I guess the end justifies the means. At least that's what I believe. Most of the time'. After the accident, DC Cameron Stone had spent three months in intensive care before he could even recall what happened: the high speed pursuit of a vice baron through the night streets of Glasgow that had not only almost finished him but had taken the life of a teenage mother and her child. Then there'd been the message from Audrey on the back of a 'get well soon' card announcing that she had left him ...

In this fascinating book David Ingram traces the history of information technology and health informatics from its pioneers in the middle of the twentieth century to its latest developments.The book is distinctive in its broad scope and coverage and as the eyewitness account of an author who became the first UK professor appointed with the mission to bridge information technology with everyday medicine, health, and care. In this role, he has been a co-founder and leader of two rapi...

In this fascinating book David Ingram traces the history of information technology and health informatics from its pioneers in the middle of the twentieth century to its latest developments.The book is distinctive in its broad scope and coverage and as the eyewitness account of an author who became the first UK professor appointed with the mission to bridge information technology with everyday medicine, health, and care. In this role, he has been a co-founder and leader of two rapi...

World Crisis and Underdevelopment examines the impact of poverty and other global crises in generating forms of structural coercion that cause agential and societal underdevelopment. It draws from discourse ethics and recognition theory in criticizing injustices and pathologies associated with underdevelopment. Its scope is comprehensive, encompassing discussions about development science, philosophical anthropology, global migration, global capitalism and economic markets, human rights, i...

Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics develops a critical theory of human rights and global democracy. Ingram both develops a theory of rights and applies it to a range of concrete and timely issues, such as the persistence of racism in contemporary American society; the emergence of so-called 'whiteness theory;' the failure of identity politics; the tensions between emphases on antidiscrimination and affirmative action in the Americans With Disabilities Act of...

The Communist Economic Challenge (1965) examines the substantial industrial development in the Soviet Union, and its European satellites, and China, looking at Khrushchev’s boast that by 1970 the USSR’s industrial output would surpass that of the USA. The book analyses the communist record, and evaluates the reality of the Soviet claims that its growth was a mark of the ‘inherent superiority’ of its economic system over capitalism.

Thisness Presentism outlines and defends a novel version of presentism, the view that only present entities exist and what is present really changes, a view of time that captures a real and objective difference between what is past, present, and future, and which offers a model of reality that is dynamic and mutable, rather than static and immutable. The book advances a new defence of presentism by developing a novel ontology of thisness, combining insights about the nature of ess...

Philosophy in the middle of the 20th Century, between 1920 and 1968, responded to the cataclysmic events of the time. Thinkers on the Right turned to authoritarian forms of nationalism in search of stable forms of collective identity, will, and purpose. Thinkers on the Left promoted egalitarian forms of humanism under the banner of international communism. Others saw these opposed tendencies as converging in the extinction of the individual and sought to retrieve the ideals of the Enlighte...

A HOT AND TOPICAL SUBJECT David Ingram has produced a fast moving novel about a Post European Britain. With a blunt talking Yorkshireman installed as its' new Prime Minister, this is a very clever story of the consequences of life in Britain should it ever make the bold decision to withdraw from its' uncomfortable position in Europe. There are clever sub plots involving a sinister European Minister for Trade who is determined to keep his job at any cost, and a bitter ex em...

In Business Spotlight Audio 1/2020 für Januar/Februar gibt es einen Sonderbeitrag mit nützlichen Tipps und einem Fragebogen, wie Sie Ihre Karriere 2020 voranbringen. Und im Mittelpunkt unserer Serie zum Thema "Führung" steht das Konzept der geteilten Führung ("shared leadership"). In Easy English hören Sie, wie man Erwartungen setzt, ohne das gute Verhältnis zu Kollegen und Kolleginnen zu gefährden. In English on the Move checken Sie aus einem Hotel aus. Mit idiomatischen Wendungen zur Bew...

You are doing groundbreaking work, nothing less than a true revolution. I am hopeful more and more people will join your righteous journey so that Israel will become a light among the nations regarding its compassionate treatment of animals......I am happily obliged to thank you for your book, "BEFORE THE BLIND," which allowed me to become familiar with your work as a supporter and promoter of Veganism and animal rights in the Orthodox and Haredi Judaism spheres.It is clear...

The Lifestyle Changes You Can Make to Prevent CancerAs much as 40 percent of cancers occur because of the way we live our lives. By making what might be small changes to our lifestyles, we can significantly reduce the chances of getting, and dying from, many common cancers. Simple things like drinking coffee, taking care with exposure to sunlight, eating the correct foods, and much more, can make a big difference.This book provides all the ...