Students and practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine must learn hundreds of commonly used herbs as the first step in studying Chinese herbal medicine. Additionally, junior practitioners lack the clinical experience required to ensure that they can skilfully select the appropriate herbs to use in the formulas. This presents them with a major challenge.

Chinese Herbal Medicines: Comparisons and Characteristics presents a method of learning individual herbs through vivid and clear discussion of...

The 6th edition of this highly respected text builds upon the successful structure, engaging writing style and clear presentation of previous editions. Examining urban social geography from a theoretical and historical perspective, it also explores how it has developed into the modern day. Taking account of recent critical work, whilst simultaneously presenting well established approaches to the subject, it ensures students are well-informed about all the issues.

The result is a topical book ...

Social theory is the theoretical core of the social sciences, clearly distinguishable from political theory and cultural analysis. This book offers a unique overview of the development of social theory from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the present day. Spanning the literature in English, French and German, it provides an excellent background to the most important social theorists and theories in contemporary sociological thought, with crisp summaries of the main books, arguments...

Investments, global warming and crossing the road – risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing so provides an introductory understanding of risk perception, assessment and management. Aided by over seventy illustrations, the author casts light on the often overlooked basics of this fascinati...

Government Accounting Made Easy provides a simplified background and discussion of a broad range of governmental accounting topics. The book guides the reader in understanding how these individual topics come together to form a whole, under the new Governmental Accounting Standards Board 34 (GASB 34) financial reporting model.

One of the best ways of introducing theology is through direct student engagement with the most exciting works of contemporary religious reflection. We can learn to think theologically from the giants. Gregory Higgins' work, a fresh edition of his earlier The Tapestry of Christian Theology, does just that. Loosely arranging his work around ten key biblical themes, Higgins catches the spirit and verve of ten contemporary theologians. In successive chapters he introduces these important thinker...

In Veilig opgroeien (oorspronkelijke titel Signs of Safety), wordt een nieuwe benadering in de bescherming van kinderen gepresenteerd. Hulpverleners in de jeugdzorg en kinderbescherming kunnen hiermee potentieel risicovolle situaties beoordelen en vinden hierin praktische hands-on strategieën voor het opbouwen van een samenwerkingrelatie met de ouders. Uit de praktijk blijkt dat dit op de lange termijn kindermishandeling en uit huis plaatsing kan voorkomen.Er zijn weinig beroepsgroepen waarb...

Als geen ander weet Rita Kohnstamm de lezers te verleiden mee te denken; zij vult wetenschappelijke kennis aan met alledaagse, herkenbare en invoelbare gedragingen en voorvallen. Door wat zij lezen op de herinneringen aan hun eigen kinder- en jeugdjaren in gedachten toe te passen, groeien zij in hun psychologisch en pedagogisch denken. Dit, ondersteund met speelse vormgeving en illustraties - van dochter Eva Kohnstamm - maakt dat zowel student, professional als (groot)ouders actief mee- én t...