It will be an ideal reference for medical physicists medical physics trainees and students hospital administrators regulators and healthcare professionals allied with medical physics. Key features: The first book to cover the impact of COVID-19 on the field of medical physics Edited by two experts in the field with chapter contributions from subject area specialists around the world Broad global coverage ranging from the impact on teaching research and publishing with unique perspectives from journal editors and students and trainees Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367693756

Medical Practice Business Plan Workbook How does a medical practice thrive in a business environment where the margin of management error has all but disappeared? Profit margins are being squeezed by declining reimbursement rates capitation plans gamesmanship on the part of the payors and increasing operating costs. Addressing the specific needs of today’s medical practice Medical Practice Business Plan Workbook Third Edition supplies a detailed and ordered work plan to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing the field.Peter D. Lucash delves into decades of experience helping physician groups develop business plans to guide you along the process of building the profitable practice you want and deserve. This updated edition of a bestseller begins with a review of the fundamentals including the questions your plan should answer how to get started how to organize and develop your plan and the staff support and resources you will need. Complete with a wealth of helpful sample plans and worksheets this workbook: Reflects recent changes in the healthcare industry including federal healthcare reform Offers a one-of-a-kind design and approach tailored to the medical practice Covers conceptualization organization and implementation of your business plan This updated edition reflects current and forecasted challenges for practices including the Affordable Care Act data security and quality and outcome measures. It supplies detailed coverage of the different types of organizations governance and management personnel needs key business relationships and contacts demographics and economic factors patients as customers competitor analysis marketing information technology disaster and business continuity planning and financial strategies. The final section outlines a process for implementing your plan. Sticking to this process will help ensure your plan covers what is needed to succeed in today’s complex medical environment. Visit www.Lucash.com for videos and other resources to help you develop and implement your practice business plan. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781439855317

Medical Practice in Modern EnglandThe Impact of Specialization and State Medicine Before World War II the great majority of practicing doctors in England and Wales were general practitioners. They performed their own surgery and were accustomed to treating a wide variety of illnesses and symptoms. Specialists were few in number tended to practice in large towns and were often associated with major hospitals. But rapidly changing medical institutions and services in the twentieth century have compelled specialization even among more modest doctors and hospitals. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138527843

Medical Practice Management in the 21st CenturyThe Epidemiologically Based Needs Assessment Reviews v. 2 First Series This title includes a Foreword by John W Bachman Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Rochester Minnesota. Mastering the art of medical practice management requires knowledge that most physicians don't learn in medical school residency and fellowship training. Successful practice management in the 21st century requires physicians to understand how to organize and manage a practice manage their finances recruit work with and manage people within and outside of the practice improve healthcare delivery and clinical outcomes and ensure compliance with federal state and local laws and regulations. "Medical Practice Management in the 21st Century: The Handbook" addresses multiple aspects of medical practice management. It offers both background information and practical tools. The workbook format supported by web-based tools allows busy physicians to gain a basic understanding of many topics determine strategies for their practices and seek additional information when they want it. This guide will be ideal for both physicians who need business guidance as they begin their careers and physicians who are already in practice and want to enhance their business skills. Many physicians can't afford or choose not to hire a professional practice administrator or manager; this book will help them assume managerial responsibilities with the same level of confidence that they bring to clinical care. Physicians in academic medical centers who manage departments programs or research studies will also benefit. "This book is essential for any clinician planning to open a new practice or attempting to improve the quality and efficiency of an existing practice. Read and learn." - John Bachman MD in the Foreword. "Written for the busy practitioner - clear concise and practical without any wasted space. I wish I had had this resource when I was starting practice. It's the bible for practice management just as the "Washington Manual" was in earlier years." - Robert S Galvin MD Director of Global Healthcare for General Electric. "Important. Crosses many boundaries covering a wide variety of topics. Guides physicians in developing the infrastructure that they need to succeed." - John Fallon MD Chief Physician Executive Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. "There is no better book or resource to use to develop the necessary proficiency to run a first-class stellar practice than this. All who read this book will be able to ensure that every patient has a positive experience with your practice and will not only enjoy the experience but will tell other physicians their family and their friends about you and your practice and thus make your practice thrive and prosper." - Dr Neil Baum Clinical Associate Professor of Urology Tulane Medical School New Orleans Louisiana. "I love the chapter on financial management. It is very complete and gives a non-business major a good grasp of complicated information." - Allen R. Wenner MD family medicine practitioner West Columbia Family Medicine South Carolina. "I like the format of the exhibits. In the chapter on financial management the side-by-side problem/solution approach is easily understandable and lends itself to a solution oriented approach. I can spot my own practice's issues and immediately understand what to do without searching through a lot of text." - Tom Sena MD President of Raleigh Children and Adolescents Medicine Raleigh North Carolina. "Full of good material which I am actively planning to use. Extremely helpful!" - Dr Damian McHugh President Raleigh Emergency Medicine Associates Raleigh NC. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315385143

Medical PrimatologyHistory Biological Foundations and Applications Due to the high degree of biological similarity between primates and humans monkeys and apes have been used successfully in medical research for many decades. Medical Primatology: History Biological Foundations and Applications provides a comprehensive summary linking the use of monkeys and apes in biomedical research to their kinship with humans. The book begins by discussing the history of this research and then focuses on the biological foundations upon which medical primatology has been built. Primate taxonomy and evolution are reviewed using not only traditional sources of data but also recent experimental evidence from molecular biology genetics and biomedicine that indicates the need to place higher simians in the family of man. Condensing a broad range of scientific literature into one volume this will be a useful reference for specialists in the biological sciences and medicine as well as researchers involved in biological anthropological biomedical clinical and pharmacological research on primates. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367455019

Medical Product Safety EvaluationBiological Models and Statistical Methods Medical Product Safety Evaluation: Biological Models and Statistical Methods presents cutting-edge biological models and statistical methods that are tailored to specific objectives and data types for safety analysis and benefit-risk assessment. Some frequently encountered issues and challenges in the design and analysis of safety studies are discussed with illustrative applications and examples. Medical Product Safety Evaluation: Biological Models and Statistical Methods presents cutting-edge biological models and statistical methods that are tailored to specific objectives and data types for safety analysis and benefit-risk assessment. Some frequently encountered issues and challenges in the design and analysis of safety studies are discussed with illustrative applications and examples. The book is designed not only for biopharmaceutical professionals such as statisticians safety specialists pharmacovigilance experts and pharmacoepidemiologists who can use the book as self-learning materials or in short courses or training programs but also for graduate students in statistics and biomedical data science for a one-semester course. Each chapter provides supplements and problems as more readings and exercises.  Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9780367571177

Medical Professionals and the Organization of Knowledge "Medical Professionals and Their Work" conveys how medical people shape and organize the knowledge perception and experience of illness as well as the substance of illness behavior its management and treatment. It is now well established that the unique symbolic equipment of the human animal is intimately connected with the functioning of the body. Freidson and Lorber believe that the proper understanding of specifically human rather than generally "animal" illness requires careful and systematic study of the social meanings surrounding illness.The content of social meanings varies from culture to culture and from one historical period to another. As important as the content of those social meanings is the organization of groups who serve as carriers and sometimes creators. In the case of illness a critical difference exists between those considered to be competent to diagnose and treat the sick and those excluded from this special privilege - a separation as old as the shaman or medicine-man. Such differences become solidified when the expert healer becomes a member of an organized full-time occupation sustained in monopoly over the work of diagnosis and treatment by the force of the state and invested with the authority to make official designation of the social meanings to be ascribed to physical states.The medical profession in advanced nations is in a vise between professional needs and political demands. Its organization and its knowledge establish many of the conditions for being recognizably and legitimately ill and the professional controls many of the circumstances of treatment. It thus plays a central role in shaping the experience of being ill. With this fact of modern life in mind this collection on the character of experts or professionals in general and of medicine as a profession in particular is uniquely fashioned. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138527850

Medical ProfessionalsConflicts and Quandaries in Medical Practice Medical Professionals: Conflicts and Quandaries in Medical Practice offers a fresh approach to understanding the role-related conflicts and quandaries that pervade contemporary medical practice. While a focus on professional conflicts is not new in the literature what is missing is a volume that delves into medical professionals’ own experience of the conflicts and quandaries they face often as a result of inhabiting multiple roles. The volume explores the ways in which these conflicts and quandaries are exacerbated by broader societal forces including changing scientific and technological paradigms commercialization and strengthened consumer movements which simultaneously expand the scope of roles and responsibilities that medical professionals are expected to fulfill and make it more difficult to do so. Several empirical chapters analyze data from qualitative interview studies with clinicians and other stakeholders. The studies highlight the burdens on clinicians who are expected to make informed and justified judgments and decisions in the midst of competing pressures; authors describe the methods that clinicians use to address the associated tensions within specific contexts. Two conceptual chapters follow and offer some innovative ways to think about the challenges facing medical professionals as they strive to make sense of the changing landscape within healthcare. The first reflects on the challenges to clinical practice in the midst of shifting and often competing definitions of disease and associated ideologies of care. The second reflects more broadly on the utility of value pluralism as a framework for conceptualizing and working through moral and professional quandaries. The book concludes with a chapter containing suggestions for how members of the medical profession might reframe their thinking about their roles responsibilities and decision-making in the midst of inevitable quandaries such as those presented here.　This book will be of vital reading for academics researchers educators postgraduate students and interested health care practitioners and administrators. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367733575

Medical Proofs Social ExperimentsClinical Trials in Shifting Contexts Clinical trials have become key technologies for decision making in the contemporary world. Their results shape medical practice and determine priorities across health care systems but the work that goes into producing credible data is often hidden. Medical Proofs Social Experiments draws upon detailed case studies to argue that to understand their value we need to pay more attention to the contexts for these modern medical experiments recovering the diverse ways in which they involve doctors patients and the public the local practices that contribute to their completion and the complex negotiation of their results in professional and statutory institutions. Presenting research from the UK USA Sweden and The Netherlands the ethnographic perspective adopted by the authors provides a space to explore the investments of different state market professional and other actors in particular forms of evaluation and the ways in which trial methodologies may be re-designed or re-imagined to satisfy social and political expectations. As such this volume will be of interest to those working in the fields of science and technology studies the sociology and anthropology of medicine and researchers of policy and organisation in health care. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138260443

Medical Records Use and Abuse ‘This book provides the background and practical guidance for all those of us who face challenges for the way we handle medical records. Written by a lawyer and a clinical informatician it provides the fusion between the legal issues and the practical clinical ones. There are clear explanations of the current legal framework set in the context of real-world applications; the more complex issues that have a significant impact on Policy are also dealt with in depth. The background to ‘consent’ and the impact that implied and explicit consent can have on the way records are collect and used is particularly well covered. This book has many audiences all of whom will gain from the easily accessible information within it. Caldicott guardians research ethics committee members and all those researchers and clinicians who need to analyze patient information will have a particular need for this handbook. Patients and the public should use it to understand how their healthcare information is protected and used. Its arrival could not have come at a better time’ Sir John Pattison Former Director of Research Analysis and Information Department of Health England. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781857756043

Medical Risk Prediction ModelsWith Ties to Machine Learning Medical Risk Prediction Models: With Ties to Machine Learning is a hands-on book for clinicians epidemiologists and professional statisticians who need to make or evaluate a statistical prediction model based on data. The subject of the book is the patient’s individualized probability of a medical event within a given time horizon. Gerds and Kattan describe the mathematical details of making and evaluating a statistical prediction model in a highly pedagogical manner while avoiding mathematical notation. Read this book when you are in doubt about whether a Cox regression model predicts better than a random survival forest. Features: All you need to know to correctly make an online risk calculator from scratch Discrimination calibration and predictive performance with censored data and competing risks R-code and illustrative examples Interpretation of prediction performance via benchmarks Comparison and combination of rival modeling strategies via cross-validation Thomas A. Gerds is a professor at the Biostatistics Unit at the University of Copenhagen and is affiliated with the Danish Heart Foundation. He is the author of several R-packages on CRAN and has taught statistics courses to non-statisticians for many years. Michael W. Kattan is a highly cited author and Chair of the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences at Cleveland Clinic. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and has received two awards from the Society for Medical Decision Making: the Eugene L. Saenger Award for Distinguished Service and the John M. Eisenberg Award for Practical Application of Medical Decision-Making Research. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9781138384477

Medical Self-RegulationCrisis and Change Self-regulation constitutes an important aspect of the regulatory and oversight process governing professionals. This book focuses directly on medical self-regulation in the context of both the wider regulatory framework and that of other regulatory models. Through a critical consideration of recent events including high-profile and controversial cases it is demonstrated that the self-regulatory process has failed and that only fundamental restructuring and a radical change in attitudes on the part of members of the profession can repair the damage. Attention is also given to the recent changes current proposals for change and to alternative regulatory models. Medical Self-Regulation will be of international interest appealing to policy makers as well as students and practitioners in the fields of medicine medical law and sociology and professional regulation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138257191

Medical Sociology The most thorough major academic textbook available this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author also integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients physicians and other health care providers throughout the text. A much greater number of first person accounts and updated examples are added to the new fourteenth edition. Other updates include: • Coverage of Zika Ebola MERS and updates on other pandemics • Expanded discussion of obesity as a disease • Coverage of the widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor • New information on the decline of life expectancy among American white women especially those who live in rural counties • New material on biomarkers gene–environment interaction and stress • Analysis of the role of the hidden curriculum in medical schools • Exiting the Affordable Care Act Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138668324

Medical Staff IntegrationTransactions and Transformation There is a transformation of equity occurring in the health care industry with hospitals and health systems purchasing physician practices. As traditional hospital structures meet the entrepreneurial physician manager in today’s rapidly changing environment numerous transitional challenges are emerging. Medical Staff Integration: Transactions and Transformation fills the void that exists between hospital management texts and physician management literature. It examines the cultural and functional issues that must be addressed when hospitals and health systems purchase physician practices.Written by a leading consultant in the health care industry the book covers the changes occurring in a nonjudgmental fashion and from a business case perspective. It supplies an understanding of the basics behind the various types of relationships that are forming as well as the nuts and bolts of the transitions that will result.The book focuses on the challenges readers will most likely face when merging systems culture and functions. It explains how to assure that the acquisitions will meet the needs of all parties—emphasizing the income determination structures required for the continued motivation of physicians. Addressing some of the limitations hospitals face with physician practice integrations including the traditional medical staff structure hospital-based physicians and contracted physicians the book also discusses the growing role and impact of compliance.A companion website allows readers to download forms and models which can assist in the practical application of the ideas presented in the book. www.medicalstaffintegration.com Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781466592964

Medical StatisticsAn A-Z Companion Second Edition This invaluable jargon-free guide to essential medical terminology in an accessible A-Z format is ideal for medical allied health and biomedical science students and researchers clinicians and health care practitioners. Avoiding the complex language that is so often a feature of statistics and research methodology this text provides clear and succinct explanations clarifying meaning and showing the interdependencies between important concepts. This edition includes enhanced explanations of statistical concepts and methods—including more illustrative content—for greater accessibility. The book makes frequent use of examples from the medical literature with reference to landmark studies ensuring clinical relevance. It remains an ideal aid to accompany the reading and critical appraisal of medical and health care literature now widely recognized to be a practical lifelong skill required by all health professionals throughout undergraduate and postgraduate studies and during clinical practice. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781444167344

Medical Technology and Environmental HealthProceedings of the Medicine and Global Health Research Symposium (MoRes 2019) 22-23 October 2019 The proceedings of the Medical and Global Health Research Symposium (MoRes) provides a selection of papers resulting from the conference either research results or literature review on advanced medical technology and environmental health in the era of industrial revolution 4.0. Nine major subject areas were presented in the this proceedings volume  comprising halal medicine: challenges and opportunities; infectious and non-infectious diseases; drug discoveries and development; community and occupational health; health policy and health insurance; hospital and nursing management; disaster relief and management; environment health and climate change; and digital and health technology. It is expected that the proceedings will give new insights into knowledge and practice of medicine and global health. Therefore parties involved in medicine and global health such as academics practitioners business leaders and others will benefit from the contents of the proceedings. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367860530

Medical Technology in JapanThe Politics of Regulation Japan is suffering from a "device gap." Compared to its American and European counterparts Japan lags in adopting innovative medical devices and making new treatments and procedures available to its patients. Many blame its government and bureaucracy for Japan's delayed access to modern medicine and new medical devices.Christa Altenstetter examines the contextual social historical and political conditions of Japan's medical field to make sense of the state of the country's medical profession and its regulatory framework. She explores the development of regulatory frameworks and considers possibilities for eventual reform and modernization. More specifically Altenstetter looks into how physicians and device companies connect to the government and bureaucracy the relationships connecting Japanese patients to their medical system and governmental bureaucracy and how the relationships between policymakers and the medical profession are changing.The issues addressed here are becoming increasingly relevant as numerous countries in Asia Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe are only now beginning to regulate medical technology following the lead of the US and the European Union. Those interested in global medicine and Asian studies will find this book both informative and compelling. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138512047

Medical Terminology Documentation and Coding Giving students the strongest possible baseline in medical terminology along with the how and why it is used in documentation and basic coding this is a vital text for all students taking courses in the area. It allows readers to use their knowledge immediately in any medical setting (including being a patient) in their workplaces and in the journey to future careers. Using a body systems approach to medical terminology this textbook supports students to: Recognize words by constructing medical terms based on root words prefixes linking forms and suffixes. Define spell pronounce and use medical terms acronyms and abbreviations in the context of patient care with appropriate documentation and coding examples. Identify anatomical directions fundamental anatomical terminology basic physiologic functions and common pathology of all major organ systems with related medical investigation tools procedures and pharmaceuticals. Relate the use of medical language and medical record-keeping to the SOAP format common medical reports and coding tools along with their impact on patient care. Accompanied by plentiful color illustrations and activities as well as a companion website with resources for both instructors and students this is a fresh and readable textbook. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415792868

Medical Terms Increasing numbers of students entering the medical sciences or related fields are unfamiliar with Greek or Latin and so the medical terminology can be puzzling to them. This book explains the roots and origins of most medical terminology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203747711

Medical Theory Surgical PracticeStudies in the History of Surgery Originally published in 1992 Medical Theory Surgical Practice examines medical and surgical concepts of disease and their relation to the practice of surgery in particular historical settings. It emphasises that understanding concepts of disease does not just include recounting explicit accounts of disease given by medical men. It needs an analysis of the social relations embedded in such concepts. In doing this the contributors illustrate how surgery rose from a relatively humble place in seventeenth century life to being seen as one of the great achievements of late Victorian culture. They examine how medical theory and surgical practices relate to social contexts how physical diagnosis entered medicine and whether anaesthesia and Lister’s antiseptic techniques really did cause a revolution in surgical practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367030537

Medical Tourism and WellnessHospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H) Medical Tourism and Wellness: Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H) takes a systems approach to examining the growing field of medical tourism one of the field’s hottest niches with billions of dollars spent each year. This important book fills the need for a modern management book that looks at medical tourism in depth from a medical and hospitality operational management perspective. Growing numbers of people are going abroad to find affordable quality medical care for both necessary and cosmetic medical services. When they require surgery or dental work they combine it with a trip to the Taj Mahal a photo safari on the African veldt or a stay at a luxury hotel—or at a hospital that feels like one—all at bargain-basement prices. The book takes a comprehensive look at medical tourism covering such topics as: The history of medical tourism Why patients/tourists decide to travel for medical care The role of professional facilitators of medical tourism Key countries and medical disciplines in medical tourism Transportation food entertainment and hotel/hospitality services Hotel and spa designs for medical tourism Best practices in medical tourism Patient follow-up after medical discharge Future trends in medical tourism Careers in medical tourism With the inclusion of case studies the book provides a comprehensive look into this growing trend and will be valuable to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in health care administration and those pursing MBAs in healthcare medical students pursuing a management focus and students in hospitality management. It will also be a must-have resource for professionals working in hotels and in health care. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771885058

Medical Tourism Facilitator's Handbook In addition to coordinating health travel logistics and gathering medical records medical tourism facilitators play the role of travel agent appointment setter concierge hotel reservationist tour operator and hand-holder to clients seeking health services domestically and abroad. Addressing the issues that are likely to emerge as clients travel the Medical Tourism Facilitator's Handbook is a must-have resource of hard-to-find tools checklists terminology and other helpful information for hospital-based lay facilitators travel agents and even retired physicians and nurses. Supplying the advice of a recognized expert in global healthcare the book provides a detailed and empathic understanding of patient needs and expectations. It covers the full range of best and worst case scenarios that can occur when clients travel to obtain health services. Using a conversational tone it includes coverage of international travel logistics where to find answers to immigration concerns confidentiality/privacy issues and unanticipated care in transit in the event of complications or missed connections. The book delivers a fast-moving presentation of useful information and teaches readers how to decode the language what to look for in terms of safety and quality how to decode hospital facilitator agent agreements and how to anticipate clients’ needs and expectations. It also includes access to a regularly updated website with helpful worksheets and reference material so you will be prepared to handle any scenario that might present itself when your clients travel. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781439812839

Medical TourismThe Ethics Regulation and Marketing of Health Mobility Medical and health tourism is a significant area of growth in the export of medical health and tourism services. Although spas and improved well-being have long been part of the tourist experience health tourism now includes travel for medical purposes ranging from cosmetic and dental surgery through to transplants and infertility treatment. Many countries including China Cuba Hungary India Thailand Malaysia and Singapore actively promote and compete for the medical tourist dollar while many developed countries also provide niche private services. However the field of medical tourism is increasingly being subject to scrutiny and debate particularly as a result of concerns over regulatory ethical and wider health issues. Drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives this book is one of the first to critically address the substantial political philosophical and ethical issues that arise out of the transnational practices of medical tourism. Through a series of chapters the book engages with key issues such as the role of regulatory and policy structures in influencing medical and health tourism related mobilities. These issues are investigated by considering range of developing and developed countries medical systems and health economic perspectives. The book adopts a multi-layered perspective to not only investigate the business and marketing practices of medical and health tourism but places these within a broader framework of contemporary globalisation policy and practice. By doing so it opens up debate of the ethical space in which medical and health tourism operates as well as reinforce the wide ranging perspectives that exist on the subject in both the public and academic imagination. This significant contribution will be of interest to students academics in tourism and medical policy trade and economic development fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138081659

Medical Translation Step by StepLearning by Drafting Statistics on the translation market consistently identify medicine as a major thematic area as far as volume or translation is concerned. Vicent Montalt and Maria Gonzalez Davis both experienced translator trainers at Spanish universities explain the basics of medical translation and ways of teaching and learning how to translate medical texts. Medical Translation Step by Step provides a pedagogical approach to medical translation based on learner and learning-centred teaching tasks revolving around interaction: pair and group work to carry out the tasks and exercises to practice the points covered. These include work on declarative and operative knowledge of both translation and medical texts and favour an approach that takes into account both the process and product of translations. Starting from a broad communication framework the book follows a top-down approach to medical translation: communication → genres → texts → terms and other units of specialized knowledge. It is positively focused in that it does not insist on error analysis but rather on ways of writing good translations and empowering both students and teachers. The text can be used as a course book for students in face-to-face learning but also in distance and mixed learning situations. It will also be useful for teachers as a resource book or a core book to be complemented with other materials. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138132788

Medical Treatment of ADHDA Practical Guide for Clinicians Counselors and Parents This practical and easily navigable book covers the gamut of issues that need to be understood to provide excellent medical care for those with ADHD. Outside of mental health professionals those who most often treat ADHD are primary care providers such as family practitioners pediatricians nurse practitioners physician assistants and school personnel. Based on clinical conversations with patients with ADHD and their families this book provides concise useful up to date information of a practical nature for most if not all of the problems associated conditions and questions that arise when an individual has concerns about ADHD. Treatments discussed include a thorough review of medication options with expected results and side effects as well as other recommended treatments including a variety of therapeutic modalities and a review of less commonly considered but important interventions regarding general health sleep diet exercise and school interventions. Readers will gain an understanding of what ADHD is practical reviews of the literature that will help in discussion with patients and their families the importance of intervention and all the resources and options available to provide the best treatment strategies for anyone who has ADHD as well as the commonly associated conditions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367494780

Medical Treatment of Children and the LawBeyond Parental Responsibilities The high profile cases of Charlie Gard Alfie Evans and Tafida Raqeeb raised the questions as to why the state intrudes into the exercise of parental responsibility concerning the medical treatment of children and why parents may not be permitted to decide what is in the best interests of their child. This book answers these questions. It argues for a reframing of the law concerned with the medical treatment of children to one which better protects the welfare of the individual child within the context of family relationships recognising the duties which professionals have to care for the child and that the welfare of children is a matter of public interest protected through the intervention of the state. This book undertakes a rigorous critical analysis of the case law concerned with the provision of medical treatment to children since the first reported cases over forty years ago. It argues that understanding of the cases only as disputes over the best interests of the child and judicial resolution thereof fails to recognise professional duties and public responsibilities for the welfare and protection of children that exist alongside parental responsibilities and which justify public or state intervention into family life and parental decision-making. Whilst the principles and approach of the court established in the early cases endure the nature and balance of these responsibilities to children in their care need to be understood in the changing social legal and political context in which they are exercised and enforced by the court. The book will be a valuable resource for academics students and practitioners of Medical Law Healthcare Law Family Law Social Work Medicine Nursing and Bioethics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367200022

Medical Use of Human BeingsRespect as a Basis for Critique of Discourse Law and Practice Whilst activities like transplantation and medical research have typically been considered on a discrete basis they are also actually part of a broader phenomenon of medical means being employed to make use of human beings. This book is the first ever systematic critique of such medical use of the human being as a whole. It is divided into two parts. The first part considers what constitutes an appropriate normative lens through which to view such medical use and its constraint. It makes a reasoned ethical and human-rights-based case for preferring respect for human worth over any of the main alternative approaches that have been drawn on in specific contexts and outlines what this preference practically implies. The second part uses this respect-based lens to critique use discourse law and practice. Drawing on three contrasting case study areas of warfare-related medical use transplantation and human tissue research  this book exposes both the context-specific and thematic nature of shortfalls in respect. Overall this book provides a compelling analysis of how medical use ought to be constrained and a compelling critique of the excesses of discourse practice and governance. It is recommended to academics students policymakers and professionals whose work is focused on or intersects with the medical sector and anyone else with an interest in medicine and its limits. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754679646

Medical Uses of Statistics This work explains the purpose of statistical methods in medical studies and analyzes the statistical techniques used by clinical investigators with special emphasis on studies published in "The New England Journal of Medicine". It clarifies fundamental concepts of statistical design and analysis and facilitates the understanding of research results. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138469594

Medical Writing in Drug DevelopmentA Practical Guide for Pharmaceutical Research A guide through the maze of the pharmaceutical research and development process Medical Writing in Drug Development fills a gap in the libraries of technical writers college instructors and corporate professionals associated with the pharmaceutical process. As it discusses critical information such as strategies and techniques pivotal to crafting documents for drug development it also overviews drug research document types the roles of professional writers and information technology. In no time at all you will be creating persuasive technical documents building complex facts into coherent messages and contributing to the effective marketing of new products with promotional pieces that meet legal and ethical standards.Medical Writing in Drug Development helps medical writers and scientific regulatory and marketing professionals develop a working knowledge of the technical documents crucial to successful drug research. New and seasoned professional writers alike will benefit from the book's detailed discussions of:using abstracts slides and posters to present up-to-the-minute researchhow patient-education materials health-economic assessments and electronic journals provide ongoing challenges in medical writinga dossier approach that expedites regulatory submissions for international drug developmentstructural constraints and rhetorical approaches toward regulatory documentspresenting intricate information in scientifically unbiased yet technically convincing languagethe effects of electronic publishing computer graphics and related technology on the practice of medical writing within pharmaceutical researchPractical as a foundation text for undergraduate graduate and certificate programs in pharmaceutical or medical technical writing Medical Writing in Drug Development will help you develop practical strategies for handling journal manuscripts conference materials and promotional pieces. No other text will clarify the main aspects of the pharmaceutical research and development process while offering you insight on the key issues dominating the healthcare arena. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315870014

Medically SpeakingA Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry Medicine and Nursing Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry Medicine and Nursing contains over 1 500 quotes pertinent and especially illuminating to these disciplines. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. Some are profound some are witty some are wise but none are frivolous. The extensive author and subject indexes provide the perfect tool for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure.This book can be read for entertainment or used as a handy reference by students and professionals and the wider public interested in who has said what on medicine. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138445475

Medicare Now and in the Future First published in 1997 this volume approaches the controversial issue of Medicare and its future. First passed in 1965 to aid payments for elderly and disabled medical care the costs had ballooned in the 1990s asking questions about how to improve its efficiency. An original goal of this book was to contextualise Medicare within the anticipated comprehensive restructuring of American healthcare. With Medicare 10% of the federal budget at the original time of publication Marilyn Moon now takes another look at Medicare and discusses how the budget could be tightened without threatening the function of Medicare with an emphasis on better targeting. In particular the novel issue of means testing is explored. Having researched Medicare since 1981 Moon recasts her book by discussing issues including Medicare’s context ensuring access containing costs the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act the potential for marginal changes reducing costs expanding Medicare and ultimately how Medicare should look to change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138324640

Medicare PoliticsExploring the Roles of Media Coverage Political Information and Political Participation Medicare Politics examines how media coverage political information and political participation affect Medicare policy choices. This book is an excellent reference for political science literature concerning the impact of media the roles of political information with respect to public opinion and political participation. Each chapter provides analysis that expands political science and health services research by testing political science questions in a way that further our understanding of a significant health policy program affected by the political process: Medicare. The introduction ties the chapters together and discusses the importance of understanding Medicare politics as the impending retirement of the baby boom generation forces policymakers to grapple with how Medicare will support future generations. The first chapter shows how Medicare coverage varied throughout the 1995 debates concerning Medicare reform and links coverage with public opinion about policymakers. The second chapter demonstrates how knowledge of the Medicare program affected the public's support for Medicare reform options in 1995. The final chapter examines the impact of the political participation and mobilization of Medicare beneficiaries in recent presidential elections. Medicare Politics ends with a discussion of implications for future Medicare reform debates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138874749

Medicinal and Aromatic CropsHarvesting Drying and Processing Make sure your crops are market-ready with the aid of harvest and post-harvest mechanization Medicinal and Aromatic Crops presents harvest and post-harvest mechanization methods for the profitable production of market-ready medicinal crops. This practical handbook includes photos detailed figures and schematic drawings of machines tha Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780429107320

Medicinal Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry teaches essential concepts by focusing on how the field is actually practiced melding real-world research experience with basic principles and modern methods. Written by practicing medicinal chemists this textbook is intended for advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students in biology chemistry and biochemistry.  Pre-medical or pre-pharmacy students and professionals entering the drug discovery field will also find it a useful reference.  Building on a foundation of synthetic organic chemistry and structural biology the book interweaves therapeutics case studies historical context and techniques for discovering developing and optimizing new drugs. Chapters are richly illustrated and include problems and annotated journal references with accompanying exercises and answers. Authored by practicing medicinal chemists—melding real-world research experience with basic concepts and up-to-date methods Flexible in presentation— the first five chapters provide a conceptual foundation and historical understanding of the field; subsequent chapters explore the application of concepts. Chapters can be assigned in order of instructor preference and desired emphasis Presents easy-to-follow tables and descriptions of assays next to their relevance to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery along with target values—information rarely found all in one place but is a crucial reference Case studies and Journal Club use current literature to apply concepts from the text to real-life examples. They are also suitable for flipped classrooms and self-study Media > Books > Print Books Garland Science 9780815345565

Medicinal Chemistry of Neglected and Tropical DiseasesAdvances in the Design and Synthesis of Antimicrobial Agents Medicinal Chemistry of Neglected and Tropical Diseases: Advances in the Design and Synthesis of Antimicrobial Agents consolidates and describes modern drug discovery and development approaches currently employed to identify effective chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) from a medicinal chemistry perspective. Chapters are designed to cater to the needs of medicinal chemists who work with chemotherapeutic developments for NTDs as well as serve as a guide to budding medicinal chemists who wish to work in this area. It will introduce rational drug design approaches adopted in designing chemotherapeutics and validated targets available for the purpose. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138541245

Medicinal Chemistry with Pharmaceutical Product Development This volume focuses on novel therapeutics and strategies for the development of pharmaceutical products keeping the drug molecule as the central component. It discusses current theoretical and practical aspects of pharmaceuticals for the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for health problems. Explaining the necessary features essential for pharmacological activity it takes an interdisciplinary approach by including a unique combination of pharmacy chemistry and medicine along with clinical aspects. It takes into consideration the therapeutic regulations of the USP along with all the latest therapeutic guidelines put forward by WHO and the US Food and Drug Administration. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771887106

Medicinal HerbsA Compendium Know which botanical medicines are effective—and which to avoid—in an instant Medicinal Herbs: A Compendium contains the profiles of about 200 important and commonly used medicinal herbs. This short concise resource is translated complete revised and updated from the German compendium Arzneidrogenprofile (2000) and was largely edited by the late Varro E. Tyler before his death in 2001. With this guide pharmacists and health practitioners will be able to quickly find information on medicinal plants and directions for their use.This compendium incorporates important botanicals from both European pharmacognosy and the North American medicinal herb market. Designed originally for pharmacists who need a succinct easy-to-use manual for every day use Medicinal Herbs can also benefit pharmacognosists physicians specializing in natural treatments midwives physiotherapists herbalists and students of these disciplines. Included in the text are two tables for the medicinal plants—an English-to-Latin binomial list and a Latin binomial-to-English list—allowing readers who are not as familiar with English to more easily find what they need.Each herb’s profile in Medicinal Herbs has its own page which lists: its English name and Latin binomial the parts of the plant used for treatment areas of applications—what ailments are indicated and how the herb is to be used dosage for using herbal teas tinctures poultices and more instructions for the duration of application and when to contact a medical practitioner comments on the use of the herb its efficiency and safety and any traditions or folklore on that herb contraindications—when not to use the herb adverse effects interactions with other drugs Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203050736

Medicinal Plants and MalariaApplications Trends and Prospects Malaria is a potentially life-threatening disease that affects millions worldwide especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. The recent emergence and spread of multidrug resistance in parts of Southeast Asia prompts the urgent need for novel and effective therapy against the disease. Medicinal Plants and Malaria: Applications Trends and Prospects highlights the therapeutic potential of plants for treating malaria. It collates useful information on malaria current prevention and treatment and scientific research carried out. This up-to-date book details the medicinal plant species used in treating malaria and describes the plant parts used methods of preparation and doses where available. The book begins with a brief introduction of malaria and covers its epidemiology and implications on public health the life cycle of Plasmodium parasites clinical presentation of the disease currently available antimalarial drugs and their roles in therapy and medicinal plants used for malaria including those that are currently in clinical use in various countries. It discusses the latest findings from ethnobotanical research the challenges and isolation of antiplasmodial phytochemicals from medicinal plants and the results from clinical trials and public health interventions using medicinal plants. This book has something for everyone serving as a vital resource for students teachers healthcare professionals and researchers interested in medicinal plants and promising antimalarial preparations. It will also appeal to those in the general public who are interested in herbal medicine and how plants can be used to prevent and treat malaria. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498744676

Medicinal Plants in Asia for Metabolic SyndromeNatural Products and Molecular Basis Medicinal Plants in Asia for Metabolic Syndrome: Natural Products and Molecular Basis offers an in-depth view into the metabolic syndrome pharmacology of natural products with an emphasis on their molecular basis cellular pathways metabolic organs and endocrine regulations. This sensational volume provides the scientific names botanical classifications botanical descriptions medicinal uses chemical constituents and pharmacological activities of more than 100 Asian plants with high quality original botanical plates chemical structures and pharmacological diagrams. It also lists hundreds of carefully selected bibliographical references constituents on insulin resistance obesity atherosclerosis atherogenic dyslipidemia and endothelial dysfunction. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138037595

Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific Drawing on the author’s extensive personal experience Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific provides comprehensive coverage of the medicinal plants of the region. Describing more than 300 compounds the book discusses every important class of natural products while highlighting cutting-edge research and recent developments. With its broad scope and extensive compound listings the presentation and approach of the book is completely original. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367403584

Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West BengalBotany Natural Products & Ethnopharmacology Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal is a complete compendium. It provides the scientific name classification local name(s) historical background local medicinal uses botanical description chemical constituents pharmacological activity and toxicology of more than 100 medicinal spices used in Bengal. Chemical structures of active constituents are provided as well as numerous references. This book is an indispensable tool for researchers as well as graduates in various disciplines including pharmacy pharmacology medicine biotechnology nutrition cosmetology and drug development. It is also suitable for anyone who is looking for natural products as leads to be developed in therapeutics functional nutrition or cosmetology. Focuses on a group of herbs with economic importance – the spices. These herbs demonstrate the richness of chemical diversity and potential pharmacological applications Features field photos with local healers markets and mode of preparation as well as providing a complete monograph for each plant Discusses the collection and observation of each medicinal spice and presents the ethnopharmacology recorded by the author in Bengal Provides a wealth of scientific information on medicinal spices from an expert in the field Fills an important niche due to the increasing global interests in natural foods and botanical drugs Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138735163

Medicinal Plants of China Korea and JapanBioresources for Tomorrow’s Drugs and Cosmetics Asian medicinal plants show great promise in pharmaceutical and cosmetological development. Researchers engaged in the discovery of new leads in these areas need robust conceptual tools and understanding of interrelated basics of botany ethnobotany biomolecular pharmacology phytochemistry and medicinal chemistry to guide their investigations. Medicinal Plants of China Korea and Japan: Bioresources for Tomorrow’s Drugs and Cosmetics explores the fundamental science and demonstrates the compelling potential of these versatile plants providing an essential resource to stimulate and guide focused inquiry. It is essential that researchers appreciate the chemotaxonomical statuses of these plants so chapters are arranged according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system of plant taxonomy. The book discusses the history synonymy habitat description traditional uses and pharmacochemistry of each plant. Detailed photographs and hand-made botanical plates enable quick and reliable identification of each plant species. Critical analyses of peer-reviewed articles provide the basis for Bioresource sections in each chapter wherein readers are advised engaged and guided towards exciting pharmaceutical and cosmetological research proposals. Also included are indexes of botanical terms pharmacological terms natural products and local names. Detailing 200 medicinal plant species carefully selected for their novelty and pharmacological and cosmetological importance this volume provides a firm starting point for anyone looking forward to unlocking the potential of Asian medicinal plants. In addition this invaluable book identifies numerous patentable leads. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781439899113

Medicinal PlantsBiodiversity and Drugs This volume provides a contemporary overview of new strategies for traditional medicine development of the importance of cataloging ethnomedical information of determining the active principles and of examining the genetic diversity and range of actions of traditional medicines. It discusses the challenges of using traditional medicines for diseases where access to modern medicine is limited and the research areas needed to improve quality safety and efficacy for enhancing healthcare. The book affirms the importance of traditional medicines as an essential and integral component of healthcare systems and the vast opportunities that exist for their evidence-based development. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781578087938

Medicinal PlantsChemistry Pharmacology and Therapeutic Applications This book details several important medicinal plants their occurrence plant compounds and their chemical structures and pharmacological properties against various human diseases. It also gives information on isolation and structural elucidation of phytocompounds bio-assays metabolomic studies and therapeutical applications of plant compounds. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367111724

Medicinal PlantsChemistry and Properties The selection of plants studied in this treatise is based on its significance and its representation of members of different taxonomic families as well as of different classes (and subclasses) of compounds. All the available data on the chemical compounds and the pharmacological studies on these plants/compounds have been incorporated. The plants Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780429064142

Medicinal PlantsCulture Utilization and Phytopharmacology Medicinal Plants: Culture Utilization and Phytopharmacology covers over 400 species. Each chapter gathers valuable information from a wide variety of sources and supplies it to the user in convenient table format arranged alphabetically by scientific name followed by the common name. Data topics include: major constituents (active ingredients) and medicinal values of plants; toxicity or hazardous components; essential oils; value-added products and possible uses; cultivation and harvesting; diseases and insects found in medicinal plants. Three appendices (alphabetical listing of plants by common name followed by the scientific name; essential oils and their derivation; active ingredients and their sources) provide handy cross-references to the Tables. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367398460

Medicinal PlantsPromising Future for Health and New Drugs This book highlights the importance of traditional medicines focuses on the standardization of herbal medicine and evaluates opportunities for advancing drug research. It addresses issues in utilization of medicinal plants and shares the importance of herbs in neutraceutics. It provides most competitive techniques being used in research. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780815370529

Medicinal Protein Engineering An All-Inclusive Review of the Achievements and Trends in the Fast-Growing Protein Engineering Field From humble beginnings like making fire for mere survival engineering now steadfastly penetrates all aspects of our lives and even life itself at the molecular level. Protein engineering is a molecular biological discipline focused on designing and constructing novel proteins with desired properties. The currently limited understanding of the relationship between protein structure and function greatly hinders rational protein design. However despite great challenges protein engineering has become a major molecular discipline with a large array of successful applications to many complex medicinal problems.Medicinal Protein Engineering sheds light on this largely unchartered field covering major strategies for engineering of proteins with predetermined biological properties. It discusses computational approaches to protein design and experimental approaches to protein construction. This volume also explores the tight connection between protein and genetic engineering. It moves researchers beyond experimental protein construction and theoretical protein design to the medicinal applications of engineered proteins. Examines Medicinal Applications of Protein Engineering for the Diagnosis Treatment and Prevention of DiseasesFocusing on the application of protein engineering to medicine this seminal work outlines the appropriate techniques for studying protein properties and building mathematical engineering models of novel vaccines diagnostic reagents and therapeutic treatments. As a truly comprehensive assessment of the medical protein engineering research available and its future implications for disease control and prevention this is an indispensable reference for biological researchers in this groundbreaking Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367446093

Medicine Charity and Mutual AidThe Consumption of Health and Welfare in Britain c.1550–1950 The history of the voluntary sector in British towns and cities has received increasing scholarly attention in recent years. Nevertheless whilst there have been a number of valuable contributions looking at issues such as charity as a key welfare provider charity and medicine and charity and power in the community there has been no book length exploration of the role and position of the recipient. By focusing on the recipients of charity rather than the donors or institutions this volume tackles searching questions of social control and cohesion and the relationship between providers and recipients in a new and revealing manner. It is shown how these issues changed over the course of the nineteenth century as the frontier between the state and the voluntary sector shifted away from charity towards greater reliance on public finance workers' contributions and mutual aid. In turn these new sources of assistance enriched civil society encouraging democratization empowerment and social inclusion for previously marginalized members of the community. The book opens with an introduction that locates medicine charity and mutual aid within their broad historiographical and urban contexts. Twelve archive-based inter-related chapters follow. Their main chronological focus is the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which witnessed such momentous changes in the attitudes to and allocation of charity and poor relief. However individual chapters on the early modern period the eighteenth century and the aftermath of the Second World War provide illuminating context and help ensure that the volume provides a systematic overview of the subject that will be of interest to social urban and medical historians. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138275652

Medicine Government and Public Health in Philip II's SpainShared Interests Competing Authorities Bridging the gap between histories of medicine and political/institutional histories of the early modern crown this book explores the relationship between one of the most highly bureaucratic regimes in early modern Europe Spain and crown interest in and regulation of medical practices. Complementing recent histories that have emphasized the interdependent nature of governance between the crown and municipalities in sixteenth-century Spain this study argues that medical policies were the result of negotiation and cooperation among the crown the towns and medical practitioners. During the reign of Philip II (1556-1598) the crown provided unique opportunities for advancements in the medical field among practitioners and support for the creation and dissemination of innovative medical techniques. In addition crown support for and regulation of medicine served as an important bureaucratic tool in the crown's effort to expand and solidify its authority over the distinct kingdoms and territories under Castilian authority and the municipalities within the kingdom of Castile itself. The crown was not the only agent of change in the medical world however. Medical policies and their successful implementation required consensus and cooperation among competing political authorities. Bringing to life a cast of characters from early modern Spain from the female empiric who practiced bonesetting and surgery to the university-trained Latin physician whose medical textbook standardized medical education in the universities the book will broaden the scope of medical history to include not only the development of medical theory and innovative practice but also address the complex tensions between various authorities which influenced the development and nature of medical practice and perceptions of 'public health' in early modern Europe. Juxtaposing the history of medicine with the history of early modern state-building brings a unique perspective to this challenging book that reassesses the relationship between the monarch and intellectual milieu of medicine in Spain. It further challenges the dominance of studies of medical regulation from France and England and illuminates a diverse and innovative world of Spanish medical practice that has been neglected in standard histories of early modern medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138246379

Medicine Health and Being Human Medicine Health and Being Human begins a conversation to explore how the medical has defined us: that is the ways in which perspectives of medicine and health have affected cultural understandings of what it means to be human. With chapters that span from the early modern period through to the contemporary world and are drawn from a range of disciplines this volume holds that incremental historical and cultural influences have brought about an understanding of humanity in which the medical is ingrained consciously or unconsciously usually as a mode of legitimisation. Divided into three parts the book follows a narrative path from the integrity of the human soul through to the integrity of the material human body then finally brought together through engaging with end-of-life responses. Part 1 examines the move from spirituality to psychiatry in terms of the way medical science has influenced cultural understandings of the mind. Part 2 interrogates the role that medicine has played in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in constructing and deconstructing the self and other including the fusion of visual objectivity and the scientific gaze in constructing perceptions of humanity. Part 3 looks at the limits of medicine when the integrity of one body breaks down. It contends with the ultimate question of the extent to which humanity is confined within the integrity of the human body and how medicine and the humanities work together toward responding to the finality of death. This is a valuable contribution for all those interested in the medical humanities history of medicine history of ideas and the social approaches to health and illness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367457525

Medicine Health and the ArtsApproaches to the Medical Humanities In recent decades both medical humanities and medical history have emerged as rich and varied sub-disciplines. Medicine Health and the Arts is a collection of specially commissioned essays designed to bring together different approaches to these complex fields. Written by a selection of established and emerging scholars this volume embraces a breadth and range of methodological approaches to highlight not only developments in well-established areas of debate but also newly emerging areas of investigation new methodological approaches to the medical humanities and the value of the humanities in medical education. Divided into five sections this text begins by offering an overview and analysis of the British and North American context. It then addresses in-depth the historical and contemporary relationship between visual art literature and writing performance and music. There are three chapters on each art form which consider how history can illuminate current challenges and potential future directions. Each section contains an introductory overview addressing broad themes and methodological concerns; a case study of the impact of medicine health and well-being on an art form; and a case study of the impact of that art form on medicine health and wellbeing. The underlining theme of the book is that the relationship between medicine health and the arts can only be understood by examining the reciprocal relationship and processes of exchange between them. This volume promises to be a welcome and refreshing addition to the developing field of medical humanities. Both informative and thought provoking it will be important reading for students academics and practitioners in the medical humanities and arts in health as well as health professionals and all scholars and practitioners interested in the questions and debates surrounding medicine health and the arts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138960183

Medicine Health and the Public Sphere in Britain 1600-2000 Medicine is concerned with the most intimate aspects of private life. Yet it is also a focus for diverse forms of public organization and action. In this volume an international team of scholars use the techniques of medical history to analyse the changing boundaries and constitution of the public sphere from early modernity to the present day. In a series of detailed historical case studies contributors examine the role of various public institutions - both formal and informal voluntary and statutory - in organizing and coordinating collective action on medical matters. In so doing they challenge the determinism and fatalism of Habermas's overarching and functionalist account of the rise and fall of the public sphere. Of essential interest to historians and sociologists of medicine this book will also be of value to historians of modern Britain historical sociologists and those engaged in studying the work of Jürgen Habermas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415863049

Medicine Magic and Religion One of the most fascinating men of his generation W.H.R. Rivers was a British doctor and psychiatrist as well as a leading ethnologist. Immortalized as the hero of Pat Barker's award-winning Regeneration trilogy Rivers was the clinician who in the First World War cared for the poet Siegfried Sassoon and other infantry officers injured on the western front. His researches into the borders of psychiatry medicine and religion made him a prominent member of the British intelligentsia of the time a friend of H.G. Wells George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell. Part of his appeal lay in an extraordinary intellect mixed with a very real interest in his fellow man. Medicine Magic and Religion is a prime example of this. A social institution it is one of Rivers' finest works. In it Rivers introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational when viewed in terms of religious beliefs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138151994

Medicine Magic and ReligionThe FitzPatrick Lectures delivered before The Royal College of Physicians in London in 1915-1916 First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138874954

Medicine Natural Philosophy and Religion in Post-Reformation Scandinavia The close relationship between religion medicine and natural philosophy in the post-Reformation period has been documented and explored in a body of research since the 1990s; however the direct and continued impact of Melanchthonian natural philosophy within the individual Lutheran principalities of northern Europe in general and Scandinavia in particular still has to be fully investigated and understood. This volume provides insight into how and why medicine and natural philosophy in a 'liberal' and Melanchthonian form could continue to blossom in Scandinavia despite a growing Lutheran uniformity promoted by the State. Inspired by research emanating from the Cambridge Unit for the History of Medicine here a number of young scholars such as Adam Mosley Morten Fink-Jensen Signe Nipper Nielsen and Martin Kjellgren are joined with more established scholars such as Andrew Cunningham Jens Glebe-Møller Terhi Kiiskinen and Ole Peter Grell to create a volume which deals with not only the major issues but also the leading personalities of the period.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472439581

Medicine Race and Liberalism in British BengalSymptoms of Empire This book focuses on the entwinement of politics and medicine and power and knowledge in India during the age of empire. Using the powerful metaphor of ‘pathology’ - the science of the origin nature and course of diseases - the author develops and challenges a burgeoning literature on colonial medicine moving beyond discussions of state medicine and the control of epidemics to everyday life to show how medicine was a fundamental ideology of empire. Related to this point and engaging with postcolonial histories of biopower and modernity the book highlights the use of this racially grounded medicine in the formulation of modern selves and subjectivities in late colonial India. In tracing the cultural determinants of biological race theory and contextualizing the understanding of race as pathology the book demonstrates how racialism was compatible with the ideologies and policies of imperial liberalism. Medicine Race and Liberalism in British Bengal brings together the study of modern South Asia race theory colonialism and empire and the history of medicine. It highlights the powerful role played by the idea of ‘pathology’ in the rationalization of imperial liberalism and the subsequent projects of modernity embraced by native experts in Bengal in the ‘long’ nineteenth century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415627542

Medicine Risk Discourse and Power This book critically explores from a comparative international perspective the role medicine plays in constructing and managing natural and social risks including those belonging to modern medical technology and expertise. Drawing together chapters written by professional practitioners and social scientists from the UK South America Australia and Europe the book offers readers an insightful and thought-provoking analysis of how modern medicine has transformed our understanding of both ourselves and the world around us but in so doing has arguably failed to fully recognize and account for its unintended and negative effects. This is an essential read for social scientists practitioners and policymakers who want to better understand how they can develop new ways of thinking about how modern medicine can promote social goods and enhance public health. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367597641

Medicine the Market and the Mass MediaProducing Health in the Twentieth Century This collection opens up the post war history of public health to sustained research-based historical scrutiny. Medicine the Market and the Mass Media examines the development of a new view of 'the health of the public' and the influences which shaped it in the post war years. Taking a broad perspective the book examines developments in Western Europe and the relationships between Europe and the US. The essays looks at the dual legacy of social medicine through health services and health promotion and analyse the role of mass media along with the connections between public health and industry.  This international collection will appeal to public health professionals students of the history of medicince and of heath policy Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415650052

Medicine Trade and EmpireGarcia de Orta's Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India (1563) in Context Garcia de Orta’s Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India (1563) was one of the first books to take advantage of the close relationship between medicine trade and empire in the early modern period. The book was printed in Goa the capital of the Portuguese empire in the East and the city where the author a Portuguese physician of Jewish ancestry lived for almost thirty years. It presents a vast array of medical information on various drugs spices plants fruits and minerals native to India or adjoining territories. In addition it includes information concerning indigenous methods of healing as well as a far-reaching assessment of ancient and modern authors on Asian materia medica. Orta’s book had a market in Asia but was particularly valuable to a European audience. It soon attracted the attention of various European authors and printers by providing the basis for adaptations commentaries and editions in various languages prompting a successful and complex trail of medical knowledge in transit. Authored by an interdisciplinary team of prominent international scholars the volume takes into account recent historiographical trends and provides a contextualized and innovative analysis of the histories and reception of the Colloquies. It emphasizes the value of the work to historians today as a symbol of the impact of geographical expansion and globalization in a sixteenth-century medical world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472431233

Medicine and Charity Before the Welfare State What have been the roles of charities and the state in supporting medical provision? These are issues of major relevance as the assumptions and practices of the welfare state are increasingly thrown into doubt. This title offers a broad perspective on the relationship between charity and medicine in Western Europe up to the advent of welfare states in the 20th century. Through detailed case studies the authors highlight significant differences between Britain France Italy and Germany and offer a critical vocabulary for grasping the issues raised. This volume reflects recent developments relating to the role of charity in medicine particularly the revival of interest in the place of voluntary provision in contemporary social policy. It emphasizes the changing balance of "care" and "cure" as the aim of medical charity and shows how economic and political factors influenced the various forms of charity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138149953

Medicine and Charity in Georgian BathA Social History of the General Infirmary c.1739-1830 First published in 1999 this rewarding volume offers a close and systematic analysis of the General Infirmary at Bath which was founded in 1739 to grant ‘lepers and cripples and other indigent strangers’ access to the spa waters. Four main themes are pursued in order to locate the hospital within its economic socio-cultural and political contexts: arrangements for management and finance under the conditions of a prospering commercial economy; the rewards and restrictions experienced by the physicians and surgeons who donated their professional services free of charge; and the constructions of an integrated social and political élite around the physical and moral rehabilitation of the sick poor. In this way the example of Bath – a stylish resort whose visitors and residents exemplified the dynamic of fashionable philanthropy – is used to open up issues of significance to our understanding of Georgian Britain as a whole. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138326019

Medicine and Colonial Identity Over the last century identity as an avenue of inquiry has become both an academic growth industry and a problematic category of historical analysis. This volume shows how the study of medicine can provide new insights into colonial identity and the possibility of accommodating multiple perspectives on identity within a single narrative. Contributors to this volume explore the perceived self-identity of colonizers; the adoption of western and traditional medicine as complementary aspects of a new modern and nationalist identity; the creation of a modern identity for women in the colonies; and the expression of a healer's identity by physicians of traditional medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138867932

Medicine and ColonialismHistorical Perspectives in India and South Africa Focusing on India and South Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the essays in this collection address power and enforced modernity as applied to medicine. Clashes between traditional methods of healing and the practices brought in by colonizers are explored across both territories. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138663138

Medicine and ConflictThe Spanish Civil War and its Traumatic Legacy This book focuses on an important but neglected aspect of the Spanish Civil War the evolution of medical and surgical care of the wounded during the conflict. Importantly the focus is from a mainly Spanish perspective – as the Spanish are given a voice in their own story which has not always been the case. Central to the book is General Franco’s treatment of Muslim combatants the anarchist contribution to health and the medicalisation of propaganda – themes that come together in a medico-cultural study of the Spanish Civil War. Suffusing the narrative and the analysis is the traumatic legacy of conflict an untreated wound that a new generation of Spaniards are struggling to heal. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367587642

Medicine and EvolutionCurrent Applications Future Prospects Can an evolutionary perspective be integrated in day-to-day practice and is it of value in medical education and training? If so when and how? Highlighting exciting areas of research into the evolutionary basis of health and disease Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications and Future Prospects answers these questions and more. It draws on work from anthropologists life scientists and clinicians to provide a multidisciplinary perspective. Contributors emphasize practical applications and address how their work may inform clinical practice and medical education. They consider when evolutionary viewpoints might and might not be useful and conduct critical debates on controversial areas such as race-based pharmaceuticals. Presenting new data and weighing relevant evidence the book introduces novel viewpoints on nutrition diabetes fertility pediatrics immune response and psychiatry. The book brings anthropologically sophisticated evidence-based discussions to common beliefs such as the role decreased parasite load plays in increasing vulnerability to certain diseases variations in human environments and human adaptability daily protein requirements reasons for early pregnancy loss and optimal mother-infant sleeping arrangements as well as fresh ideas about syndromes as diverse as delusions and polycystic ovary syndrome. A critical assessment of evolutionary medicine and its potential to unlock the mysteries behind some of today’s most baffling chronic diseases this book provides physicians with a more accurate view of the body and a better ability to assess health and disease. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367387259

Medicine and Humanism in Late Medieval ItalyThe Carrara Herbal in Padua This book is the first study to consider the extraordinary manuscript now known as the Carrara Herbal (British Library Egerton 2020) within the complex network of medical artistic and intellectual traditions from which it emerged. The manuscript contains an illustrated vernacular copy of the thirteenth-century pharmacopeia by Ibn Sarābī an Arabic-speaking Christian physician working in al-Andalus known in the West as Serapion the Younger. By 1290 Serapion’s treatise was available in Latin translation and circulated widely in medical schools across the Italian peninsula. Commissioned in the late fourteenth century by the prince of Padua Francesco II ‘il Novello’ da Carrara (r. 1390–1405) the Carrara Herbal attests to the growing presence of Arabic medicine both inside and outside of the University. Its contents speak to the Carrara family’s historic role as patrons and protectors of the Studium yet its form – a luxury book in Paduan dialect adorned with family heraldry and stylistically diverse representations of plants – locates it in court culture. In particular the manuscript’s form connects Serapion’s treatise to patterns of book collection and rhetorics of self-making encouraged by humanists and practiced by Francesco’s ancestors. Beginning with Petrarch (1304–74) and continuing with Pier Paolo Vergerio (ca. 1369–1444) humanists held privileged positions in the Carrara court and humanist culture vied with the University’s successes for leading roles in Carrara self-promotion. With the other illustrated books in the prince’s collection the Herbal negotiated these traditional arenas of family patronage and brought them into confluence promoting Francesco as an ideal ‘physician prince’ capable of ensuring the moral and physical health of Padua. Considered in this way the Carrara Herbal is the product of an intersection between the Pan-Mediterranean transmission of medical knowle Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367879846

Medicine and JusticeMedico-Legal Practice in England and Wales 1700–1914 This monograph makes a major new contribution to the historiography of criminal justice in England and Wales by focusing on the intersection of the history of law and crime with medical history. It does this through the lens provided by one group of historical actors medical professionals who gave evidence in criminal proceedings. They are the means of illuminating the developing methods and personnel associated with investigating and prosecuting crime in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when two linchpins of modern society centralised policing and the adversarial criminal trial emerged and matured. The book is devoted to two central questions: what did medical practitioners contribute to the investigation of serious violent crime in the period 1700 to 1914 and what impact did this have on the process of criminal justice? Drawing on the details of 2 600 cases of infanticide murder and rape which occurred in central England Wales and London the book offers a comparative long-term perspective on medico-legal practice –  that is what doctors actually did when they were faced with a body that had become the object of a criminal investigation. It argues that medico-legal work developed in tandem with and was shaped by the needs of two evolving processes: pre-trial investigative procedures dominated successively by coroners magistrates and the police; and criminal trials in which lawyers moved from the periphery to the centre of courtroom proceedings. In bringing together for the first time four groups of specialists – doctors coroners lawyers and police officers – this study offers a new interpretation of the processes that shaped the modern criminal justice system. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472454126

Medicine and Literature Volume TwoThe Doctor's Companion to the Classics ‘When I want to know the real rock-bottom truth about what happens all the time in this doctoring life what happens to us and to the folks who bring us their hearts and worries to be heard that’s when I turn every time to the novelists the playwrights the poets the essayists who have given us the sights and sounds the feel of all that goes on minute by minute. What Tolstoy and Chekhov knew we need to know for ourselves for our own sakes as we live out our medical lives.’ William Carlos Williams ‘The most fundamental of all consulting skills is genuine curiosity about other people the constant urge to wonder ‘Why are they as they are?’ We should open our minds to the life of the imagination not just for its entertainment value but for the mindset of curiosity it engenders in us. Such books as John Salinsky describes in this and his previous volume combine powerful opportunities for our own professional growth with pleasure and recreation too.’ Roger Neighbour in his Foreword ‘This carefully assembled wonderfully telling book is a “companion ” for sure a lasting and most helpful one for the medical travelling that awaits us.’ Robert Coles in his Foreword. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315375670

Medicine and LiteratureThe Doctor's Companion to the Classics ‘Medicine and Literature’ is the doctor's guide to the classics. How can a doctor best understand the emotions and behaviour of his or her patients? An effective and deeply satisfying route is through an appreciation of literature and the profound understanding its authors have of the human predicament. In this extraordinary and enlightening volume general practitioner John Salinsky guides the reader through some of the world's finest works. In each chapter he describes a classic novel short story play or poem revealing them to be easily accessible and enjoyable. He shows how parallels can be drawn between characters in literature and in the consulting room. Developed from his long-running column 'Education for Primary care Dr Salinsky's book give doctors a new perspective on the doctor-patient relationship and provides unique support to communication skills. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315379173

Medicine and Pharmacy in Byzantine HospitalsA study of the extant formularies Scholars have made conflicting claims for Byzantine hospitals as medical institutions and as the forebears of the modern hospital. In this study is the first systematic examination of the evidence of the xenôn texts or Xenonika on which all such claims must in part rest. These texts compiled broadly between the ninth and thirteenth centuries are also transcribed or edited with the exception　of the combined texts of Romanos and Theophilos that the study proposes were originally a single manual and teaching work for doctors probably based on xenôn practice. A schema of their combined chapter headings sets out the unified structure of this text. A short handlist briefly describes the principal manuscripts referred to throughout the study. The introduction briefly examines our evidence for the xenônes from the early centuries of the East Roman Empire to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Chapter 3 examines the texts in xenon medical practice and compares them to some other medical manuals and remedy texts of the Late period and to their structures. The xenôn-ascribed texts are discussed one by one in chapters 4–8; the concluding chapter 9 draw together the common as well as the divergent aspects of each text and looks to the comparative evidence for hospital medical practice of the time in the West. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367879082

Medicine and Public Health at the End of Empire The recent financial meltdown has brought notable changes to the global practice of health care changes that have often escaped the American news media. Although Western managed-care corporations previously had strengthened their influence abroad now many countries are considering new approaches to health care for their citizens.The untold story of how corporations have influenced global health care and the impacts now in America as the system rapidly shifts is Dr. Waitzkin s subject in his provocative new book. We now live in a new era in which the prospects for more humane approaches to health care are taking root. Strengthening access and improving public health are at the heart of the many previously little-noted struggles and actions by individuals groups and whole nations to put control back in the hands of patients and practitioners as Americans of many political stripes seem to universally seek. The impacts of these changes in the United States are considerable and they are amply illustrated by Dr. Waitzkin as the United States attempts to reorient its own system of care.Selected as the 2012 winner of the Freidson Outstanding Publication Award by the American Sociological Association for its "bold and timely analysis of the global political economy of contemporary crises in health and medical care. By presenting the lessons learned from social medicine (past and present) [it] outlines a macro-sociologically informed response to these crises."" Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781594519529

Medicine and Religion in Enlightenment Europe The Enlightenment period here understood as covering the years 1650 to 1789 is usually considered to be a period when religion was obliged to give way to rationality. With respect to medicine this means that the religious elements in the treatment and interpretation of diseases to all intents and purposes disappeared. However there are growing indications in recent scholarship that this may well be an overstatement. Indeed it appears that religion retained many of its customary relations with medicine. This volume explores how far and the ways in which this was still the case. It looks at this multi-faceted relationship with respect to among others: medical care and death in hospitals religious vocation and nursing chemical medicine and religion the clergy and medicine the continued significance of popular medicine faith healing dissection and religion and religious dissent and medical innovation. Within these significant areas the volume provides a European perspective which will make it possible to draw comparisons and determine differences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138265189

Medicine and Religion in the Life of an Ottoman SheikhAl-Damanhuri’s "Clear Statement" on Anatomy In 1768 Aḥmad al-Damanhūrī became the rector (shaykh) of al-Azhar which was one of the most authoritative and respected positions in the Ottoman Empire. He occupied this position until his death. Despite being a prolific author whose writings are largely extant al-Damanhūrī remains almost unknown and much of his work awaits study and analysis. This book aims to shed light on al-Damanhūrī’s diverse intellectual background and that of and his contemporaries building on and continuing the scholarship on the academic thought of the late Ottoman Empire.The book specifically investigates the intersection of medical and religious knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Egypt. It takes as its focus a manuscript on anatomy by al-Damanhūrī (d. 1778) entitled "The Clear Statement on the Science of Anatomy (al-qawl al-ṣarīḥ fī ʿilm al-tashrīḥ) ". The book includes an edited translation of The Clear Statement which is a well-known but unstudied and unpublished manuscript. It also provides a summary translation and analysis of al-Damanhūrī’s own intellectual autobiography. As such the book provides an important window into a period that remains deeply understudied and a topic that continues to cause debates and controversies.This study therefore will be of keen interest to scholars working on the "post-Classical" Islamic world as well as historians of religion science and medicine looking beyond Europe in the Early Modern period. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367731649

Medicine And SocietyClinical Decisions And Societal Values This book based on the Third Conference on Health Policy is derived from those discussions that identified as a fundamental issue the translation of societal values into health care objectives and the formulation of mechanisms by which these objectives could guide the clinical decision-making. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367155469

Medicine and the Reformation The tremendous changes in the role and significance of religion during Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation affected all of society. Yet there have been few attempts to view medicine and the ideas underpinning it within the context of the period and see what changes it underwent. Medicine and the Reformation charts how both popular and official religion affected orthodox medicine as well as more popular healers. Illustrating the central part played by medicine in Lutheran teachings the Calvinistic rationalization of disease and the Catholic responses the contributors offer new perspectives on the relation of religion and medicine in the early modern period. It will be of interest to social historians as well as specialists in the history of medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415869553

Medicine and WarfareSpain 1936–1939 This original work examines the differences in medical advances on the two sides of the Spanish Civil War. Covering all aspects of medical treatment during the war Coni covers new ground with great aplomb and delivers a book which will interest scholars involved with medical history as well as those interested in contemporary European history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415860185

Medicine at the Courts of Europe1500-1837 Originally published in 1990 Medicine at the Courts of Europe 1500-1837 is a collection of essays examining the whole range of medical activities in a variety of European courts from Rome of the Borgias to the Russia of Catherine the Great. It documents the diverse influences of custom wealth religion and royal intervention along with foreign innovation popular literary satire and matters of litigation which so changed the face of court medicine over three centuries. By looking at court medical practitioners in such a wide chronological geographic and thematic context these essays provide many new insights for all those interested in the history of medicine society and politics from the sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138388185

Medicine for Lawyers This book provides insight into some of the problems and pitfalls encountered in current medical practice. It helps lawyers to commission an expert witness to write a medical report and to interpret it using their greater knowledge and a better understanding of the practice of medicine. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003072720

Medicine from the Black Death to the French Disease Published in 1998 covering the period from the triumphant economic revival of Europe after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire this book offers an examination of the state of contemporary medicine and the subsequent transplantation of European medicine worldwide. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429202995

Medicine in MetamorphosisSpeech presence and integration Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile this volume was originally published in 1969 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes or as a complete collection. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138867475

Medicine in Modern Britain 1780-1950 Medicine in Modern Britain 1780–1950 provides an introduction to the development of medicine – scientific and heterodox domestic and professional – in Britain from the end of the early modern period and through modern times. Divided thematically each chapter within this book addresses a different aspect of medicine covering diseases ideas practices institutions practitioners and the state. This book centres on an era of rapid and profound change in medicine and gives students all they need to establish a solid understanding of the history of medicine in Britain by offering a clear and coherent narrative of the changes and continuities in medicine including names dates events and ideas. Each aspect of medicine discussed within the book is explored and contextualised providing an overview of the wider social and political background that surrounded them. The chapters are followed by a documents section containing important primary sources to encourage students to engage with original material. With a selection of images tables a who’s who of all the key people discussed and a glossary of terms Medicine in Modern Britain 1780–1950 is essential reading for all students of the history of medicine in Britian. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138784239

Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain 1700-1920 Christopher Lawrence's critical overview of medicine's place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society. * first short synoptic study of its kind * breaks new ground by bringing together specialised scholarship into a broad argument * shows how the medical profession created a very specific role for itself * relates medicine to general social policy Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138181618

Medicine in the Remote and Rural North 1800–2000 This volume of thirteen essays focuses on the health and treatment of the peoples of northern Europe and North America over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138661547

Medicine in the Twentieth Century During the twentieth century medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformative. In 1900 western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health but it was marginal to the state the industrial economy and the welfare of most individuals. It is now central to these aspects of life. Our prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generations.The editors of Medicine in the Twentieth Century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays written by historical specialists but intended for general audiences. Some concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries others focus on understandings of the body and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patients. Media > Books > Print Books Taylor & Francis 9781138002289

Medicine Sciences and BioengineeringProceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Medicine Sciences and Bioengineering (ICMSB2014) Ku This proceedings volume contains selected papers presented at the 2014 International Conference on Medicine Sciences and Bioengineering (ICMSB 2014) held August 16-17 2014 in Kunming Yunnan China. ICMSB2014 was aimed at researchers engineers industrial professionals and academics who were broadly welcomed to present their latest research results academic developments or theoretical practice. Topics covered in this volume include but are not limited to Medicine Medical Science Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering. ICMSB2014 aims to serve not merely as a platform for academic communication but also as an opportunity for international business cooperation and mutual benefit. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138026841

MedicinemaDoctors in Films Cinema and medicine have been inextricably linked since the earliest days of film with doctors appearing in fictional films before criminals the clergy or even cowboys. But why have healthcare professionals - often played by major stars - featured so prominently in film history and what does this have to tell us now? Responding to Alexander Lenahan and Pavlov's Cinemeducation (Radcliffe 2005) which focused on the uses of cinema in medical teaching this book instead examines what film has to say about medicine its practitioners and their cultural meaning. Drawing on a miscellany of films from the dawn of cinema to the 2000s from horror and westerns to war films and art cinema and informed by a film and cultural studies-based approach this will be a valuable text for students of medical or film history researchers in the medical humanities and medical practitioners with an interest in the portrayal and cultural representation of their profession. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315382821

Medicines for the Union ArmyThe United States Army Laboratories During the Civil War It wasn't only combat that killed during the Civil War!Among white Federalist troops alone there were 1 213 685 cases of malaria 139 638 cases of typhoid fever 67 762 cases of measles 61 202 cases of pneumonia 73 382 cases of syphilis and 109 202 cases of gonorrhea between May 1 1861 and June 30 1866. (Statistics for Negro troops covered less than three years of the Civil War period.)Preventative medicine at the time had little more to offer than quinine and a few disinfectants. There was no real understanding of the germ theory of disease. But Medicines for the Union Army: The United States Army Laboratories During the Civil War shows that in the evolution of the army's Medical Department from incompetence to general efficiency during this time and in the vastly improved organization and supply system designed by William A. Hammond Jonathan Letterman the medical purveyors and others working under the Surgeon General there was evidence of a great achievement.In Medicines for the Union Army you will come to understand the medical purveying system of the time and its problems and you will witness the birth growth and remarkable achievements of the Federal government's pharmaceutical laboratories at Astoria New York and Philadelphia Pennsylvania.Medicines for the Union Army will inform and enlighten you about the these laboratories including: the funding and transportation obstacles faced at the Astoria lab the processes by which raw materials became drugs ready for distribution drug testing and inspection methods the bottling of “medicinal whiskey” and wine at the labs the people whose work laid the foundation for modern drug production and distribution methods the contents of the medical supply cases (panniers) and wagons in use at the time . . . and much more!Medicines for the Union Army: The United States Army Laboratories During the Civil War brings to light the groundbreaking achievements of unsung American heroes working to preserve life while the country was in bloody turmoil. No Civil War historian should be without this volume! Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315809335

Medicines Management for Residential and Nursing HomesA Toolkit for Best Practice and Accredited Learning This practical toolkit informs readers of ways to ensure the right medication in the right dose for the right patient at the right time. It covers every aspect of looking after and delivering medicines in the care home environment. The easy-to-read format with questions and exercises for individuals and groups makes the text ideal as a framework for teaching and accredited learning. This handbook is vital for care professionals working in residential and nursing homes their managers and supervisors. It is also invaluable for trainee care and nursing assistants including students in further education. 'When inspectors said thousands of care home residents were being given the wrong medication - the image of a grotty poorly run nursing home reared its stereotypical head. How could something so simple as giving a patient their daily dose of tablets be going so wrong so many times over? But according to care professionals management of residents' medication is one of the most complex areas of running a nursing home and unless fail-safe practices are adhered to the results can be very damaging to both the resident and the care worker. Clearly it's time to sort this out!' - Roy Lilley and Paul Lambden with Alan Gillies in the Introduction. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315378312

Medicines ManagementA Nursing Perspective Medicines Management: A Problem-Based Approach uses patient scenarios to explore pharmacology and medicines management. The book provides the pharmacological background and examines the other factors which enable nurses to provide care to the patient. It will equip the new nurse with the skills they need to problem-solve prioritise and make decisions while delivering effective care. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138835542

Medico-Legal Aspects of Reproduction and Parenthood Published in 1998 this work is concerned in the main with reproduction - for which marriage is not an essential prerequisite. Nevertheless much of sexuality and the greater part of parenthood still subsist within the marital relationship. Sex and marriage are interdependent - indeed the definition of the latter depends on the former. After looking at the prerequisites for marriage and for making a marriage void the author shows that the medico-legal interests of marriage relate to the mental health and the sex of the parties. The author also looks at various aspects of the sexual-familial relationship including contraception sterilization abortion protection of the foetus foetal experimentation the infertile husband the infertile woman defective neonates and infants consent to treatment and research in children the protection of young children and the killing of children within the family. Cases are used to highlight the legal aspects of these subjects. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138325265

Medico-Legal Aspects of Reproduction and Parenthood Those involved in family and sexual relationships today face a bewildering variety of medico-legal dilemmas. These are encountered from as early as the preconception state of the embryo and continue throughout the period of child raising until the status of the mature minor is achieved. This book dissects a wide range of legal medical and ethical issues surrounding reproduction and the parental relationship with the resultant child. Questions posed in the various sections include: what constitutes sexual intercourse what are the implications of contraception and sterilization is the abortion issues dead?. Is there a right to reproduce and if so how is this applied to the modern methods of assisted reproduction?. Is surrogate motherhood acceptable or workable?. The concept of fetal rights is explored and specific attention is given to the management of defective neonates in the light of recent judicial decisions. Other chapters look at the parent/child relationship in respect of medical treatment and the book concludes with a review of the interfamilial protection of young children under both the civil and the criminal law. Many of the views expressed are novel in that they represent those of a medical doctor exploring the legal field. It is neither a conventional book on family law nor one on medical law; rather it draws on both to examine a specific area which affects both in a particularly significant way. Both statute and case law have been extensively updated since the publication of the first edition. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315249315

Medicolegal Neuropathology Second EditionA Color Atlas With expanded sections and added photographs and illustrations this second edition reference demonstrates and explains many neuropathologic findings to help investigators of sudden and unexpected death integrate their own findings into the total case context. This new edition features more in-depth discussion of the subject matter atlas photos expanded discussion of natural disease topics new sections on how and why to examine the central nervous system and new information on normal human neuroanatomy. With more photomicrographs included to aid in histopathology this book includes 300 new images among its 750 color photographs. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781439861530

MedicThe Mission of an American Military Doctor in Occupied Japan and Wartorn Korea In the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Crawford F. Sams led the most unprecedented and unsurpassed reforms in public health history as chief of the Public Health and Welfare Section of the Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in East Asia. "Medic" is Sams's firsthand account of public health reforms in Japan during the occupation and their significance for the formation of a stable and democratic state in Asia after World War II. "Medic" also tells of the strenuous efforts to control disease among refugees and civilians during the Korean War which had enormously high civilian casualties. Sams recounts the humanitarian military and ideological reasons for controlling disease during military operations in Korea where he served first as a health and welfare adviser to the U.S. Military Command that occupied Korea south of the 38th parallel and later as the chief of Health and Welfare of the United Nations Command. In presenting a larger picture of the effects of disease on the course of military operations and in the aftermath of catastrophic bombings and depravation Crawford Sams has left a written document that reveals the convictions and ideals that guided his generation of military leaders. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315503738

Medieval and Early Modern Art Architecture and Archaeology in Norwich This volume explores the importance of Norwich as the second city of England for 500 years. It addresses two of the most ambitious Romanesque buildings in Europe: cathedral and castle and illuminates the role of Norwich-based designers and makers in the region. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781909662780

Medieval and Early Modern Representations of Authority in Scotland and the British Isles What use is it to be given authority over men and lands if others do not know about it? Furthermore what use is that authority if those who know about it do not respect it or recognise its jurisdiction? And what strategies and 'language' -written and spoken visual and auditory material cultural and political - did those in authority throughout the medieval and early modern era use to project and make known their power? These questions have been crucial since regulations for governance entered society and are found at the core of this volume. In order to address these issues from an historical perspective this collection of essays considers representations of authority made by a cross-section of society within the British Isles. Arranged in thematic sections the 14 essays in the collection bridge the divide between medieval and early modern to build up understanding of the developments and continuities that can be followed across the centuries in question. Whether crown or noble government or church burgh or merchant; all desired power and influence but their means of representing authority were very different. These essays encompass a myriad of methods demonstrating power and disseminating the image of authority including: material culture art literature architecture and landscapes saintly cults speeches and propaganda martial posturing and strategic alliances music liturgy and ceremonial display. Thus this interdisciplinary collection illuminates the variable forms in which authority was presented by key individuals and institutions in Scotland and the British Isles. By placing these within the context of the European powers with whom they interacted this volume also underlines the unique relationships developed between the people and those who exercised authority over them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367879327

Medieval and Modern Perspectives First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315077666

Medieval and Renaissance FamagustaStudies in Architecture Art and History There was a time seven centuries ago when Famagusta's wealth and renown could be compared to that of Venice or Constantinople. The Cathedral of St Nicholas in the main square of Famagusta serving as the coronation place for the Crusader Kings of Jerusalem after the fall of Acre in 1291 symbolised both the sophistication and permanence of the French society that built it. From the port radiated impressive commercial activity with the major Mediterranean trade centres generating legendary wealth cosmopolitanism and hedonism unsurpassed in the Levant. These halcyon days were not to last however and a 15th century observer noted that following the Genoese occupation of the city 'a malignant devil has become jealous of Famagusta'. When Venice inherited the city it reconstructed the defences and had some success in revitalising the city's economy. But the end for Venetian Famagusta came in dramatic fashion in 1571 following a year long siege by the Ottomans. Three centuries of neglect followed which combined with earthquakes plague and flooding left the city in ruins. The essays collected in this book represent a major contribution to the study of Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta and its surviving art and architecture and also propose a series of strategies for preserving the city's heritage in the future. They will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Gothic Byzantine and Renaissance art and architecture and to those of the Crusades and the Latin East as well as the Military Orders. After an introductory chapter surveying the history of Famagusta and its position in the cultural mosaic that is the Eastern Mediterranean the opening section provides a series of insights into the history and historiography of the city. There follow chapters on the churches and their decoration as well as the military architecture while the final section looks at the history of conservation efforts and assesses the work that now needs to be done. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138109407

Medieval and Renaissance LactationsImages Rhetorics Practices The premise of this volume is that the ubiquity of lactation imagery in early modern visual culture and the discourse on breastfeeding in humanist religious medical and literary writings is a distinct cultural phenomenon that deserves systematic study. Chapters by art historians social and legal historians historians of science and literary scholars explore some of the ambiguities and contradictions surrounding the issue and point to the need for further study in particular in the realm of lactation imagery in the visual arts. This volume builds on existing scholarship on representations of the breast the iconography of the Madonna Lactans allegories of abundance nature and charity women mystics' food-centered practices of devotion the ubiquitous practice of wet-nursing and medical theories of conception. It is informed by studies on queer kinship in early modern Europe notions of sacred eroticism in pre-tridentine Catholicism feminist investigations of breastfeeding as a sexual practice and by anthropological and historical scholarship on milk exchange and ritual kinship in ancient Mediterranean and medieval Islamic societies. Proposing a variety of different methods and analytical frameworks within which to consider instances of lactation imagery breastfeeding practices and their textual references this volume also offers tools to support further research on the topic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409448600

Medieval Arabic HistoriographyAuthors as Actors Medieval Arabic Historiography is concerned with social contexts and narrative structures of pre-modern Islamic historiography written in Arabic in seventh and thirteenth-century Syria and Eygpt. Taking up recent theoretical reflections on historical writing in the European Middle Ages this extraordinary study combines approaches drawn from social sciences and literary studies with a particular focus on two well-known texts: Abu Shama’s The Book of the Two Gardens and Ibn Wasil’s The Dissipater of Anxieties. These texts describe events during the life of the sultans Nur-al-Din and Salah al-Din who are primarily known in modern times as the champions of the anti-Crusade movement. Hirschler shows that these two authors were active interpreters of their society and has considerable room for manoeuvre in both their social environment and the shaping of their texts. Through the use of a fresh and original theoretical approach to pre-modern Arabic historiography Hirschler presents a new understanding of these texts which have before been relatively neglected thus providing a significant contribution to the burgeoning field of historiographical studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415665469

Medieval Arabic Praise PoetryIbn Al-Rumi and the Patron's Redemption This book gives an insight into panegyrics a genre central to understanding medieval Near Eastern Society. Poets in this multi-ethnic society would address the majority of their verse to rulers generals officials and the urban upper classes its tone ranging from celebration to reprimand and even to threat. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315823607

Medieval Archaeology Medieval Archaeology has developed as a distinctive academic domain in the last fifty years or so. It is now taught widely at undergraduate and postgraduate level and learned societies for Medieval Archaeology flourish across Europe. The subject is more interdisciplinary than most types of archaeology engaging critically with fields such as History and Art History to provide fresh and independent insights to the medieval world. It draws on sources of evidence that are unique to Medieval Archaeology such as extant medieval churches. Medieval Archaeology is literally history ‘from below’; it offers unique access to people and practices that were never documented by medieval élites. (Medieval Archaeology also has relevance beyond academia. Indeed  much of the commercial archaeology that now takes place in Europe seeks to record and conserve medieval towns in advance of new developments.) Focusing on the archaeology of medieval Europe (c. 1000–1550AD) this new four-volume collection from Routledge enables researchers and advanced students to make better sense of a vast—and rapidly growing—corpus of scholarship. The gathered materials have been carefully selected to highlight the key issues and debates in the development and contemporary practice of Medieval Archaeology and each volume includes a comprehensive introduction newly written by the editor. Medieval Archaeology is an essential work of reference. It is destined to be valued by specialists—as well as those working in allied areas such as Medieval Studies History and Art History—as a vital one-stop research tool. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415718165

Medieval Art This book teaches the reader how to look at medieval art–which aspects of architecture sculpture or painting are important and for what reasons. It includes the art and building of what is now Western Europe from the second to the fifteenth centuries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367319373

Medieval Art Architecture & Archaeology at Canterbury This book argues that Robert Willis's presentations were fundamental to the format of British Archaeological Association meetings and to the creation of medieval architectural history. It discusses the background to his study of Canterbury in terms of his own research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781909662216

Medieval Art Architecture and Archaeology in Cracow and Lesser Poland This book explores the medieval art architecture and archaeology of the city of Cracow and the surrounding region of Lesser Poland. It highlights the role of Cracow and Lesser Poland as a vibrant artistic centre fostering links with Italy Bohemia Germany and France. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781909662407

Medieval Art Architecture and Archaeology in the Dioceses of Aberdeen and Moray Exploring the medieval heritage of Aberdeenshire and Moray the essays in this volume contain insights and recent work presented at the British Archaeological Association Conference of 2014 based at Aberdeen University. The opening historical chapters establish the political economic and administrative context of the region looking at both the secular and religious worlds and include an examination of Elgin Cathedral and the bishops’ palaces. The discoveries at the excavations of the kirk of St Nicholas which have revealed the early origins of religious life in Aberdeen city are summarized and subsequent papers consider the role of patronage. Patronage is explored in terms of architecture the dramas of the Reformation and its aftermath highlighted through essentially humble parish churches assailed by turbulent events and personalities. The collegiate church at Cullen particularly its tomb sculpture provides an unusually detailed view of the spiritual and dynastic needs of its patrons. The decoration of spectacular ceilings both carved and painted at St Machar’s Cathedral Provost Skene’s House and Crathes Castle are surveyed through the eyes of their patrons and the viewers below. Saints and religious devotion feature in the last four chapters focusing on the carved wooden panels from Fetteresso which display both piety and a rare glimpse of Scottish medieval carnal humour the illuminated manuscripts from Arbuthnott the Aberdeen Breviary and Historia Gentis Scotorum. The medieval artistic culture of north-east Scotland is both battered by time and relatively little known. With discerning interpretation this volume shows that much high-quality material still survives while the lavish illustrations restore some glamour to this lost medieval world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138640689

Medieval Arthurian LiteratureA Guide to Recent Research The focus of this book is medieval vernacular literature in Western Europe. Chapters are written by experts in the area and present the current scholarship at the time this book was originally published in 1996. Each chapter has a bibliography of important works in that area as well. This is a thorough and reliable guide to trends in research on medieval Arthuriana. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138980785

Medieval Authorship and Cultural Exchange in the Late Fifteenth CenturyThe Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order Medieval Authorship and Cultural Exchange in the Late Fifteenth Century is a multidisciplinary study of late medieval authorship and the military orders framed as a whodunit that uncovers the anonymous author of the ‘Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order’. Through a close analysis of the Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order and its manuscripts and by exploiting a wide range of scholarly techniques from traditional philology and extensive codicological examinations to modern digital humanities techniques the book argues that the recently resurfaced Vienna manuscript is actually an author’s copy written in direct cooperation with the original author. This important assertion leads to a reinterpretation of the text its sources and composition authorship and the context in which it was conceived. It allows us to associate the text with an upsurge of historiographical activities by various military orders across the continent seemingly in response to the publication and aggressive dissemination of the account of the Siege of Rhodes by Guillaume Caoursin in 1480. Furthermore the text can be positioned at the crossroads between different cultural spheres ranging from the Baltic region to the Low Countries spanning French German Dutch and Latin linguistic traditions. This book will appeal to scholars and students of medieval history as well as those interested in cultural history and the military religious orders. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367373276

Medieval Bishops’ Houses in England and Wales First published in 1998  this book describes the surviving medieval remains there and the far more numerous manor houses and castles owned by the bishops as well as their London houses. Apart from royal residences these are far the largest group of medieval domestic buildings of a single type that we have. The author describes how these buildings relate to the way of life of the bishops in relation to their duties and their income and how in particular the dramatic social changes of the later middle ages influenced their form. The work of the great bishop castle-builders of the 12th century is discussed as are the general history of the medieval house with its early influence from the Continent the changes in style of hall and chamber (still controversial) and its climax in the great courtyard houses of Cardinal Wolsey Archbishop of York. The book includes over a hundred plans sections and photographs of the surviving parts of bishops’ residences with a survey of 1647 of the Archbishop’s palace at Canterbury before demolition. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138324534

Medieval Canon Law It is impossible to understand how the medieval church functioned -- and in turn influenced and controlled the lay world within its care -- without understanding the development character and impact of `canon law' its own distinctive law code. However important this can seem a daunting subject to non-specialists. They have long needed an attractive but authoritative introduction avoiding arid technicalities and setting the subject in its widest context. James Brundage's marvellously fluent and accessible book is the perfect answer: it will be warmly welcomed by medievalists and students of ecclesiastical and legal history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138148154

Medieval Christian Perceptions of IslamA Book of Essays For medieval Christians Islam presented a series of disquieting challenges and individual Christians portrayed Muslim culture in varied ways according to their interests and prejudices. These fifteen original essays focus on unfamiliar texts that reflect the wide range of medieval Christianity's preoccupation with Islam treating works from many different periods and in a wide range of genres and languages. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315023281

Medieval East Central Europe in a Comparative PerspectiveFrom Frontier Zones to Lands in Focus Medieval East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective draws together the new perspectives concerning the relevance of East Central Europe for current historiography by placing the region in various comparative contexts. The chapters compare conditions within East Central Europe as well as between East Central Europe the rest of the continent and beyond. Including 15 original chapters from an interdisciplinary team of contributors this collection begins by posing the question: "What is East Central Europe?" with three specialists offering different interpretations and presenting new conclusions. The book is then grouped into five parts which examine political practice religion urban experience and art and literature. The contributors question and explain the reasons for similarities and differences in governance and strategies for handling allies enemies or subjects in particular ways. They point out themes and structures from town planning to religious orders that did not function according to political boundaries and for which the inclusion of East Central European territories was systemic. The volume offers a new interpretation of medieval East Central Europe beyond its traditional limits in space and time and beyond the established conceptual schemes. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of medieval East Central Europe. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138923478

Medieval EnglandA Social History and Archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 AD By drawing equally on the work of historians and archaeologists Colin Platt puts forward a view of English medieval society in which there is much that is new and unexpected. Medieval England brings together a wide range of themes from castle and palace to peasant hovel from the great cathedrals and monasteries to the parish churches and `alien' cells. The book is fully illustrated the pictures being an integral part of the text.For this re-issue Professor Platt has written a new preface which updates the work with a survay of archaeological and historical developments in the last decade. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415862325

Medieval EnglandRural Society and Economic Change 1086-1348 This is the first volume of a two-volume study of medieval England covering the period between the Norman Conquest and the Black Death. The book opens with a summary portrait of the English economy and society in the reign of William I. It goes on to examine in detail the population increase from 1086 to 1349 and to investigate the structure of society where relationships were rooted in the dependence of man upon man. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138176980

Medieval EnglandTowns Commerce and Crafts 1086-1348 The only survey of the urban commercial and industrial history of the period between the Norman conquest and the Black Death. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138163195

Medieval English Benedictine LiturgyStudies in the Formation Structure and Content of the Monastic Votive Office c. 950-1540 Originally published in 1993 Medieval English Benedictine Liturgy is a detailed study of the liturgical use of medieval monasteries in England spanning 500 years. The study examines the major votive observances that came to fruition in the twelfth century and later and argues that these important practices affected earlier monastic observances. The book’s emphasis on Anglo-Saxon liturgy provides a bridge between the practices of the English Benedictines before and after the Conquest. The book also traces the chronological progress of three individual observances and extends where possible into the sixteenth century. The book argues that at a broader level while liturgy has been recognized as an indispensable part of the study of the context and use of medieval chant and polyphony. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367192839

Medieval English DramaAn Annotated Bibliography of Recent Criticism Originally published in 1990 Medieval English Drama is an exhaustive bibliography of scholarship on medieval English drama. Each item has been annotated in the bibliography with considerable care; these annotations are descriptive rather than critical and give a clear synopsis of the content of each reference the texts with which it deals and a brief indication of its critical position. The bibliography is divided into two sections; editions and collections of plays and critical works. The bibliography is exhaustive rather than selective and provides English annotations for foreign language works as well as a list of reviews for most books. The book covers liturgical and folk drama other forms of entertainment and related material useful to researchers in the field. The book provides an update of sources not listed in Carl J. Stratman's comprehensive Bibliography of Medieval Drama published in 1972. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367194703

Medieval EthnographiesEuropean Perceptions of the World Beyond From the twelfth century a growing sense of cultural confidence in the Latin West (at the same time that the central lands of Islam suffered from numerous waves of conquest and devastation) was accompanied by the increasing importance of the genre of empirical ethnographies. From a a global perspective what is most distinctive of Europe is the genre's long-term impact rather than its mere empirical potential or its ethnocentrism (all of which can also be found in China and in Islamic cultures). Hence what needs emphasizing is the multiplication of original writings over time their increased circulation and their authoritative status as a 'scientific' discourse. The empirical bent was more characteristic of travel accounts than of theological disputations - in fact the less elaborate the theological discourse the stronger the ethnographic impulse (although many travel writers were clerics). This anthology of classic articles in the history of medieval ethnographies illustrates this theme with reference to the contexts and genres of travel writing the transformation of enduring myths (ranging from oriental marvels to the virtuous ascetics of India or Prester John) the practical expression of particular encounters from the Mongols to the Atlantic and the various attempts to explain cultural differences either through the concept of barbarism or through geography and climate. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315249292

Medieval Europe 400 - 1500 This book traces across the millennium of the Middle Ages the gradual crystallisation of a new and distinctive European identity. Koenigsberger covers the Islamic Byzantine and central Asian worlds in his account which explains Europe's progression from chaos and collapse to the point where it was set to rule much of the world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138835399

Medieval Family RolesA Book of Essays This colelction of twelve original essays by European and American scholars offers some of the latest research in three broad areas of medieval history: marriage children and family ties. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138160620

Medieval Flanders Cradle of northern Europe's later urban and industrial pre-eminence medieval Flanders was a region of immense political and economic importance -- and already as so often later the battleground of foreign powers. Yet this book is remarkably the first comprehensive modern history of the region. Within the framework of a clear political narrative it presents a vivid portrait of medieval Flemish life that will be essential reading for the medievalist -- and a boon for the many visitors to Bruges and Ghent eager for a better understanding of what they see. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138836167

Medieval Foundations of International Relations The purpose of this volume is to explore the medieval inheritance of modern international relations. Recent years have seen a flourishing of work on the history of international political thought but the bulk of this has focused on the early modern and modern periods leaving continuities with the medieval world largely ignored. The medieval is often used as a synonym for the barbaric and obsolete yet this picture does not match that found in relevant work in the history of political thought. The book thus offers a chance to correct this misconception of the evolution of Western international thought highlighting that the history of international thought should be regarded as an important dimension of thinking about the international and one that should not be consigned to history departments.Questions addressed include:what is the medieval influence on modern conception of rights law and community?how have medieval ideas shaped modern conceptions of self-determination consent and legitimacy?are there ‘medieval’ answers to ‘modern’ questions?is the modern world still working its way through the Middle Ages?to what extent is the ‘modern outlook’ genuinely secular?is there a ‘theology’ of international relations?what are the implications of continuity for predominant historical narrative of the emergence and expansion of international society? Medieval and modern are certainly different; however this collection of essays proceeds from the conviction that the modern world was not built on a new plot with new building materials. Instead it was constructed out of the rubble that is the raw materials of the Middle Ages.This will be of great interest to students and scholars of IR IR theory and political theory.  .　 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367596255

Medieval Frontiers: Concepts and Practices In recent years the 'medieval frontier' has been the subject of extensive research. But the term has been understood in many different ways: political boundaries; fuzzy lines across which trade religions and ideas cross; attitudes to other peoples and their customs. This book draws attention to the differences between the medieval and modern understanding of frontiers questioning the traditional use of the concepts of 'frontier' and 'frontier society'. It contributes to the understanding of physical boundaries as well as metaphorical and ideological frontiers thus providing a background to present-day issues of political and cultural delimitation. In a major introduction David Abulafia analyses these various ambiguous meanings of the term 'frontier' in political cultural and religious settings. The articles that follow span Europe from the Baltic to Iberia from the Canary Islands to central Europe Byzantium and the Crusader states. The authors ask what was perceived as a frontier during the Middle Ages? What was not seen as a frontier despite the usage in modern scholarship? The articles focus on a number of themes to elucidate these two main questions. One is medieval ideology. This includes the analysis of medieval formulations of what frontiers should be and how rulers had a duty to defend and/or extend the frontiers; how frontiers were defined (often in a different way in rhetorical-ideological formulations than in practice); and how in certain areas frontier ideologies were created. The other main topic is the emergence of frontiers how medieval people created frontiers to delimit areas how they understood and described frontiers. The third theme is that of encounters and a questioning of medieval attitudes to such encounters. To what extent did medieval observers see a frontier between themselves and other groups and how does real interaction compare with ideological or narrative formulations of such interaction? Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315249285

Medieval GreeceEncounters Between Latins Greeks and Others in the Dodecanese and the Mani Medieval Greece brings together twelve articles by historian Michael Heslop showcasing his long-standing interest in the medieval castles of Greece. Ten of the articles in this volume focus on the Dodecanese islands mainly Rhodes at the time of their rule by the Hospitallers during the period 1306–1522. Scholarly and popular interest in the military orders has grown substantially over the last twenty years but comparatively little has been written about the Hospitaller Dodecanese. What distinguishes this work is the author’s use of hitherto unpublished documents from the Hospitaller archives in Malta and his assiduous field work on the island sites discussed. Heslop’s work on the Hospitallers on the island of Rhodes has also enabled him to put together an important gazetteer of place-names in the countryside of Rhodes published here for the first time. The remaining two chapters of the collection summarize ground-breaking detective work to locate Villehardouin’s ‘lost’ castle of Grand Magne in the Mani and present a wider study of Byzantine fortifications in medieval Greece. This book will appeal to scholars and students of medieval history and to all those interested in the history of the Hospitallers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367859077

Medieval HagiographyAn Anthology First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315656465

Medieval Herbal RemediesThe Old English Herbarium and Anglo-Saxon Medicine This book presents for the first time an up-to-date and easy-to-read translation of a medical reference work that was used in Western Europe from the fifth century well into the Renaissance. Listing 185 medicinal plants the uses for each and remedies that were compounded using them the translation will fascinate medievalist medical historians and the layman alike. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203953419

Medieval Hostageship c.700-c.1500Hostage Captive Prisoner of War Guarantee Peacemaker This volume explores the issues of taking using and being hostages in the Middle Ages. It brings together recent research in the areas of hostages and hostageships  looking at the act of hostage-taking and the hostages themselves through the lenses of political and social history. Building upon previous work this volume in particular critically examines not only the situations of hostages and hostageships but also the broader social and political context of each situation developing a more complete picture of the phenomenon. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367874223

Medieval Images Icons and Illustrated English Literary TextsFrom the Ruthwell Cross to the Ellesmere Chaucer The function of images in the major illustrated English poetic works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the early fifteenth century is the primary concern of this book. Hilmo argues that the illustrations have not been sufficiently understood because modern judgments about their artistic merit and fidelity to the literary texts have got in the way of a historical understanding of their function. The author here proves that artists took their work seriously because images represented an invisible order of reality that they were familiar with the vernacular poems and that they were innovative in adapting existing iconographies to guide the ethical reading process of their audience. To provide a theoretical basis for the understanding of early monuments artefacts and texts she examines patristic opinions on image-making supported by the most authoritative modern sources. Fresh emphasis is given to the iconic nature of medieval images from the time of the iconoclastic debates of the 8th and 9th centuries to the renewed anxiety of image-making at the time of the Lollard attacks on images. She offers an important revision of the reading of the Ruthwell Cross which changes radically the interpretation of the Cross as a whole. Among the manuscripts examined here are the Caedmon Auchinleck Vernon and Pearl manuscripts. Hilmo's thesis is not confined to overtly religious texts and images but deals also with historical writing such as Layamon's Brut and with poetry designed ostensibly for entertainment such as the Canterbury Tales. This study convincingly demonstrates how the visual and the verbal interactively manifest the real "text" of each illustrated literary work. The artistic elements place vernacular works within a larger iconographic framework in which human composition is seen to relate to the activities of the divine Author and Artificer.Whether iconic or anti-iconic in stance images by their nature were a potent means of influencing the way an English author's words accessible in the vernacular were thought about and understood within the context of the theology of the Incarnation that informed them and governed their aesthetic of spiritual function. This is the first study to cover the range of illustrated English poems from the Anglo-Saxon period to the early 15th century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138273184

Medieval Islamic HistoriographyRemembering Rebellion This book is a comparative analysis of the medieval Sunni historiography of the caliphate of Uthman b. Affan and the revolt against him. By comparing treatments of Uthman in pietistic literature and universal chronicles the work traces the gradual silencing of more critical accounts in favor of those that portray Uthman as a saintly companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Through a comparative analysis of authors between genres and time periods this book shows how authors were able to convey their personal perspectives on important religio-political tensions that emerged through the revolt against Uthman namely the tension between Sunnis and Shiis religious and political authority and appeals to maintain stability and unity vs. appeals for greater justice. This last debate which in many ways began with the revolt against Uthman has been repeated most recently in the Arab Spring. This work therefore provides readers with helpful historical context for important contemporary debates.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138952560

Medieval Islamic PragmaticsSunni Legal Theorists' Models of Textual Communication This book deals with two different pragmatic approaches to textual communication: (i) the mainstream approach followed by the 'Ash'ari s Hanafi s and Mu'tazili s (ii) the salafite approach followed mainly by the Hanbali s defended and elaborated by Ibn Taymiyyah. One of the primary aims of the book is to explore and formulate several Muslim legal theorists' pragmatic theories communicative principles and linguistic views construct them in the form of models and set them within a general uniform framework. Another aim is to reveal a corpus of information and data which though highly relevant to modern pragmatics is still unknown. This study which can be seen as an extensive introduction to 'medieval Islamic pragmatics' is the first attempt to examine the approaches followed by the Salafi s or the mainstream from a pragmatic viewpoint. There has been no attempt to explain the principles and the strategies utilised by the medieval Sunni Muslim legal theorists in their account of how communication works and how successful interpretation is achieved. Of course a lot of work has been done on different Islamic sects and their different positions over the interpretation of the Quran and Sunnah but these studies fall short of delving into the underlying communicative principles that motivate their differences over interpretation. The author's formulation of the Muslim legal theorists' views is enhanced by setting up a reliable theoretical foundation and by delving into their underlying philosophical principles. This involves relating the legal theorists' insights into interpretation and communication to their relevant ontological epistemological and theological outlooks and comparing these insights with their modern pragmatic counterparts. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315027586

Medieval Jewish PhilosophyAn Introduction Beginning with the earliest philosopher of the Middle Ages Saadiah ben Joseph al-Fayyumi this work surveys the writings of such figures as Solomon ben Joseph ibn Gabirol Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda Abraham ben david Halevi ibn Daud Judah Halevi Moses Maimonides Gersonides Hasdai Crescas Simon ben Zemah Duran Joseph Albo Isaac Arama and Isaac Abrabanel. Throughout an attempt is made to place these thinkers in an historical context and describe their contributions to the history of Jewish medieval thought in simple and lucid terms. The book is directed to students enrolled in Jewish studies courses as well as to those who seek an awareness and appreciation of the riches of medieval Jewish philosophical tradition. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315026510

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Medieval Literature and Social PoliticsStudies of Cultures and Their Contexts Medieval Literature and Social Politics brings together seventeen articles by literary historian Stephen Knight. The book primarily focuses on the social and political meaning of medieval literature in the past and the present. It provides an account of how early heroic texts relate to the issues surrounding leadership and conflict in Wales France and England and how the myth of the Grail and the French reworking of Celtic stories relate to contemporary society and its concerns. Further chapters examine Chaucer’s readings of his social world the medieval reworkings of the Arthur and Merlin myths and the popular social statements in ballads and other literary forms. The concluding chapters examine the Anglo-nationalist `Arctic Arthur’ and the ways in which Arthur Merlin and Robin Hood can be treated in terms of modern studies of the history of emotions and the environment. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of medieval Europe as well as those interested in social and political history medieval literature and modern medievalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367511289

Medieval Literature for Children This volume will be a critical anthology of primary texts whose main audience was children and/or adolescents in the medieval period. Texts will include theoretical and interpretative introductions and commentary. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138001824

Medieval Literature: The Basics Medieval Literature: The Basics is an engaging introduction to this fascinating body of literature. The volume breaks down the variety of genres used in the corpus of medieval literature and makes these texts accessible to readers. It engages with the familiarities present in the narratives and connects these ideas with a contemporary twenty-first century audience. The volume also addresses contemporary medievalism to show the presence of medieval literature in contemporary culture such as film television games and novels. From Dante and Chaucer to Christine de Pisan this book deals with questions such as: What is medieval literature? What are some of the key topics and genres of medieval literature? How did it evolve as technology such as the printing press developed? How has it remained relevant in the twenty-first century? Medieval Literature: The Basics is an ideal introduction for students coming to the subject for the first time while also acting as a springboard from which deeper interaction with medieval literature can be developed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138669055

Medieval LiteratureCriticism and Debates Medieval Literature: Criticism and Debates combines classic critical essays alongside new voices and approaches highlighting vibrant debates on medieval literature that will continue to shape critical conversations for the coming decades. Holly A. Crocker and D. Vance Smith present a fascinating collection of essays from leading contemporary scholars of medieval literature and culture examining topics including gender sexuality politics belief language nationhood science and desire. The volume sheds light on critical discussions of the medieval period and shows the continuing relevance and vivacity of Medieval English literature in the twenty-first century. Each section is thoroughly introduced and the essays develop various debates in key areas providing a springboard for readers to establish their own study arguments and opinions. Further reading sections make this volume an accessible and important resource for those studying literature from the Medieval period and beyond. Contributors: Anthony Bale Sarah Beckwith Anke Bernau Glenn Burger Ardis Butterfield Christopher Cannon Christine Chism Lisa H. Cooper Susan Crane Holly A. Crocker George Edmondson Ruth Evans Sylvia Federico Laurie Finke Aranye Fradenburg Frank Grady Richard Firth Green Patricia Clare Ingham Hannah Johnson Steven Justice David Lawton Robert Mills J. Allan Mitchell Nicholas Perkins Tison Pugh Elizabeth Robertson Kellie Robertson Jessica Rosenfeld Sarah Salih Corinne Saunders Martin Shichtman D. Vance Smith Emily Steiner Jennifer Summit Stephanie Trigg Marion Turner David Wallace Angela Jane Weisl Nicolette Zeeman Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415667906

Medieval LiturgyA Book of Essays Originally published in 1997 Medieval Liturgy is a unique and interesting collection of nine essays that explores medieval liturgy from three distinct perspectives: historical liturgical and theological. The book includes contributions from eminent scholars of the time and discusses the development of 9th to 11th century ordines the meaning of the Mass in the 12th and 13th centuries medieval preaching ordination practices popular penance practices marriage rites the role of music in Eucharistic liturgy and the relationship between liturgical architectural space and theology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367194130

Medieval Lives c. 1000-1292The World of the Beaugency Family Medieval Lives c. 1000–1292: The World of the Beaugency Family is a gateway into Europe during the Central Middle Ages. Through charting the lives of the Beaugency family this book delves into the history of Western Europe and explores the impact of the changes and events of the period on those who experienced them. The Central Middle Ages were years of profound transformation and through the two centuries in which they lived the Beaugency family experienced many of the key developments that have characterized the period such as the launch of the crusades and the emergence of the commercial economy. By following the lives of the family this book instills a deeper understanding of the significance that human experience has on our ability to truly comprehend the crucial historical events of the age. It personalizes the history of the Middle Ages and provides students with a unique insight into the culture of the period. Containing maps genealogical tables over thirty images a large collection of previously unpublished archival sources used throughout the book and accompanied by a companion website with interactive features Medieval Lives c. 1000–1292: The World of the Beaugency Family is a portal into the lives of the Beaugency family and an ideal introduction to the Central Middle Ages. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138677098

Medieval Logic and MetaphysicsA Modern Introduction Originally published in 1972 Medieval Logic and Metaphysics shows how formal logic can be used in the clarification of philosophical problems. An elementary exposition of Leśniewski’s Onotology an important system of contemporary logic is followed by studies of central philosophical themes such as Negation and Non-being Essence and Existence Meaning and Reference Part and Whole. Philosophers and theologians discussed include St Anselm St Thomas Aquinas Abelard Ockham Scotus Hume and Russell. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367182717

Medieval London This unique study is based on the careful interpretation of evidence in the commercial and administrative records of the City and in the royal records of the process by which London developed from a commune of a feudal kingdom into the capital city of the English nation. The period covered is the century and a half between 1191 and the beginnings of the Hundred Years' War. Leading themes are the emergence of its administrative elite the changing pattern of its mercantile interests and the rise of its craft organizations; and a detailed account is given of the social and constitutional conflicts that marked London's history between the popular revolt of 1263 and the succession of Edward III. A notable feature of this volume is the reconstruction from teh records of a large number of outline biographies of Londoners of all classes. This book was first published in 1963. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415849524

Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age explores one major manuscript repository’s digital presence and poses timely questions about studying books from a temporal and spatial distance via the online environment. Through contributions from a large group of distinguished international scholars the volume assesses the impact of being able to access and interpret these early manuscripts in new ways. The focus on Parker on the Web a world-class digital repository of diverse medieval manuscripts comes as that site made its contents Open Access. Exploring the uses of digital representations of medieval texts and their contexts contributors consider manuscripts from multiple perspectives including production materiality and reception. In addition the volume explicates new interdisciplinary frameworks of analysis for the study of the relationship between texts and their physical contexts while centring on an appreciation of the opportunities and challenges effected by the digital representation of a tangible object. Approaches extend from the codicological palaeographical linguistic and cultural to considerations of reader reception image production and the implications of new technologies for future discoveries. Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age advances the debate in manuscript studies about the role of digital and computational sources and tools. As such the book will appeal to scholars and students working in the disciplines of Digital Humanities Medieval Studies Literary Studies Library and Information Science and Book History. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367426613

Medieval MemoriesMen Women and the Past 700-1300 Who exactly was responsible for the preservation of knowledge about the past? How did people preserve their recollections and pass them on to the next generation? Did they write them down or did they hand then on orally? The book is concerned with the memories of medieval people. In the Middle Ages as now men and women collected stories about the past and handed them down to posterity.  Many memories centre in the aristocratic family or lineage while others are focussed on institutions such as monasteries or nunneries. The family and monastic contexts clearly illustrate that remembrance of the past was a task for men and women and that each sex had a specific gendered role. Memory also involves selection of what should and should not be remembered and its corollary amnesia therefore is discussed. Anchored in the present memory casts a shadow on the future and thus prophecies form an important component of the cult of remembrance.  For the first time in Medieval Memories tombstones medieval encyclopaedias and legal testimonies figure alongside moral guidebooks miracle stories and chronicles as material for the gendered perceptions of the medieval past. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138837522

Medieval Merchant VenturersCollected Studies First published in 1967 this superb collection of essays on trade in the Middle Ages has been a major contribution to modern medieval studies. Professor Carus-Wilson examines: * fifteenth-century Bristol* trade with Iceland* the Merchant Adventurers of London* the thirteenth-century cloth industry (with its highly developed capitalist system)* the export of English woollen cloth* the wine trade. Each paper is firmly rooted in original research and contemporary sources such as customs returns and company minutes and in addition her expose of the dubious accuracy of Aulnage accounts is widely recognised as a classic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415849531

Medieval MindsMental Health in the Middle Ages Originally published in 1967 Medieval Minds looks at the Middle Ages as a period with changing attitudes towards mental health and its treatment. The book argues that it was a period that that bridged the ancient with the modern ignorance with knowledge and superstition with science. The Middle Ages spanned almost a millennium in the history of the humanities and provided the people of this period with the benefit of this knowledge. The book looks at the promise and progress which was reflected by thinkers such as Augustin and Aurelianus Alexander of Tralles and Paul of Aegina. The book also looks at martyrs like Valentine and Dympna and the patrons of those afflicted with illnesses such as epilepsy and insanity. Written by the psychologist Thomas Francis Graham this book provides a distinct and unique insight into the mind of those living in the medieval period and will be of interest to academics of history and literature alike. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367191887

Medieval Modal SystemsProblems and Concepts This book explores noteworthy approaches to modal syllogistic adopted by medieval logicians including Abélard Albert the Great Avicenna Averröes Jean Buridan Richard Campsall Robert Kilwardby and William of Ockham. The book situates these approaches in relation to Aristotle's discussion in the Prior and Posterior Analytics and other parts of the Organon but also in relation to the thought of Alexander of Aphrodisias and Boethius on the one hand and to modern interpretations of the modal syllogistic on the other. Problems explored include: Aristotle's doctrine of modal conversion the pure and mixed necessity-moods modal ecthesis the pure and mixed contingency-moods and Aristotle's use of counter-examples. Medieval logicians brought various concepts to bear on these problems including the distinction between per se and per accidens terms the notion of essential predication the distinction between ut nunc and simpliciter propositions the distinction between de dicto and de re modals and the notion of ampliation. All these are examined in this book. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315249261

Medieval Monarchy in ActionThe German Empire from Henry I to Henry IV Originally published in 1972 Medieval Monarchy in Action covers a period extending from the reign of Henry I to the early years of Henry IV. The book examines how the Saxon and Salian monarchs of the tenth and eleventh centuries built the foundations of the German Empire this volume contains fifty documents which present the reader with the vivid picture of the imperial activities. The book contains original source material including diplomas issued by the emperors most of which have never before been published in English. Both the introduction and documents reveal the workings of the imperial chancery the utilization of the Church as the foundation for building a strong monarchy and the careful conscription of learned ecclesiastics into the royal bureaucracy. The period of Saxon-Salian dominance is an important area of study for papal-imperial relations in the Middle Ages and also for modern European history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367203467

Medieval Monasticism Collected Studies CS1064This collection of Giles Constable's key articles on medieval monastic and ecclesiastical history provides nothing less than a comprehensive overview of research in the field. The book provides an insight into monastic life in the Middle Ages - from Germany to Normandy and from England to Sicily. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367887155

Medieval MonasticismForms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages Medieval Monasticism traces the Western Monastic tradition from its fourth century origins in the deserts of Egypt and Syria through the many and varied forms of religious life it assumed during the Middle Ages. Hugh Lawrence explores the many sided relationship between monasteries and the secular world around them. For a thousand years the great monastic houses and religious orders were a prominent feature of the social landscape of the West and their leaders figured as much in the political as on the spiritual map of the medieval world. In this book many of them together with their supporters and critics are presented to us and speak their minds to us. We are shown for instance the controversy between the Benedictines and the reformed monasticism of the twelfth century and the problems that confronted women in religious life. A detailed glossary offers readers a helpful vocabulary of the subject. This book is essential reading for both students and scholars of the medieval world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138854048

Medieval Monstrosity and the Female Body The medieval monster is a slippery construct and its referents include a range of religious racial and corporeal aberrations. In this study Miller argues that one incarnation of monstrosity in the Middle Ages—the female body—exists in special relation to medieval teratology insofar as it resists the customary marginalization that defined most other monstrous groups in the Middle Ages. Though medieval maps located the monstrous races on the distant margins of the civilized world the monstrous female body took the form of mother sister wife and daughter. It was therefore pervasive proximate and necessary on social sexual and reproductive grounds. Miller considers several significant texts representing authoritative discourses on female monstrosity in the Middle Ages: the Pseudo-Ovidian poem De vetula (The Old Woman); a treatise on human generation erroneously attributed to Albert the Great De secretis mulierum (On the Secrets of Women) and Julian of Norwich’s Showings. Through comparative analysis Miller grapples with the monster’s semantic flexibility while simultaneously working towards a composite image of late-medieval female monstrosity whose features are stable enough to define. Whether this body is discursively constructed as an Ovidian body a medicalized body or a mystical body its corporeal boundaries fail to form properly: it is a body out of bounds. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138817449

Medieval Music Almost a thousand years of music are treated in this volume on the performance practice of the Middle Ages covering monophony and polyphony sacred and secular genre and theory. The essays selected deal with the most crucial of performers' decisions: pitch rhythm and performing forces as well as related matters such as proportions tunings and the need for ornamentation. The introduction provides an overview of the major issues and resources situating medieval music within the context of the early music revival and the debate on authenticity and providing an extended bibliography of relevant scholarship. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754628514

Medieval Music Originally published in 1978 Medieval Music explores the fascinating development of medieval western music from its often obscure origins in the Jewish synagogue and early Church to the mid-fifteenth century. The book is intended as a straightforward survey of medieval music and emphases the technical aspects such as form style and notation. It is illustrated by nearly one hundred musical examples the majority of which have been transcribed from original sources and many of which contains chapters on Latin chant and other forms of sacred monophony secular song early polyphony the ars antiqua French and Italian fourteenth-century music English music and fifteenth-century music. Each chapter is followed by a classified bibliography divided into musical sources literary sources and modern studies; in addition to a comprehensive bibliography. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367191672

Medieval Papalism (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 36) This volume deals with the problem of State and Church in the Middle Ages from a new angle. It not only shows how and why the medieval popes pursued a policy of world domination but also discloses the ideas by which the papal monarchs were primarily influenced. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415650069

Medieval Persia 1040-1797 Medieval Persia 1040-1797 charts the remarkable history of Persia from its conquest by the Muslim Arabs in the seventh century AD to the modern period at the end of the eighteenth century when the impact of the west became pervasive. David Morgan argues that understanding this complex period of Persia’s history is integral to understanding modern Iran and its significant role on the international scene. The book begins with a geographical introduction and briefly summarises Persian history during the early Islamic centuries to place the country’s Middle Ages in their historical context. It then charts the arrival of the Saljūq Turks in the eleventh century and discusses in turn the major political powers of the period: Mongols Timurids Türkmen and Safawids. The chronological narrative enables students to identify change and consistencies under each ruling dynasty while Persia’s rich social cultural religious and economic history is also woven throughout to present a complete picture of life in Medieval Persia. Despite the turbulent backdrop which saw Persia ruled by a succession of groups who had seized power by military force arts painting poetry literature and architecture all flourished in the period. This new edition contains a new epilogue which discusses the significant literature of the last 28 years to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the latest historiographical trends in Persian history. Concise and clear this book is the perfect introduction for students of medieval Persia and the medieval Middle East. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138885660

Medieval Philosophy and the Classical TraditionIn Islam Judaism and Christianity An initial chapter on the history of Islamic philosophy sets the stage for sixteen articles on issues across the three traditions. The goal is to see the Islamic tradition in its own richness and complexity as the context of most Jewish intellectual work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415849500

Medieval Philosophy of ReligionThe History of Western Philosophy of Religion Volume 2 The Medieval period was one of the richest eras for the philosophical study of religion. Covering the period from the 6th to the 16th century reaching into the Renaissance "The History of Western Philosophy of Religion 2" shows how Christian Islamic and Jewish thinkers explicated and defended their religious faith in light of the philosophical traditions they inherited from the ancient Greeks and Romans. The enterprise of 'faith seeking understanding' as it was dubbed by the medievals themselves emerges as a vibrant encounter between - and a complex synthesis of - the Platonic Aristotelian and Hellenistic traditions of antiquity on the one hand and the scholastic and monastic religious schools of the medieval West on the other. "Medieval Philosophy of Religion" will be of interest to scholars and students of Philosophy Medieval Studies the History of Ideas and Religion while remaining accessible to any interested in the rich cultural heritage of medieval religious thought. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781844656820

Medieval Political Ideas (Routledge Revivals)Volume I First published in 1954 this book explores the political ideas of the Middle Ages. It covers the period from the investiture struggle to the end of the fifteenth century and provides comprehensive readings of otherwise inaccessible source material. Each chapter begins with an introductory essay on the subject at hand that leads to a number of translated passages numerous enough to display a variety of opinion and long enough to indicate the process of thought as well as its conclusions. This book is the first of a two volume set and will be useful to teachers and advanced students of political theory and medieval history. Topics discussed in this volume include law property and lordship political authority and community. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415642262

Medieval Political Ideas (Routledge Revivals)Volume II First published in 1954 this book explores the political ideas of the Middle Ages. It covers the period from the investiture struggle to the end of the fifteenth century and provides comprehensive readings of otherwise inaccessible source material. Each chapter begins with an introductory essay on the subject at hand that leads to a number of translated passages numerous enough to display a variety of opinion and long enough to indicate the process of thought as well as its conclusions. This book is the second of a two volume set and will be useful to teachers and advanced students of political theory and medieval history. Topics discussed in this volume include authority in the Church the problem of the Empire and Regnum and Sacerdotium. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415642279

Medieval Political Theory: A ReaderThe Quest for the Body Politic 1100-1400 A textbook anthology of important works of political thought revealing the development of ideas from the 12th to the 15th centuries. Includes new translations of both well-known and ignored writers and an introductory overview. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138148024

Medieval RhetoricA Casebook This volume in the Routledge Medieval Casebooks series explores medieval rhetorical practices. Ten original essays examine the ways in which contemporary readers and scholars might employ rhetorical theory to illuminate underlying meanings in medieval texts. The contributors also explore how rhetoric was used as a means of textual innovation in the work of medieval authors such as Chaucer and his contemporaries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138799813

Medieval Rhodesia First published in 1906 this archaeological examination of the ruins of Zimbabwe Rhodesia's pre-historic monument asserted that it was African in origin belonging to the medieval period. The academic controversy still has echoes in the 21st century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415760966

Medieval Scholarship: Biographical Studies on the Formation of a DisciplineLiterature and Philology First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315790275

Medieval ScholarshipBiographical Studies on the Formation of a Discipline: History First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315860657

Medieval ScholarshipBiographical Studies on the Formation of a Discipline: Religion and Art First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138980792

Medieval SexualityA Casebook Medieval Sexuality: A Casebook is a fascinating collection featuring both new and established experts in the field. The volume includes 11 original essays by Ross Balzaretti Philip Crispin Dominic Janes Hugh Kennedy A. Lynn Martin Kim M. Phillips Samantha J. E. Riches Joyce E. Salisbury David Santiuste and the volume editors April Harper and Caroline Proctor. The authors explore a variety of sources contributing work on a diverse range of topics including: sources for sexuality in Late Lombard Italy; the problematic reception of early medieval penitentials by modern readers; sexuality as experienced by the desert fathers and mothers; connections between saints monsters and sexuality in medieval art and hagiography; the relationship between food seduction and adultery in the fabliaux; sex alcohol and the late medieval stereotype of the unruly woman; sex as a medical and moral concern in medieval regimens of health; ideas of sexuality in political discourse; sex and scandal in festive drama; debates on sexual orientation in Arabic court literature; and pre-colonial descriptions of sexuality in the Far East. The volume concludes with a useful selection of further reading.     Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415809023

Medieval SexualityA Research Guide Originally published in 1990. Well-annotated bibliographical entries cover works on history religion medicine philosophy law and literature in western Europe from about the third century A.D. through the end of the medieval period. The primary sources are organised thematically and separately from secondary sources. Languages covered include English Spanish Portuguese French German Italian and Latin. The focus is on sexuality and sexual attitudes not on the related topics of marriage and family. Detailed indexes are also included. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367174750

Medieval Ships and Warfare This collection of essays and articles from a wide range of journals is intended to make more accessible to students and scholars some of the most important writing in English in this field from the 1950s to the present day. The volume draws attention to work on both the design and the use of ships in warfare in the period c.1000-c.1500. The collection deals with both the Mediterranean and northern waters in this period and not only makes clear what work has been done in this field but indicates areas where more research is needed. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315249254

Medieval Texts and ImagesStudies of Manuscripts from the Middle Ages Originally published in 1991 Medieval Texts and Images is a collection of essays which critically examines medieval manuscripts. The book contains a wide range of contributions the first examines the relationship of the Légende Dorée and its relationship to the aristocratic patrons who commissioned these manuscripts; the second scrutinises the tradition of French illumination as it was developed in Paris in the so-called Bedford Master’s workshop in the 1420s. The text examines liturgical texts of the medieval period and written and liturgical contributions to Renaissance art. Other contributions include an investigation into the written scroll within the painted composition comparing various compositional and thematic functions in the depiction of a Crucifixion and a study of Christian vernacular poetry. This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the use of text and image in medieval literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367187415

Medieval Texts in Context This collection of essays by leading experts in manuscript studies sheds new light on ways to approach medieval texts in their manuscript context. Each contribution provides groundbreaking insight into the field of medieval textual culture demonstrating the various interconnections between medieval material and literary traditions. The contributors’ work aids reconstruction of the period’s writing practices as contextual factors surrounding the texts provide clues to the ‘manuscript experience’. Topics such as scribal practice and textual providence glosses rubrics page lay-out and even page ruling are addressed in a manner illustrative and suggestive of textual practice of the time while the volume further considers the interface between the manuscript and early textual communities. Looking at medieval inventories of books no longer extant and addressing questions such as ownership reading practices and textual production Medieval Texts in Context addresses the fundamental interpretative issue of how scribe-editors worked with an eye to their intended audience. An understanding of the world inhabited by the scribal community is made use of to illuminate the rationale behind the manufacture of devotional texts. The combination of approaches to the medieval vernacular manuscript presented in this volume is unique marking a major innovative contribution to manuscript studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138868915

Medieval Theatre in Context: An Introduction First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an Informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138159242

Medieval Thought and Historiography Collected Studies CS1065We assume that we have a clear understanding of how people in the Middle Ages thought and which attitudes they struck but in reality this is a subject of enormous complexity of which conclusions can only be drawn via painstaking archival research and decades of study. Giles Constable has spent a career analysing these forces and impulses and this new collection draws together his major findings on a host of topics including frontiers metaphors religious life and spirituality  and concepts of political theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367887162

Medieval Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond Collected Studies CS1066The articles in this collection cover the region extending from Italy to the Black Sea and to Egypt over a period of seven centuries with an emphasis on the considerable economic and social interaction between the West and the regions of the Eastern Mediterranean. They represent key works in the oeuvre of David Jacoby the doyen of scholars in the field over many decades. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367888688

Medieval Visions of Heaven and HellA Sourcebook First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315055817

Medieval Warfare 1000–1300 The study of medieval warfare has developed enormously in recent years. The figure of the armoured mounted knight who was believed to have materialized in Carolingian times long dominated all discussion of the subject. It is now understood that the knight emerged over a long period of time and that he was never alone on the field of conflict. Infantry at all times played a substantial role in conflict and the notion that they were in some way invented only in the fourteenth century is no longer sustainable. Moreover modern writers have examined campaigns which for long seemed pointless because they did not lead to spectacular events like battles. As a result we now understand the pattern of medieval war which often did not depend on battle but on exerting pressure on the opponent by economic warfare. This pattern was intensified by the existence of castles and careful study has revealed much about their development and the evolving means of attacking them. Crusading warfare pitted westerners against a novel style of war and affords an opportunity to assess the military effectiveness of European methods. New areas of study are now developing. The logistics of medieval armies was always badly neglected while until very recently there was a silence on the victims of war. Assembled in this volume are 31 papers which represent milestones in the development of the new ideas about medieval warfare set in context by an introductory essay. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138378377

Medieval Warfare 1300–1450 War was epidemic in the late Middle Ages. It affected every land and all peoples from Scotland and Scandinavia in the north to the southern Mediterranean Sea coastlines of Morocco North Africa Egypt and the Middle East in the south from Ireland and Spain in the west to Russia and Turkey in the east. Nowhere was peaceful for any significant amount of time. The period also saw significant changes in military theory and practice which altered the ways in which campaigns were conducted battles fought and sieges laid; and changes in the leadership recruitment training supply and financing of armies. There were changes in the relationship between those waging warfare from generals to irregular troops and the society in which they lived and for or against which they fought; the frequency of popular rebellions and the participation in them by townspeople and peasants; changes in the desire to undertake Crusades and changes in technology including but not limited to gunpowder weapons. This collection gathers together some of the best published work on these topics. The first section of seven papers show that throughout Europe in the later Middle Ages generals led and armies followed what are usually defined as "modern" strategy and tactics contrary to popular belief. The second part reprints nine works that examine the often neglected aspects of the process of putting and keeping together a late medieval army. In the third section the authors discuss various ways that warfare in the fourteenth and fifteenth century affected the society of that period. The final sections cover popular rebellions and crusading. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315249230

Medieval WorldsA Sourcebook Complete with introductions full commentary glossary and a guide to further reading  Medieval Worlds is a comprehensive sourcebook for the study of Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century. Drawing on a wide range of documents from chronicles legal state and church documents to biographies poems and letters from all over Europe the authors expertly illustrate to the reader the unity – and complexity – of the medieval world. Amongst many more central issues discussed include: the diverse world of monasteries the Papacy the Crusades women the roles of the town and countryside. Medieval Worlds presents the reader with a view of the medieval era as it was: one of immense diversity with openness to new ideas and outreach in areas from technology to natural philosophy. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315012803

Medievalism and Nationalism in German OperaEuryanthe to Lohengrin Medievalism or the reception or interpretation of the Middle Ages was a prominent aesthetic for German opera composers in the first half of the nineteenth century. A healthy competition to establish a Germanic operatic repertory arose at this time and fascination with medieval times served a critical role in shaping the desire for a unified national and cultural identity. Using operas by Weber Schubert Marshner Wagner and Schumann as case studies Richardson investigates what historical information was available to German composers in their recreations of medieval music and whether or not such information had any demonstrable effect on their compositions. The significant role that nationalism played in the choice of medieval subject matter for opera is also examined along with how audiences and critics responded to the medieval milieu of these works. In this book readers will gain a clear understanding of the rise of German opera in the early nineteenth century and the cultural and historical context in which this occurred. This book will also provide insight on the reception of medieval history and medieval music in nineteenth-century Germany and will demonstrate how medievalism and nationalism were mutually reinforcing phenomena at this time and place in history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138630543

Medievalism and the Quest for the Real Middle Ages Medievalism the later reception of the Middle Ages has been used by many writers not just during the Victorian period but from the Renaissance to the present as a means of commenting on their own societies and systems of values. Until recently this self-interest was used to distinguish between Medievalism a selective often romanticised view of the past and medieval studies with its quest for an authentic Middle Ages. The essays in this collection suggest that the search for knowledge of a "real" Middle Ages has always been a problematic one and that the vitality of the vision of Medievalism is demonstrated by its constant adaption to current concerns. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138878167

MedievalismsMaking the Past in the Present From King Arthur and Robin Hood through to video games and jousting-themed restaurants medieval culture continues to surround us and has retained a strong influence on literature and culture throughout the ages. This fascinating and illuminating guide is written by two of the leading contemporary scholars of medieval literature and explores: The influence of medieval cultural concepts on literature and film including key authors such as Shakespeare Tennyson and Mark Twain The continued appeal of medieval cultural figures such as Dante King Arthur and Robin Hood The influence of the medieval on such varied disciplines such as politics music children’s literature and art. Contemporary efforts to relive the Middle Ages. Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present surveys the critical field and sets the boundaries for future study providing an essential background for literary study from the medieval period through to the twenty-first century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415617277

MeditationClassic and Contemporary Perspectives Many claim that meditation is effective in the treatment of many ailments associated with stress and high blood pressure and in the management of pain. While there are many popular books on meditation few embrace the science as well as the art of meditation. In this volume Shapiro and Walsh fill this need by assembling a complete collection of scholarly articles--Meditation: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives.From an academic rather than a popular vantage the volume takes the claims and counterclaims about meditation to a deeper analytical level by including studies from clinical psychology and psychiatry neuroscience psychophysiology and biochemistry. Each selection is a contribution to the field either as a classic of research or by being methodologically elegant heuristically interesting or creative. Original articles cover such topics as the effects of meditation in the treatment of stress hypertension and addictions; the comparison of meditation with other self-regulation strategies; the adverse effects of meditation; and meditation-induced altered states of consciousness.Concluding with a major bibliography of related works Meditation offers the reader a valuable overview of the state and possible future directions of meditation research. Today in the popular media and elsewhere debate continues: Is meditation an effective technique for spiritual and physical healing or is it quackery? Meditation: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives weighs in on this debate by presenting what continues to be the most complete collection of scholarly articles ever amassed on the subject of meditation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138527867

MeditationSelf-regulation Strategy and Altered State of Consciousness Despite the increase in meditation studies the quality remains variable; many of them are trivial and most remain unreplicated. Research on meditation has been plagued by insubstantial theorizing global claims and the substitution of belief systems for grounded hypotheses. Meditation punctures some of the myths about meditation while retaining a place of value for mediation as a normal human function.In each chapter includes discussion of the major questions addressed followed by a detailed critique of important theoretical clinical and research issues. In several instances the reader may find that questions seem to beget questions: research bearing upon certain issues may be contradictory or not yet of sufficient thoroughness. In these cases the author suggests the specific future research necessary to resolve the questions posed so that claims about meditation are justified and which are not. The profession of psychology itself is and has been in a polarized debate between the "practitioners" and the "experimentalists." The latter accuse the former of being "soft non-empirical non-scientific " while practitioners accuse the experimentalists of conducting research which is essentially irrelevant to human concerns.This approach provides a bridge between research and clinical practice. Meditation provides an encompassing survey of the topic--nearly forty tables and figures; sample questionnaires evaluations and programs and a detailed overview of a controversial field. Shapiro separates self-regulation with self-delusion to outline questions and possible answers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138527874

Mediterranean CitiesHistorical Perspectives First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138980808

Mediterranean ConnectionsMaritime Transport Containers and Seaborne Trade in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages Mediterranean Connections focuses on the origin and development of maritime transport containers from the Early Bronze through early Iron Age periods (ca. 3200–700 BC). Analysis of this category of objects broadens our understanding of ancient Mediterranean interregional connections including the role that shipwrecks seafaring and coastal communities played in interaction and exchange. These containers have often been the subject of specific and detailed pottery studies but have seldom been examined in the context of connectivity and trade in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean.This broad study:considers the likely origins of these types of vessels;traces their development and spread throughout the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean as archetypal organic bulk cargo containers;discusses the wider impact on Mediterranean connections transport and trade over a period of 2 500 years covering the Bronze and early Iron Ages.Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists and historians as well as maritime archaeologists will find this extensively researched volume an important addition to their library. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367890315

Mediterranean Ecogeography A core textbook series that aims to provide students with accessible up-to-date accounts of Ecogeography - the marriage of ecology with geography - in the primary terrestrial and marine environments. This is the first book in the series on Mediterranean Ecogeography. Biological diversity in the Mediterranean Basin is amongst the highest of any region on earth both in terms of total species numbers and endemism. The flora is estimated at about 25 000 species of flowering plants and ferns compared with about 6000 species in non-Mediterranean Europe. About 50% of these are endemic. Diversity amongst vertebrate animals is also high though endemism rates are lower than for plants. The high levels of diversity contribute to and are a reflection of the considerable variability of landscape. This results from a combination of factors including geological and tectonic history relief and physiography climate geomorphological processes hydrology soils the incidence of fires and impact of human activities. The landscapes of the Mediterranean Basin are thus varied and fragmented; a mosaic of ecosystems and communities. Mediterranean Ecogeography aims to examine and explain this heterogeneity and the approach is focused on the ecogeography of the region. Analysing the factors which account for the present distributions of plants and animals and the functioning of ecosystems within the Mediterranean Basin can help in the understanding of the relationship between people and natural ecosystems. A key to the conservation of these ecosystems is the wise use of resources biological and physical. In addition it is vital to assess how the natural environments of the region will respond to further change. In the last twenty years understanding of the functioning of mediterranean-type ecosystems has advanced through several international projects. This book draws upon the findings of these and other research in the Mediterranean Basin to present a comprehensive text on a key region of the world and the problems and prospects of its environmental exploitation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138161191

Mediterranean FoodsComposition and Processing The Mediterranean region is well known around the world for its rich culinary history. While most books tend to only focus on the nutritional culinary and/or health aspects of Mediterranean cuisine this book presents a more scientific approach and discusses the composition of specific foods from the Mediterranean basin as well as specific processing methodologies applied to produce food in this area of the world. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498740890

Mediterranean Heritage (Routledge Revivals) Mediterranean Heritage first published in 1978 offers a wide-ranging and perceptive discussion of the often concealed links between English culture and the common heritage of Western Europe: the Graeco-Roman legacy of the Mediterranean. There seems to have been no time when England has not been in touch with the civilisations of Greece and Italy: even Stonehenge the most dramatic survivor of our remotest past has a carved dagger of Mycenaean pattern among its ornaments. The pioneers of a distinctly English creative vision – Shakespeare Sidney Milton – clearly looked to Italy. Throughout the eighteenth century ‘grand tourists’ found southern Europe irresistible. The Romantics all became enraptured by the Mediterranean and passed on their fascination in some of the most passionate poetry in English. Appearing at a time which England is more obviously a part of Europe than she has been for sixteen hundred years Mediterranean Heritage provides valuable insights into the origins of our culture’s greatest achievements. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138017535

Mediterranean Identities in the Premodern EraEntrepôts Islands Empires The first full length volume to approach the premodern Mediterranean from a fully interdisciplinary perspective this collection defines the Mediterranean as a coherent region with distinct patterns of social political and cultural exchange. The essays explore the production modification and circulation of identities based on religion ethnicity profession gender and status as free or slave within three distinctive Mediterranean geographies: islands entrepôts and empires. Individual essays explore such topics as interreligious conflict and accommodation; immigration and diaspora; polylingualism; classical imitation and canon formation; traffic in sacred objects; Mediterranean slavery; and the dream of a reintegrated Roman empire. Integrating environmental social political religious literary artistic and linguistic concerns this collection offers a new model for approaching a distinct geographical region as a unique site of cultural and social exchange. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138245433

Mediterranean Migration and the Labour MarketsPolicies for Growth and Social Development in the Mediterranean Area This book focuses on issues that are relevant for the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. The depth and the extension of the current political crisis in the area have changed the perspectives of conventional Euro-Mediterranean integration policies. The book provides the grounds for new patterns of analysis and addresses policy guidelines which are able to respond to the dramatic challenges that Mediterranean regions are facing. By implementing a multidisciplinary approach the volume uncovers the structural determinants of migrations in the area: territorial and social imbalances climate change unemployment weak institutions poor governance lack of efficient redistributive policies. Each chapter proposes innovative and rich analyses of the socio-economic conditions of all Mediterranean countries. The prevailing evidence suggests that while the North-South imbalances still persist inside the basin the recent world economic and financial crises have deepened social intergenerational and gender inequalities. These inequalities cross all territories both nationally and internationally and affect the living conditions of large segments of population in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries. To bridge these gaps it is necessary to strengthen territorial cohesion reduce income differentials and improve the access of marginal areas to basic infrastructure. These long term goals can be achieved through an inclusive development model for which young people and women can enjoy the same opportunities of education and work. Offering innovative and practical guidelines for future programs and policies this book is essential reading for policy makers researchers at policy think tanks as well as academics and post graduate students of Mediterranean studies and Economic Policy. The general policy recipes provided to govern migration flows make useful reading for national and international research centres and major governmental agencies interested in migration issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138557345

Mediterranean ModernismsThe Poetic Metaphysics of Odysseus Elytis Engaging with the work of Nobel Prize-winning poet Odysseus Elytis within the framework of international modernism Marinos Pourgouris places the poet's work in the context of other modernist and surrealist writers in Europe. At the same time Pourgouris puts forward a redefinition of European Modernism that makes the Mediterranean and Greece in particular the discursive contact zone and incorporates neglected elements such as national identity and geography. Beginning with an examination of Greek Modernism Pourgouris's study places Elytis in conversation with Albert Camus; analyzes the influence of Charles Baudelaire Gaston Bachelard and Sigmund Freud on Elytis's theory of analogies; traces the symbol of the sun in Elytis's poetry by way of the philosophies of Heraclitus and Plotinus; examines the influence of Le Corbusier on Elytis's theory of architectural poetics; and takes up the subject of Elytis's application of his theory of Solar Metaphysics to poetic form in the context of works by Freud C. G. Jung and Michel Foucault. Informed by extensive research in the United States and Europe Pourgouris's study makes a compelling contribution to the comparative study of Greek modernism the Mediterranean and the work of Odysseus Elytis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138253735

Mediterranean MosaicPopular Music and Global Sounds First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315023632

Mediterranean Paradigms and Classical Antiquity In this book prominent historians apply Mediterranean paradigms to Classical Mediterranean Antiquty (Greece and Rome) allowing for a new approach to the ancient world and enhancing antiquity's relevance to the understanding of other historical periods as well as our contemporary world.This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Mediterranean Historical Review. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315879208

Mediterranean Slavery and World LiteratureCaptivity Genres from Cervantes to Rousseau Mediterranean Slavery and World Literature is a collection of selected essays about the transformations of captivity experiences in major early modern texts of world literature and popular media including works by Cervantes de Vega Defoe Rousseau and Mozart. Where most studies of Mediterranean slavery until now have been limited to historical and autobiographical accounts this volume looks specifically at literary adaptations from a multicultural perspective. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138291232

Mediterranean TourismFacets of Socioeconomic Development and Cultural Change This book comments on the complexities of Mediterranean tourism with contributions from researchers consultants managers and advisors from thirteen countries. It is an excellent reference tool for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as industry practitioners for the examination of tourism in different Mediterranean contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415757447

Mediterranean TravelsWriting Self and Other from the Ancient World to the Contemporary This book analyzes the notion of travel writing as a genre while tracing significant examples of Mediterranean travel writing that return us to Ancient Greece to French artistic journeys in North Africa and to contemporary narratives of privileged resettlement death and dislocation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781907975073

Mediterranean VoyagesThe Archaeology of Island Colonisation and Abandonment Islands are ideal case studies for exploring social connectivity episodes of colonisation abandonment and alternating phases of cultural interaction and isolation. Their societies display different attitudes toward the land and the sea which in turn cast light on group identities. This volume advances theoretical discussions of island archaeology by offering a comparative study of the archaeology of colonisation abandonment and resettlement of the Mediterranean islands in prehistory. This comparative and thematic study encourages anthropological reflections on the archaeology of the islands ultimately focusing on people rather than geographical units and specifically on the relations between islanders mainlanders and the creation of islander identities. This volume has significance for scholars interested in Mediterranean archaeology as well as those interested more broadly in colonisation and abandonment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781611329940

Medium Law Why should anyone care about the medium of communication today especially when talking about media law? In today’s digital society many emphasise convergence and seek new regulatory approaches. In Medium Law however the ‘medium theory’ insights of Harold Innis Marshall McLuhan and the Toronto School of Communication are drawn upon as part of an argument that differences between media and technological definitions continue to play a crucial role in the regulation of the media. Indeed Mac Síthigh argues that the idea of converged cross-platform medium-neutral media regulation is unattainable in practice and potentially undesirable in substance. This is demonstrated through the exploration of the regulation of a variety of platforms such as films games video-on-demand and premium rate telephone services. Regulatory areas discussed include content regulation copyright tax relief for producers and developers new online services conflicts between regulatory systems and freedom of expression. This timely and topical volume will appeal to postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such as Law Policy Regulation Media Studies Communications History and Cultural Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367876364

Medium Secure Psychiatric Provision in the Private Sector First published in 1998 this volume assesses issues of privatisation and mental health provision in the Medium Secure Psychiatric Care sector including case studies on two regional secure units and Stockton Hall Psychiatric Hospital between 1989 and 1992. It emerged at the end of a period of Conservative Party dominance of almost two decades in which privatisation had been at the forefront of discussion and focused on the midpoint of that era. Despite this privatisation of psychiatric care had received little discussion. Here Katrina R. Moss discusses the role of private medical care in the UK healthcare landscape with focus on the meaning of privatisation attitudes towards privatising the criminal justice system along with relevant legal and medical issues related to regulation by the Mental Health Act 1983. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138327535

Meet the ParentsHow Schools Can Work Effectively with Families to Support Children's Learning Meet the Parents is an essential guide for school leaders and classroom teachers looking to build stronger and more productive relationships with the families of pupils. This book uses more than 40 years of experience to explain techniques for uniting families with a range of backgrounds and a variety of circumstances and highlights the most successful approaches for encouraging and developing the home-school partnership. Drawing on case studies and real-life examples Lepkowska and Nightingale unpick the reasons behind barriers to learning and examine the issues that cause parents to be demotivated from engaging with schools. The authors cover a range of important topics from the long-standing concerns to modern problems including: Making the most of parents' evening. Special Educational Needs and Disability. Bereavement divorce and loss. Raising the aspirations of parents and children. Influence of the media and online safety. Meet the Parents aims to aid headteachers senior leaders classroom practitioners and student teachers â€“ and any other school staff who wish to develop a more effective ongoing home-school partnership. Recognising the vital need for parental engagement with children’s learning this book will help schools and families to come together and provide the best support possible for every child. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138489462

Meeting Customer Needs This is a third edition of Meeting Customer Needs a diploma level book in the Chartered Management of Institute series. This particular title meets the specific requirements of those taking the Unit DM45 entitled Customer Focus Marketing and Planning.A new website available for use with the text to provide revision notes and lecturers' notes. This book is ideal for managers seeking to establish or improve customer service and customer focus standards. It includes action plans sample communications and checklists for managers to adapt for their own purposes. Real examples and new case studies are used throughout to illustrate points in a practical context. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780080496535

Meeting Development Goals in Small Urban CentresWater and Sanitation in the Worlds Cities 2006 Half of the world's people live in urban areas and roughly a third of these live in desperate poverty without access to basic amenities. Taking on the themes of UN-HABITAT's Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities (2003) this new volume focuses on the deficiencies in the provision of water and sanitation where most of the populations of the developing world live: in towns and small cities. Drawing on extensive unpublished research and 15 commissioned papers from experts involved in designing and implementing innovative projects around the world this is the first major study of the problems facing the smaller urban centres that are recognized to be of enormous importance by governments international agencies NGOs and service providers. Tackling these problems is a crucial part of development and of good governance and critical to meeting the Millennium Development Goals. The volume will be essential reading for all professionals and researchers in the relevant fields and a valuable resource for teachers and students of urban development. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781849771986

Meeting EthnographyMeetings as Key Technologies of Contemporary Governance Development and Resistance This volume asks and addresses elusive ontological epistemological and methodological questions about meetings. What are meetings? What sort of knowledge identities and power relationships are produced performed communicated and legitimized through meetings? How do—and how might—ethnographers study meetings as objects and how might they best conduct research in meetings as particular elements of their field sites? Through contributions from an international group of ethnographers who have conducted “meeting ethnography” in diverse field sites this volume offers both theoretical insight and methodological guidance into the study of this most ubiquitous ritual. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367875695

Meeting Jesus at UniversityRites of Passage and Student Evangelicals How does university turn students into who they become? Why are student evangelicals such a significant and controversial force at so many universities? In many countries university has become the main Rite of Passage between the child and adult worlds. University can be enjoyable and fascinating but also life-changing and traumatic. And at the exact time when a student's identity is the most challenged and uncertain student evangelical groups are highly organised on many university campuses to offer students a powerful identity so that the world makes sense once again. For some these groups will protect them from the university's assault on their faith. For others they will challenge and even change who they are. Meeting Jesus at University explores universities in six countries. Drawing upon detailed fieldwork it examines the largest student evangelical group at each university in order to understand in depth the relationship between the student evangelical group and the university which it aims to convert. Meeting Jesus at University offers an original contribution to the discussion of Rites of Passage examining what is experienced at university and how university breaks down and remoulds young people. It explores why student evangelicals are so active particularly at Britain and America's most prestigious and identity-challenging institutions meaning that students at these places are the most likely to find themselves meeting Jesus at university. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315249216

Meeting NeedsNGO Coordination in Practice This critical analysis of aid organizations illustrates the expanding role of NGOs in international relief operations and highlights the problems confronted by humanitarian groups. The book presents an overview of recent trends in the international relief community. Various relief operations are compared to demonstrate why NGO co-ordination has become such an important issue. Case studies show how enhanced international co-ordination could improve the overall performance of NGOs and the United Nations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138471627

Meeting Places: Scientific Congresses and Urban Identity in Victorian Britain The promotion of knowledge was a major preoccupation of the Victorian era and beginning in 1831 with the establishment of the British Association for the Advancement of Science a number of national bodies were founded which used annual week-long meetings held each year in a different town or city as their main tool of knowledge dissemination. Historians have long recognised the power of 'cultural capital' in the competitive climate of the mid-Victorian years as towns raced to equip themselves with libraries newspapers 'Lit. and Phil.' societies and reading rooms but the staging of the great annual knowledge festivals of the period have not previously been considered in this context. The four national associations studied are the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (NAPSS) the Royal Archaeological Institute (RAI) and the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) who held annual meetings in 62 different provincial towns and cities from 1831 to 1884. In this book it is contended that these meetings were as important as royal visits and major civic ceremonies in providing towns with an opportunity to promote their own status and identity. By deploying a wealth of primary source material much of which has not been previously utilised by urban historians this book offers a new and genuinely Britain-wide perspective on a period when comparison and competition with neighbouring places was a constant preoccupation of town leaders. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138267107

Meeting SEN in the Curriculum: Citizenship Teachers are meeting more pupils with special needs in mainstream classrooms and although there are general issues to be aware of subject specialists will always want specific guidance and examples. This series combines SEN expertise with subject knowledge to produce practical and immediate support including: Policy writing and how to do it; Simple explanations of SEN labels; Creating an inclusive classroom environment; Monitoring and assessment; Working with TAs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138420564

Meeting SEN in the CurriculumICT This book includes: an explanation of the Government's inclusion/SEN strategy guidance on Departmental Policy an explanation of SEN terminology advice on creating an inclusive environment choosing the right hardware and software helpful case studies highlighting different uses of computer packages meeting the needs of different learning styles CD-ROM. Media > Books > E-books David Fulton Publishers 9780203823361

Meeting Special Educational Needs in Primary ClassroomsInclusion and how to do it There are greater numbers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) now attending mainstream schools. This fully updated and revised edition of Meeting Special Educational Needs in Primary Classrooms is written by an experienced teacher adviser and SEN consultant and explains the challenges that these children face. This is a practical book full of guidance for teachers and teaching assistants who support children with SEND in mainstream primary classrooms. Now fully updated to include the requirements of the 2014 Children and Families Act and SEND Code of Practice this book: contains photocopiable resources and templates promotes successful communication between teachers parents and students covers all aspects of teaching children with SEND including planning teaching and learning. With practical guidance on how to make the curriculum more accessible for children with SEND this book will help teachers and TAs work together to support pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities more effectively. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138898974

Meeting Special Educational Needs in Primary ClassroomsInclusion and how to do it Arabic Edition There are greater numbers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) now attending mainstream schools. This fully updated and revised edition of Meeting Special Educational Needs in Primary Classrooms is written by an experienced teacher adviser and SEN consultant and explains the challenges that these children face. This is a practical book full of guidance for teachers and teaching assistants who support children with SEND in mainstream primary classrooms. Now fully updated to include the requirements of the 2014 Children and Families Act and SEND Code of Practice this book: contains photocopiable resources and templates promotes successful communication between teachers parents and students covers all aspects of teaching children with SEND including planning teaching and learning. With practical guidance on how to make the curriculum more accessible for children with SEND this book will help teachers and TAs work together to support pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities more effectively. Media > Books > E-books David Fulton Publishers 9781003024460

Meeting Special Educational Needs in Secondary ClassroomsInclusion and how to do it There are greater numbers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) now attending mainstream schools. This fully updated and revised edition of Meeting Special Educational Needs in Secondary Classrooms is written by an experienced teacher adviser and SEN consultant and explains the challenges that these children face. This is a practical book full of guidance for teachers and teaching assistants who support children with SEND in mainstream secondary classrooms. Now fully updated to include the requirements of the 2014 Children and Families Act and SEND Code of Practice this book: covers all aspects of teaching children with SEND including planning teaching and learning promotes successful communication between teachers parents and students contains photocopiable resources and templates. With practical guidance on how to make the curriculum more accessible for children with SEND this book will help teachers and TAs work together to support pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities more effectively. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138854420

Meeting Special Educational Needs in Secondary ClassroomsInclusion and how to do it Arabic Edition There are greater numbers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) now attending mainstream schools. This fully updated and revised edition of Meeting Special Educational Needs in Secondary Classrooms is written by an experienced teacher adviser and SEN consultant and explains the challenges that these children face. This is a practical book full of guidance for teachers and teaching assistants who support children with SEND in mainstream secondary classrooms. Now fully updated to include the requirements of the 2014 Children and Families Act and SEND Code of Practice this book: covers all aspects of teaching children with SEND including planning teaching and learning promotes successful communication between teachers parents and students contains photocopiable resources and templates. With practical guidance on how to make the curriculum more accessible for children with SEND this book will help teachers and TAs work together to support pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities more effectively. Media > Books > E-books David Fulton Publishers 9781003024392

Meeting Special Needs in Mainstream SchoolsA Practical Guide for Teachers First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138144088

Meeting Special Needs in the Early YearsDirections in Policy and Practice First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138420243

Meeting the Challenge of 9/11Blueprints for More Effective Government 9/11 revealed serious public sector shortcomings in such areas as border security and immigration control cybersecurity and first responses to hostile acts. This book focuses on how to make government more effective especially in our post-9/11 era of heightened concern for national and homeland security. "Meeting the Challenge of 9/11" is a top-to-bottom guidebook for improving government organization and performance. While it specifically addresses the key issues of homeland security (biodefense border security immigration control and infrastructure protection) it has a broader agenda - the renewal of an effective well-managed government. The chapter authors have extensive senior-level experience in managing government organizations or in analyzing government organization and management. Most are Fellows of the National Academy of Public Administration and active participants in NAPA's Standing Panel on Executive Organization and Management. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315702452

Meeting the Challenge of Human Resource ManagementA Communication Perspective While communicating is a vital skill for managers at all organizational levels and in all functional areas human resource managers are expected to be especially adept communicators given the important interpersonal component of their roles. Practitioners and scholars alike stand to benefit from incorporating an updated and more nuanced view of communication theory and practice into standard human resource management practices. This book compiles readings by thought leaders in human resource management and communication exploring the intersection of interests theories and perspectives from the two fields to highlight new opportunities for research and practice. In addition to covering the foundations of strategic human resource management the book: offers a critical review of the research literature on topics including recruitment selection performance management compensation and development uses a communication perspective to analyze the impact of corporate strategy on human resource systems investigates the key human resource management topic of the relationship between a company's human capital and its effectiveness directly discusses the implications of communication literature for human resource management practice Written at the cross-section of two established and critcally linked fields this book is a must-have for graduate human resource management and organizational communication students as well as for high-level human resource management practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415630214

Meeting the Challenge?Young People Leaving Care in Northern Ireland Published in 1999. Preparation for leaving care and aftercare support are increasingly important concerns for child care practitioners policy makers and researchers in the UK. There are now practice imperatives and a clear legal mandate for work in both areas. This Northern Ireland study represents an important contribution to the theoretical debate surrounding these issues and offers a much-needed large-scale empirical study. Key concepts relating to adolescence childcare careers and youth transition underpin this investigation of a broad range of young people leaving state care. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138325142

Meeting The Challenges of Primary Schooling Teachers in primary schools deal with a wide range of issues every day. This book helps teachers to understand those issues and how they fit in with recent government policies and initiatives. Each chapter looks at: relevant statements of policy or initiative how these statements fit into the context of specific schools the challenges they present for those involved in schools how schools can respond to these challenges learning across contexts Each chapter has been written by one practitioner and one academic and between them the chapters cover the whole range of Australian primary schools. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138418585

Meeting the Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability Under pressure and support from the federal government states have increasingly turned to indicators based on student test scores to evaluate teachers and schools as well as students themselves. The focus thus far has been on test scores in those subject areas where there is a sequence of consecutive tests such as in mathematics or English/language arts with a focus on grades 4-8. Teachers in these subject areas however constitute less than thirty percent of the teacher workforce in a district. Comparatively little has been written about the measurement of achievement in the other grades and subjects. This volume seeks to remedy this imbalance by focusing on the assessment of student achievement in a broad range of grade levels and subject areas with particular attention to their use in the evaluation of teachers and schools in all. It addresses traditional end-of-course tests as well as alternative measures such as portfolios exhibitions and student learning objectives. In each case issues related to design and development psychometric considerations and validity challenges are covered from both a generic and a content-specific perspective. The NCME Applications of Educational Measurement and Assessment series includes edited volumes designed to inform research-based applications of educational measurement and assessment. Edited by leading experts these books are comprehensive and practical resources on the latest developments in the field. The NCME series editorial board is comprised of Michael J. Kolen Chair; Robert L. Brennan; Wayne Camara; Edward H. Haertel; Suzanne Lane; and Rebecca Zwick. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415838610

Meeting the Child in Steiner KindergartensAn Exploration of Beliefs Values and Practices What can early years practitioners learn from Steiner kindergartens? What is distinctive about Steiner kindergarten teachers’ ways of getting to know children? As demands for accountability in Early Years settings continue to grow external pressure to assess children and to measure their progress can disrupt the development of informal and intimate relationships between teachers and children. The contributors to this book who include both experienced Steiner educators and early childhood experts from other backgrounds have worked together to explore and understand what is distinctive about Steiner kindergarten practice. They present a variety of perspectives on the ways in which kindergarten teachers’ practices values and beliefs can help children to find and construct their own identities through play and through engagement in the life of their community. The authors explore key aspects of Steiner kindergarten practice including caring for the physical environment establishing rhythms and routines for children’s activity and providing times and spaces in which teachers and children can get to know each other. By meeting with children and teachers through rich accounts of day to day life in kindergartens and through accounts of the values and principles which inform their practice readers will be encouraged to question and reflect on their own approaches to observation and assessment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415603928

Meeting the Early Learning Goals Through Role PlayA Practical Guide for Teachers and Assistants This book offers step-by-step guidance to help busy practitioners create meaningful role play that will delight young children enhance learning and link to the Early Learning Goals. The role play scenarios have been carefully created so that children can identify with them and will be excited and eager to join in. They give children the opportunity to play freely to discover and develop at their own pace and to link directly to the Early Learning Goals and beyond. This Book shows practitioners exactly how to plan organize and implement role play activities. The activities have been tried tested and enjoyed in the busy nursery where the author works. The book also divides the play scenarios into the DfES stated area of learning (personal social emotional communication language and literacy mathematical knowledge of the world creative and physical) allowing practitioners to choose activities to suit their needs. The book includes: step-by-step guidance; photographs and plans; a list of easily obtained and inexpensive play equipment; and a planning template for practitioners to develop their own ideas. It should prove useful to teachers and assistants from nursery classes up to key stage 1. Media > Books > E-books David Fulton Publishers 9781315064895

Meeting the Foreign in the Middle Ages This collectoion brings together an outstanding group of historical cultural and literary scholars to investigate the complicated nuanced and often surprising union and desire and dread associated with the figure of the foreign Other in the Middle Ages--represented variously by Muslims Jews heretics pagans homosexuals lepers monsters and witches. Exploring the diverse manifestations of the foreign in medieval literature historical documents religous treatises and art these essays mine the traces of unprecedented encounters in which fascination and fear meet. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138011557

Meeting the Learning Needs of All ChildrenPersonalised Learning in the Primary School Personalized learning involves helping each child to reach his or her full potential - intellectually personally and socially. To achieve this teachers need to match learning opportunities to the learning styles and experiences of the children taking into account individual differences in culture language background ability and interests. For many teachers individual learning has always been at the heart of what they do in the classroom. In this book experienced teacher and author Joan Dean unpicks the concept of personalized learning and shows teachers how to apply it to planning teaching and assessing learning. The book is accessibly written and gets right to the nitty-gritty of what personalized learning looks like in the classroom. It covers: a whole-school approach to personalized learning getting to know the children working with boys and girls providing for children with special educational needs providing for very able children providing for children from other cultures providing for bilingual children providing for children from different social backgrounds working with assistants and volunteers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138148147

Meeting the needs of children with autistic spectrum disorders This text is meant as a companion for students in teacher-training newly-qualified teachers or for anyone teaching children with autistic spectrum disorders for the first time in a mainstream setting. Using a case-study approach the authors: help the teacher to identify the meaning behind pupils' actions and reactions; provide suggested responses via practical exercises and curriculum ideas; and provide signposts to other useful literature and list services and organisations which can further help the pupil. No prior knowledge of autistic spectrum disorders is required. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138161337

Meeting the Needs of Parents Pregnant and Parenting After Perinatal Loss Despite research which highlights parents’ increased anxiety and risk of attachment issues with the pregnancy that follows a perinatal loss there is often little understanding that bereaved families may need different care in their subsequent pregnancies. This book explores the lived experience of pregnancy and parenting after a perinatal loss. Meeting the Needs of Parents Pregnant and Parenting After Perinatal Loss develops a helpful framework which integrates continuing bonds and attachment theories to support prenatal parenting at each stage of pregnancy. Giving insight into how a parent’s world view of a pregnancy may have changed following a loss readers are provided with tools to assist parents on their journey. The book discusses each stage of a pregnancy as well as labor and the postpartum period before examining subjects such as multi-fetal pregnancies reluctant terminations use of support groups and the experiences of fathers and other children in the family. The chapters include up-to-date research findings vignettes from parents reflecting on their own experiences and recommendations for practice. Written for researchers students and professionals from a range of health social welfare and early years education backgrounds this text outlines what we know about supporting bereaved families encountering the challenges of a subsequent pregnancy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138655072

Meeting the Needs of Young Children with English as an Additional LanguageResearch Informed Practice Drawing on the latest research into how young children learn this book considers how early years practitioners can best meet the needs of children with English as an Additional Language. It examines the factors that influence children’s learning including parents and the family the environment health and well-being curriculum play and relationships and aims to challenge misconceptions assumptions and stereotypes. Featuring case studies and reflective questions the chapters explore a range of important topics including: Language learning for children with EAL The historical concept and modern reconceptualisation of EAL How to develop and use Culturally Appropriate Pedagogy Regulation and performativity and their implications for children with EAL Leading learning for children with EAL Meeting the Needs of Young Children with English as an Additional Language is essential reading for students and practitioners wanting to promote an inclusive culture where different languages cultures and religions are accepted and celebrated. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367207632

Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils in Design and Technology Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils in Design and Technology provides specific guidance on: recognizing high ability and multiple intelligences planning differentiation and extension/enrichment in D&T teacher questioning skills support for more able pupils with learning difficulties (dyslexia ADHD sensory impairment) homework recording and assessment beyond the classroom: visits residentials competitions summer schools masterclasses link with universities businesses and other organisations. The book features comprehensive appendices and an accompanying CD with: useful contacts and resources lesson plans liaison sheets for Teaching Assistants homework activities and monitoring sheets. For secondary teachers subject heads of departments Gifted and Talented co-ordinators SENCos and LEA advisers. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138151673

Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils in Music Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils in Music covers the areas that all music teachers need to be aware of: recent government legislation national initiatives and departmental policy. Individual titles then provide subject specific guidance illustrated with case studies on the following areas: support for more able pupils with learning difficulties (dyslexia ADHD sensory impairment) recognizing high ability or potential multiple intelligences/learning styles classroom provision planning differentiation extension/enrichment teacher questioning skills homework recording and assessment beyond the classroom: visits residentials competitions summer schools masterclasses links with universities businesses and other organizations. For secondary teachers subject heads of Departments Gifted and Talented coordinators SENCOs and LEA advisers. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138171978

Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils in Physical Education & Sport Meeting the Needs if Your Most Able Pupils in PE/Sports Studies provides specific guidance on: recognizing high ability and multiple intelligences planning differentiation and extension/enrichment teacher questioning skills support for more able pupils with learning difficulties homework recording and assessment beyond the classroom: visits residentials competitions summer schools masterclasses links with other institutions. The book features comprehensive appendices and an accompanying CD with: useful contacts and resources lesson plans liaison sheets for teaching assistants homework activities and monitoring sheets. For secondary teachers subject heads of departments Gifted and Talented co-ordinators SENCos and LEA advisers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138158320

Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils in Religious Education Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils: Religious Education provides specific guidance on: recognising high ability and multiple intelligences planning differentiation and extension/enrichment in RE teacher questioning skills support for more able pupils with special educational needs (dyslexia ADHD sensory impairment) homework recording and assessment beyond the classroom: Visits summer schools masterclasses links with universities businesses and other organisations. This book includes comprehensive appendices with linked resources available online that feature: useful contacts and resources lesson plans liaison sheets for Teaching Assistants homework activities monitoring sheets. This book is essential for secondary teachers subject heads of departments leading teachers for G&T Education (Gifted and Talented co-ordinators) SENCos and LA advisers. Media > Books > E-books David Fulton Publishers 9780203935408

Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils: English Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils: English provides specific guidance on: Recognising high ability and multiple intelligences Planning differentiation and extension/enrichment in English Teacher questioning skills Support for more able pupils with special educational needs (dyslexia ADHD sensory impairment) Homework Recording and assessment Beyond the classroom: Visits competitions summer schools masterclasses links with universities businesses and other organisations This book includes comprehensive appendices with linked resources available online that feature: Useful contacts and resources Lesson plans Liaison sheets for Teaching Assistants Homework activities Monitoring sheets This book is an essential resources for secondary teachers subject heads of departments leading teachers for G&T Education (Gifted and Talented co-ordinators) SENCos and LA advisers. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138162396

Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils: History Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils: History provides specific guidance on: recognising high ability and potential planning differentiation extension and enrichment in Histpry teacher questioning skills support for more able pupils with special educational needs (dyslexia ADHD sensory impairment) homework recording and assessment beyond the classroom: visits competitions summer schools masterclasses links with universities businesses and other organisations. The book includes comprehensive appendices with linked resources available online that feature: lesson plans and examples of activities high ability checklist information on coaching guidance on auditing provision for more able pupils. This book is an essential resource for secondary teachers subject heads of departments leading teachers for G&T Education (gifted and talented co-ordinators) SENCos and LA advisers. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138175655

Meeting the Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted and Talented Children First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138158689

Meeting the Standards in Primary EnglishA Guide to ITT NC This straightforward guide to the professional standards and requirements for primary teachers illustrates the best ways of developing knowledge and how to acquire the skills needed to achieve QTS.Meeting the Standards in Primary English will: explain the Standards relating to English teaching link the theory associated with the teaching of English to the practical application look in detail at the teaching of reading fiction writing speaking and listening ICT in literacy and drama assist the understanding of grammar and language study consider the issues of continuing professional development This practical guide to meeting the standards will be invaluable for students on primary training courses lecturers and mentors supporting trainees in English education programmes and newly qualified teachers (NQTs). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138423305

Meeting the Standards in Primary ICTA Guide to the ITTNC This practical guide to using ICT in the primary classroom addresses all the concerns of student teachers and provides plenty of ideas and advice on how to incorporate ICT into classroom practice on a daily basis. The authors bring together theory and practice to help prospective and new teachers acquire and develop the skills required for using ICT effectively.Meeting the Standards in Primary ICT is split into three sections which will: help assess the readers' ICT skills knowledge and understanding discuss ways of incorporating ICT for teaching across the primary curriculum help the reader to think about ICT and their own professional learning and development. This book will be an invaluable resource for all student teachers on primary training courses lecturers and mentors supporting trainees on these courses and newly qualified teachers (NQTs). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138159938

Meeting the Standards in Primary ScienceA Guide to the ITT NC Meeting the Standards in Primary Science provides: primary science subject knowledge the pedagogical knowledge needed to teach science in primary schools support activities for work in schools and self-studyinformation on professional development for primary teachers. This practical comprehensive and accessible book should prove invaluable for students on primary initial teacher training courses PGCE students lecturers on science education programmes and newly qualified primary teachers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138154162

Meeting the Standards in Secondary ScienceA Guide to the ITT NC This practical comprehensive and accessible book will prove invaluable for students on secondary initial teacher training courses PGCE students lecturers on science education programmes and newly qualified secondary teachers.It provides: the pedagogical knowledge needed to teach science in secondary schools support activities for work in schools and self-study information on professional development for secondary teachers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138174795

Meeting the Standards in Using ICT for Secondary TeachingA Guide to the ITTNC This book explains how Information and Communications technology (ICT) has the potential to make a real improvement to teaching and learning across the curriculum in secondary schools. It illustrates a wide variety of ways in which ICT can be used to enhance learning offering a fresh burst of inspiration for the busy secondary school teacher.The author takes a structured approach ensuring that the reader is guided progressively through all the material in order to achieve the required standards for achieving Qualified Teacher Status and also to continue their development in ICT to an advanced level. This book usefully:* analyzes all the common ICT tools and explains how teachers of each subject in the National Curriculum can exploit these tools for effective learning* explores how people can learn with ICT how their skills develop and how these skills can aid their learning* provides a framework for planning analysing and evaluating teaching with ICT* offers a range of innovative tasks resources and methods of assessment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138372955

MeetingsAutobiographical Fragments Meetings sets forth the life of one of the twentieth-century's greatest spiritual philosophers in his own words. A glittering series of reflections and narratives it seeks not to describe his life in its full entirety but rather to convey some of his defining moments of uncertainty revelation and meaning. Recalling the question on the infinity of space and time which nearly drove Buber to suicide at the age of fourteen his adolescent 'seduction' by Nietzsche's work his hero-worship of Ferdinand Lassalle and his love of Bach's music Meetings has no equal as a portrait of an unique intellect in progress. Like Buber's great works Between Man and Man and The Way of Man it evokes a tactile earthly concept of meaning ultimately found as Maurice Friedman writes in his introduction 'not in conceptual or systematic thought but in the four-dimensional reality of events and meetings'. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315015514

Mega-Bit Memory Technology - From Mega-Bit to Giga-BitFrom Mega-Bit to Giga-Bit This book describes LSI process technology and focuses on the rapid progress of state-of-the-art dynamic random access memory (DRAM) process technologies—the longstanding technology driver of Si ULSI—as they advance from the 1 Kbit to the Gbit DRAM era. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138413955

Megacities and the CoastRisk Resilience and Transformation Based on a major international study this volume provides a synthesis of scientific knowledge on megacity urbanization on the coast environmental impacts risks and management choices including a focus on adaptation mitigation and disaster risk management. It is the primary output of a major international scientific project sponsored by the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme the Land-Ocean Interactions at the Coastal Zone programme of IHDP/IGBP and others. It brings together the work of over 60 contributing authors and an international review board.  It presents the international policy and academic community with an unbiased and high quality assessment of the state-of-the art in areas of social-ecological systems interaction. One of its main messages is that while we know a great deal about megacities of more than ten million people and about urban processes and about coasts and their physical and ecological processes (aquatic physical and atmospheric) there is relatively little work that focusses primarily at points of intersection between large-scale urbanization and the coast. The book responds to this gap by providing the first global synthesis of megacity and large urban region urbanization on the coast. Its focus is on environmental and development challenges climate change and disaster. It is interdisciplinary and brings together world recognised scientists (including many IPCC lead authors) on urban climate and atmosphere disaster risk management demography and coastal environments. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415815123

Mega-City Region Development in China This book sheds light on the mega-city region development in China as a new form of urbanization which plays a crucial role in the economic development of the country. It examines the challenges faced by the mega-city regions and opens up avenues for debates and further research. Economic reform of 1978 has led to an unprecedented growth in the population and economic development of China. A large portion of this increased urban population and the corresponding economic growth has been concentrated in the mega-city regions such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and Pearl River Delta (PRD). These three mega-city regions have less land but more people and thus higher economy resulting in various issues and challenges faced by these regions. These challenges pertain to the socio-economic development transport environment governance and development strategy which this book explores through case studies of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Wuhan. This book also explains and analyses the economy migration processes transport development environmental conditions and governance of the mega-city regions of China. With an overview of China’s rapid urbanisation and the consequent economic growth this book provides an essential understanding of related issues in order to establish appropriate strategies and policies to sustain the process of mega-city region development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367209681

Megacity SeoulUrbanization and the Development of Modern South Korea In Asia there are a growing number of gigantic megacities accompanied by a series of speculative and extravagant megaprojects. Amid the fast-paced urban and development challenges many Asian governments have been searching for replicable and inspirational cases in Asia. South Korea and its capital city Seoul are among frequently referenced models. However South Korea’s "economic miracle" in the late twentieth century has been mostly studied through an economic policy lens. This book revisits the development of South Korea by looking at its urban dimension and exploring the city of Seoul as a developmental megaproject.Offering an alternative to the focus on economic policies when it comes to explaining South Korea’s development successes Joo looks at the urbanization that took place under the guidance of the strong developmental state. She provides empirical evidence of the "property state" at work both complementing and supporting the developmental state. She also analyzes why and how Seoul was able to emerge as an important Asian global city and a global front-runner in terms of ambitious and pioneering urban investments despite its relatively recent history marked by massive slums and urban poverty. This book provides an analytical framework for studying South Korea’s modern development under capitalism as a precursor to East Asian urbanism and development. It paints a comprehensive story of how cities have been politically and economically important to Korea’s development experience and are increasingly becoming a new mode of development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367663100

Mega-event Cities: Urban Legacies of Global Sports Events Mega-events represent an important moment in the life of a city providing a useful lens through which we may analyse their cultural social political and economic development. In the wake of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC’s) concerns about ’gigantism’ and wider public concerns about rising costs it was imperative in the C21st to demonstrate the long term benefits that arose for the city and nations from hosting premier sporting events. ’London 2012’ was the first to integrate the concept of legacy from the moment a bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games was being considered. London proposed an ambitious programme of urban renewal for East London. Subsequent host city bids have adopted the ’legacy narrative’ and as this book demonstrates aligned this to major schemes of urban development and renewal. Bringing together scholars practitioners and policy makers this book focuses upon the legacies sought by cities that host major sports events. It analyses how governments the IOC and others define and measure ’legacy’. It also focuses upon the challenges and opportunities facing future host cities of mega-events looking at their aspirations and the intended impact upon their domestic and international development. It questions what the global shift in geographical location of mega-events means for sports development and the business of sport what the attractions are for cities seeking to harness the hosting of a mega-event and whether there may be longer term consequences for the bidding and hosting major sporting events in the wake of the widespread social unrest that accompanied the preparations in Brazil for hosting the FIFA World Cup (2014) and the summer Olympics (2016) and in Turkey where there was significant opposition to bid for the 2020 summer Olympiad. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138546783

Mega-Event MobilitiesA Critical Analysis Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye. Such mega-events are about much more than the sporting competitions themselves. They entail global exposure and intense struggles by different stakeholders.This is the first book to examine sports mega-events from a mobilities perspective. It analyses the ‘mobile construction’ of global sports mega-events and the role this plays in managing labour imaginaries policies and legacies. In particular the book focuses on the tension between the various mobilities and immobilities that are implied in the process of constructing a mega-event. It seeks to uncover the ways in which an event is a series of fluid interactions that occur sequentially and simultaneously at multiple scales in diverse spheres of interaction. Contributions explore the dynamics through which mega-events occur revealing the textures and nuance of the complex systems that sustain them and the ways that events ramify throughout the international system. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367667979

Mega-Events City and Power This book examines the power relations that emerge from the convergence of the universe in which the sporting spectacle is produced and the universe in which a city is produced. It adopts Bourdieu's concept of field to explore the interests and disputes involved in the production of sports mega-events across different times and spaces and the role of host cities in these processes. It aims to identify the bases that give these spectacles the power to produce disruptions in the social fabric of the host cities and countries and to enable the production of authoritarian forms of exercising power. By observing the historical constitution of the field of production of sport spectacle as an autonomous field this book explores how sport mega-events create both an arena and a context for radical expressions of authoritarianism of neoliberal planning models. It will be of interest to students scholars and professionals in architecture and urban studies urban planning municipal governance sport and leisure studies and those interested in the relationship between State and capital in the production of urban space. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367196981

Mega-Events and GlobalizationCapital and Spectacle in a Changing World Order Since the turn of the twenty first century there has been a trend for urban "mega events" to be awarded to cities and nations in the East and Global South. Such events have been viewed as economic stimulant as well as opportunities to promote national identity gain greater international recognition and exercise a form of 'soft power.' However there has also been on-going controversy about the value impact and legacy of global mega events in these cities and nations. This book provides a critical examination of the ambition for spectacle that has emerged across the East and Global South. The chapters explore the theoretical and conceptual issues associated with mega-events and new forms of globalization from the critical political economy of mega-events in a changing world order to the contested social and economic legacies of mega-events and the widespread opposition that increasingly accompanies these events. The book also explores questions of urban development and governance the role of new communications technologies in global economic expansion the high security State and the growing global influence of international non-governmental organizations. This book offers a rich collection of original theoretical contributions and global case studies from leading international scholars from the social sciences and humanities. It offers a fresh and unique interdisciplinary perspective that synthesizes cutting edge research on mega-events and urban spectacles while simultaneously contributing to a broader understanding of the dynamics of global capitalism and international political power in the early twenty first century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138067882

Mega-events and Urban Image ConstructionBeijing and Rio de Janeiro While societies shape the way their cities look and are represented urban images in turn nurture and structure social relations in multiple ways. Nowhere is this dialectical relationship between social processes and urban representations more visible than in the hosting of global spectacles such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games which both embody some of society’s deepest dreams and desires.The focus of this book is the image of cities. It is not only interested in the mechanisms of urban image construction but also in the politics of such a phenomenon especially its social impacts in terms of representation and right to the city. The book investigates the complex power relationships that underscore the production of the urban landscape and the construction and diffusion of urban images especially in the context of urban mega-events. It uses the notion of urban image construction as a lens through which to examine the mega-event spectacle with chapters exploring the physical social and political dimensions of the imagineering process as well as emerging resistance to controversial initiatives. Through an analysis of event-related urban construction efforts in Rio de Janeiro and Beijing this book examines the effects of mega-events upon the construction of an exclusive vision of urbanity. It demonstrates how mega-events are increasingly utilized by local political and economic elites to reconfigure power relations strengthen their hold upon the urban territory and exclude vulnerable population groups. The book thus offers a critical analysis of the practice of urban image construction and will be of interest to those working in geography urban studies tourism sport studies development studies and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367667948

Mega-Events as Economies of the ImaginationCreating Atmospheres for Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Atmosphere the elusive ambiance of a place enables or hinders its mobility in global consumption contexts. Atmosphere connects to social imaginaries utopian representational frames producing the culture of a city or country. But who resolves atmospheric contradictions in a place’s social and cultural rhythms when the eyes of the world are turned on it?Mega-Events as Economies of the Imagination examines ephemeral and solidified atmospheres in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the handover ceremony to Tokyo for the 2020 Games. Indeed highlighting the various social and cultural implications upon these Olympic Games hosts Tzanelli argues that the ‘Olympic City’ is produced by aesthetic "imagineers" mobile groups of architects artists and entrepreneurs who aesthetically ‘engineer’ native cultures as utopias. Thus it is explored as to how Rio and Tokyo’s "imagineers" problematize notions of creativity cosmopolitan togetherness and belonging.Mega-Events as Economies of the Imagination will appeal to postgraduate students postdoctoral researchers and professionals interested in fields such as: Globalization Studies Mobility Theory Cultural Sociology International Political Economy Conference and Event Management Tourism Studies and Migration Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367890872

Mega-EventsPlacemaking Regeneration and City-Regional Development This book brings together different perspectives of mega-event bidding hosting and legacies. Their impact is considered through an international range of mega-events in terms of land use political and socio-economic change and the placemaking processes that accompany these area-based regeneration projects. From city-regions that have not been successful or withdrawn from mega-event selection  to contemporary Olympic Football World Cup and Expo host cities whose legacy is still unfolding to event sites whose legacy is now established the global appeal of the mega-event is apparent from this collection.　 The book interrogates the mega-event phenomenon in ten countries from North and South America and Australia to Western and Eastern Europe. Drawing on their historical evolution and antecedents and following recurrent themes of urban regeneration and resistance the book highlights the importance of major events and festivals to the creation and marketing of place through branding and regional growth In considering a range of mega-events critically and in different national and geopolitical contexts the book will be of interest to policy and decision-makers at local regional national and international levels and will be of particular interest to professionals scholars and students working in planning urban studies sport and leisure studies and in event and festival management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138608283

Megapolitan America With an expected population of 400 million by 2040 America is morphing into an economic system composed of twenty-three 'megapolitan' areas that will dominate the nation’s economy by midcentury. These 'megapolitan' areas are networks of metropolitan areas sharing common economic landscape social and cultural characteristics. Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367330194