Lieneke van de Griendt – huisarts sinds 1995 – constateert dat veel patiënten met chronische aandoeningen ondanks alle medische inspanningen niet genezen. Zij krijgen medicijnen voorgeschreven die symptomen onderdrukken, maar ze blijven chronisch ziek en moeten vaak de rest van hun leven medicijnen blijven slikken. Maar wat gaat er eigenlijk precies mis in hun lichaam en waarom gebeurt dit? Als we dat weten, zouden we dan ook zónder medicijnen de gezondheid kunnen verbeteren van patiën...

Bemiddel jij in je werk regelmatig in conflictsituaties, of ben je zelf weleens betrokken geweest bij een conflict? Wil jij anderen ondersteunen bij de oplossing van een conflict en met de juiste communicatie hierin betere resultaten bereiken? Lees dan dit boek.

Als begeleider van een conflict ben je uiterst kwetsbaar. Het vraagt veel van je om te dealen met de emoties die bij de partijen spelen. In dit boek leer je hoe je invloed uitoefent op het verloop van een conflict.

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Disasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Fukushima disaster, the authors examine how societies dealt with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. They reveal the ways in which the consequences and outcomes of these disasters varied widely not only between societies but also within the same societies according to so...

This is the first textbook to focus exclusively on issues of distributive justice on the global scale. It gives clear and up-to-date accounts of the major theories of global justice and spells out their significance for a series of political issues, including climate change, international trade, human rights and migration.

This book will show you how you can leverage your Python skills to learn JavaScript by comparing them at the syntactical and semantical level. You'll discover why and when to use JavaScript, connect to a Node.js backend to create meaningful experiences, and finally create a full-stack application utilizing all layers of a web application.

A major new interpretation of European integration. Leading scholar, Neil Fligstein, provocatively argues that European integration has produced a truly transnational European society.

This unique textbook merges human rights law with its practice, from the courtroom to the battlefield. Human rights are analysed in their particular context, and the authors assess, among other things, the impact of international finance, the role of NGOs, and the protection of rights in times of emergency, including the challenges posed by counter-terrorism. In parallel, a series of interviews with practitioners, case studies and practical applications offer multiple perspectives and challen...

Internationally recognised as one of the leading texts in its field, this volume offers a comprehensive introduction to vocabulary for language teachers who would like to know more about the way vocabulary works. Two leading specialists make research and theory accessible, providing the background knowledge necessary for practitioners to make informed choices about vocabulary teaching and testing. This second edition retains the popular format of the first edition, and has been rewritten to t...

The law that regulates armed conflicts is one of the oldest branches of international law, and yet continues to be one of the most dynamic areas of law today. This book provides an accessible, scholarly, and up-to-date examination of international humanitarian law, offering a comprehensive and logical discussion and analysis of the law. The book contains detailed examples, extracts from relevant cases, useful discussion questions, and a recommended reading list for every chapter.

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International Law continues to provide a user friendly text. It sets out clearly and concisely basic principles and provides analysis of international procedures. In this new edition the authors have introduced certain structural changes in the presentation of material. This is designed to reflect the changes in the subject matter of contemporary international law and current teaching methodologies. Developments in the law of armed conflict and international criminal law are considered in a n...