Patricia G : 54 books
Patient Engagement
Catalyzing Improvement and Innovation in Healthcare
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
CFHI's first book on patient engagement. Case studies from healthcare delivery organizations in three countries, catalyzing improvement and innovation in healthcare illustrates patient engagement strategies and their impacts.
Taking Chances
The Coast after Hurricane Sandy
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages—shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging...
Dictatorships in the Hispanic World
Transatlantic and Transnational Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
This book provides a transatlantic and interdisciplinary perspective of dictatorships in the Hispanic World, focusing on the common strategies used to represent and/or protest these regimes in narrative, film, poetry, essays, theater, and visual arts. By looking at the similarities and differences...
by Peter G. Beidler, Bethany Blankenship, Michael Calabrese
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was the subject of the first volume in the Approaches to Teaching series, published in 1980. But in the past thirty years, Chaucer scholarship has evolved dramatically, teaching styles have changed, and new technologies have created extraordinary opportunities for studying...
by Cristina Eisenberg, Jack Turner, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
A compelling case for connecting with the wild, for our psychological and physical well-being and to flourish as a species
We often enjoy the benefits of connecting with nearby, domesticated nature—a city park, a backyard garden. But this book makes the provocative case for the necessity...
by Patricia Lakin, Robert G. Steele
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Early one morning a young boy wakes to his special alarm clock. He puts on his hearing aids and clothes, then goes to wake his father. Together they brave the cold as they walk down the dirt road that leads to the beach.
The History of Futurism
The Precursors, Protagonists, and Legacies
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Futurism began as an artistic and social movement in early twentieth-century Italy. Until now, much of the scholarship available in English has focused only on a single individual or art form. This volume seeks to present a more complete picture of the movement by exploring the history of the movement,...
The Frontier of Patriotism
Alberta and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and...
by Patricia Monaghan & Eleanor G. Viereck
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 1999
This book gives us a clear explanation of more than 35 meditation practices. Traditions involving Shamanism Yoga Taoism Buddhism Islam Western Traditions Biofeedback Meditation in Life (such as gardening nature and sports) Creative Meditations and Active Imagination (including Kinesthetic meditations and visualizations) are each described in separate chapters.
Political Humor in a Changing Media Landscape
A New Generation of Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
In the past decade various studies have examined how political humor may influence various political attitudes and voting behavior; whether it affects learning, cognition and media literacy, how it might shape political participation; how people process different forms of political humor; and more....
Meditation The Complete Guide
Techniques from East and West to Calm the Mind, Heal the Body, and Enrich the Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Uniquely comprehensive, this one-stop resource describes thirty-five distinct meditation practices, detailing their historical background and contemporary use, ways to begin, and additional resources. The what and why of meditation in general are discussed, with emphasis on helping readers discover...
by Clay Spinuzzi, Carl G. Herndl, S. Scott Graham
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Best known for his books We Have Never Been Modern, Laboratory Life, and Science in Action, Bruno Latour has inspired scholarship across many disciplines. In the past few years, the fields of rhetoric and composition have witnessed an explosion of interest in Latour’s work. Editors Paul Lynch and...
by Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad, Jean-Marc Akakpo, Zeynep Arkan
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
This book examines the political and legal challenges of regional governance of the 28 countries of the European Union and the 48 in the Council of Europe. The contributions, dilemmas, and moral hazards from this record of nearly seven decades of regional inter-governmental institutions has kept the...
The Electrified Mind
Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment in the Era of Cell Phones and the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The Electrified Mind helps therapists understand and empathize with patients who rely heavily upon cell phones and the internet for the purposes of self-expression as well as for defensive avoidance of actual interpersonal contact. The chapters by distinguished mental health professionals delineate...