The Year Book of Surgery brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in general surgery, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. The Year Book of Surgery is published annually in June, and includes topics such as: General Surgery; Trauma; Burns; Critical Care; Transplantation; Surgical Infections; Would Healing; Onc...

MalleeCountry tells the powerful history of mallee lands and people acrosssouthern Australia from Deep Time to the present. Carefully shaped and managedby Aboriginal people for over 50,000 years, mallee country was dramaticallytransformed by settlers, first with sheep and rabbits, then by flattening andburning the mallee to make way for wheat. Government backed settlement schemesdevastated lives and country, but some farmers learnt how to survive thedroughts, dust storms, mice, lo...

Everyone who provides services to older adults believes in the biomedical model that addresses the body, mind, and spirit of their clients. On the whole, service providers--be they long-term care professionals, academics, social workers, program professionals, counselors, or even clergy--are quite adept at dealing with the body and the mind. But few understand the essential role of the client's spiritual perspective, which can enhance and make their services and ministries more effective. ...