Healthcare systems around the world are placing increasing importance on the relationship between patient choice and clinical decision-making, with many countries having shared decision making as a central theme in their healthcare policy developments. The concept of shared decision making (SDM) in healthcare is simple: clinicians and patients work together when solving problems and making decisions. However, the context and implementation are more challenging. Written by a global team of ...

Written by experts in the field, the seventh edition of this well-established book provides a critical and academically rigorous exploration of the key functions, practices and issues in HRM today.The first part of Contemporary Human Resource Management covers fundamental HRM practices while the second half examines contemporary themes and issues such as technology and climate change. The book contains over 50 thought-provoking case studies, showing you how theory relates ...

Originally published in 1962, this study discusses the changes in the life of the Ovimbundu from the time of their caravan trade in slaves, rubber, and ivory down to the more recent period when the organization of their chiefdoms was influenced by the Catholic missions, Portuguese administration and wage labour.

Over the past decade health care systems around the world have placed increasing importance on the relationship between patient choice and clinical decision-making. In the years since the publication of the second edition of Shared Decision Making in Health Care, there have been significant new developments in the field, most notably in the US where 'Obamacare' puts shared decision making (SDM) at the centre of the 2009 Affordable Care Act. This new edition explores shared decisio...

How Many Cats Have You Killed? by Mick Herron and Strangers in a Pub by Martin Edwards from Ten Year Stretch are longlisted for the CWA Short Story DaggerTwenty superb new crime stories have been commissioned specially to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Crimefest, described by The Guardian as 'one of the fifty best festivals in the world'.A star-studded international group of authors has come together in crime ...

This book discusses the development of the next generation learning spaces with emerging technologies. These spaces result from the combined needs of classroom stakeholders, such as instructors and learners, with classroom elements, such as tools and technologies, pedagogy and content. The book presents discussions and studies on issues, possibilities and implications of these changes for next generation education. Novel ideas, and studies on these all-encompassing, blended roles of techno...

This volume examines the historical connections between the United States’ Reconstruction and the country’s emergence as a geopolitical power a few decades later. It shows how the processes at work during the postbellum decade variously foreshadowed, inhibited, and conditioned the development of the United States as an overseas empire and regional hegemon. In doing so, it links the diverse topics of abolition, diplomacy, Jim Crow, humanitarianism, and imperialism.In 1935, the great...

Arthur Edward Waite's "The Book of Ceremonial Magic (Illustrated Edition)" delves into the esoteric traditions of ceremonial magic, illuminating the distinctive practices and philosophies that have permeated occult literature. Combining meticulous scholarship with a rich narrative style, Waite examines the historical origins of magic, its rituals, and its intricate symbolism, supported by striking illustrations that enhance the reader's understanding of the material. Addressing both the sp...

One of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the history of Western thought, St Thomas Aquinas established the foundations for much of modern philosophy of religion, and is famous for his arguments for the existence of God. In this cogent and multifaceted introduction to the great saint's work, Edward Feser argues that you cannot fully understand Aquinas's philosophy without his theology and vice-versa. Covering his thoughts on the soul, natural law, metaphysics and the inte...

In "The Occult & Esoteric Works of A. E. Waite (Illustrated Edition)," Arthur Edward Waite presents a comprehensive collection of his influential writings on the mystical and esoteric traditions that permeate Western occultism. Waite's literary style is characterized by its clarity and richness, blending historical analysis with profound philosophical inquiries into the nature of the divine and the cosmos. The book situates itself within the late 19th and early 20th-century revival of inte...

The world is on the verge of fully ushering in the fourth industrial revolution, of which artificial intelligence (AI) is the most important new general-purpose technology. Like the steam engine that led to the widespread commercial use of driving machineries in the industries during the first industrial revolution; the internal combustion engine that gave rise to cars, trucks, and airplanes; electricity that caused the second industrial revolution through the discovery of direct and alter...

In 'The Pictorial Key to the Tarot,' Arthur Edward Waite provides a comprehensive introduction to the mystical world of tarot cards, meticulously detailing the symbolism and significance behind each card in the Rider-Waite tarot deck. Waite's literary style is both scholarly and accessible, blending esoteric philosophy with intuitive insights to illuminate the intricate interplay between the visual imagery and underlying meanings of the cards. This work serves not only as a guide for novic...