Leading international scholars are brought together to present readers with an exploration into the full diversity of the field of spatial media including technologies, spatial data, and consequences

Easy to use, understand and put into practice, this book will answer all your students' questions on the nursing research process.

This handbook explores the key concepts, debates and research areas in the field of autism and education. Contributions come from a wide range of countries and cultures.

This book uses key sociological concepts and theories to help student social workers better understand the nature of their work and the context within which they will be working.

Material Methods brings introduces students and researchers to the wide range of cross-disciplinary methods which help us to approach and interpret material culture and materials.

This is an exciting new edition of a core text that draws on a range of interwoven themes within the field of early childhood studies, clearly showing how these themes are reflected and played out in different contexts.

An experiential and skills-building approach, exploring the realities and complexities of performance management. Cross-cultural cases, review questions and exercises provide students with the practical skills they need to understand how performance management links to business results.

Covering the essential aspects of critical care nursing, students are asked to consider the biopsychosocial triggers of critical illness, and are walked through a number of different patient scenarios.

With expanded coverage of Fleck and a new section on 'Transformations of the Medical Profession', this updated Third Edition provides students with a sociologically-focussed and theoretically informed introduction

Includes most organized discussion of mass media culture, the meaning of leisure, and anomie in affluent society.