Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book has been Highly Commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition. Here is the judges' summary of this book: "This is a technical book on a technical subject but presented in a delightful way. There are many books on statistics for doctors but there are few that are excellent and this is certainly one of them.

Statistics is not an easy subject to teach or write about. The authors have succeeded in producing a book that is as good a...

Written in response to a book on the origins of morality by his erstwhile friend Paul Rée, the three essays comprising The Genealogy of Morals--all advancing the critique of Christian morality set forth in Beyond Good and Evil--are among Nietzsche's most sustained and cohesive work.

In the first essay, Nietzsche sets up a contrast between what he calls "master" morality and "slave" morality and shows how strength and action have often been replaced by passivity and nihilism. The next essay, l...

This edition goes beyond others that largely leave readers to their own devices in understanding this cryptic work, by providing an entree into the text that parallels the traditional Chinese way of approaching it: alongside Slingerland's exquisite rendering of the work are his translations of a selection of classic Chinese commentaries that shed light on difficult passages, provide historical and cultural context, and invite the reader to ponder a range of interpretations. The ideal student ...

Cette véritable anthologie s'adresse à tous ceux qui souhaitent découvrir, redécouvrir ou faire découvrir les trésors de la littérature française.

ans ce véritable ouvrage de référence, vous trouverez :

- une présentation chronologique des principaux écrivains et leurs plus grandes oeuvres dans leurs contextes historiques et culturels,

- plus de 150 écrivains,

- de nombreux extraits de textes enrichis de commentaires littéraires,

- les sources de la littérature française,

- t...

The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy is a wide-ranging 2003 introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world. It will be an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the philosophical thought of this rich and formative period.

Business Across Cultures is the keystone book in the Culture for Business series. It provides an overview of all subjects tackled in the other books of the series. Its particular aim is to provide executives with a cross-cultural perspective on how companies meet the diverse needs of customers, investors and employees; to introduce the main ideas in business in a multicultural context; and to show how they all fit together.

Het boek dat de start was van de Lean-beweging door Jim Womack en Dan Jones.

Jim Womack en Dan Jones hebben (in de nasleep van hun MIT-onderzoek) Lean geïntroduceerd buiten Toyota. Hun eerste boek was vooral een beschrijving van de verschillen in prestaties tussen Toyota, overige Japanse autoproducenten, Europese autoproducenten en Amerikaanse autoproducenten. In dit tweede boek gaan ze dieper in op de onderliggende principes en kenmerken van Lean, en kijken ze voorbij de auto-industrie.

Het...

Regie van het primaire proces richt zich op de taken van de verpleegkundige op niveau 5. Zij onderscheidt zich doordat zij zich met name bezighoudt met sturing van de directe omgeving van de patiënt. Deze taak wordt in dit boek gedefinieerd als de regie van het primaire proces.

Verpleegkundigen zijn verantwoordelijk voor de zelfstandige uitvoering van het primaire proces bij de patiënt. Hiervoor moeten zij bekwaam zijn in diagnostiek, interventiekeuze en reflectie op uitkomsten. Van de verp...