Now in its third edition, this popular textbook equips health care professionals with the tools to navigate legal and ethical challenges effectively.Grounded in the four principles of biomedical ethics – autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice – and aligned with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct, it provides a clear framework for analysing and approaching complex ethical and legal issues in professional practice.

The United States is, relatively speaking, a new country; the colonies from which it sprung were settled by Europeans in the seventeenth century, and it gained independence only in the late eighteenth century. Despite this relative youth, the country has been host to a rich tradition of folklore and tall tales. This begs the question: if the country's fate had turned out differently, what would have this storytelling tradition have looked like? What stories would be told in these other Ame...

Can we truly address poverty without centring the voices of those who live it? Bringing together voices from academia, grassroots activism, NGOs and the UK voluntary sector, this timely and accessible book explores how participatory approaches to activism can drive genuine, inclusive change.Through short, focused chapters, the authors critically unpack the contested definitions of ‘co-production’, ‘participation’ and ‘lived experience’ while showcasing practice models from across t...

Forest Communities, Community Forests is a collection of stories about twelve communities in the United States and their efforts to protect and restore their community forests. It explores the struggles and opportunities faced by people as they work to invest in natural capital, reverse decades of poor forest practices, tackle policy gridlock, and address community as well as ecological health. The case studies are organized by the dominant themes in American community forestry today, with...

I don’t recall if I saw my first gunman in my childhood nightmares or on my childhood streets.There were plenty in both and they looked very much like each other.So begins Reggie Chamberlain-King’s introduction to The Black Dreams, a thrilling and compelling collection of specially commissioned stories that explore the emotional geography of growing up and living in Northern Ireland.The fourteen stories gathered here criss-cross coast, bor...

Fighting fires and rescuing victims is dangerous work. For L.A. paramedics Rob Decker and Jimmy Cole, the 1970's are also a time of sexual conflict and realizations. Facing homophobia on the job, Jimmy's forced to hide his relationships with other men. Married and a father, Rob struggles to identify why he doesn't like sex at all. Surrounded by friends and family who might not understand, the two men strengthen their friendship and forge their own way through a decade of accidents, disaste...

For girlfriends Taylor and Nova, life at a boarding school for obese kids is made bearable only by each other. But when a secret time machine offers Taylor the chance to save her dad from being killed in Iraq, she changes history in ways she never imagined. Now Taylor's living the life of a skinny girl in the Florida Keys, struggling to meet her family's expectations while separated from the love of her life.

Sean Garrity: millionaire jet-setter, world's most eligible gay teen, regularly voted Sexiest 16 Year Old on the Planet. At least in his dreams. In real life he's looking for the perfect summer love while stuck in the dusty stacks of the Florida Keys Bookmine. When mysterious brothers Rob and Andrew come to town, Sean's social life improves. One of them even starts leaving him flirtatious notes. But which brother? Sean's quest to find out leads to dark family secrets and the possibility of...