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The importance of 'evidence based practice' in health and social work has been emphasised by recent policy and legislative initiatives, but how do professionals decide which research findings are valuable and relevant to them? This accessible introduction provides social work students and practition... More

A presentation of a comparative analysis of the work of mental health social workers and community psychiatric nurses, an issue of importance because of "community care" and also important as much of their work territory overlaps. The findings are more favourable to social workers.... More

Social exclusion is a subject of major importance in contemporary social work and has been a core feature of social policy developments in the UK and Europe in the past decade. Michael Sheppard argues that the issue of social exclusion lies at the very heart of social work and he examines the impl... More

Windows PowerShell provides an amazing platform for administrative scripting and automation. Understanding the PowerShell language will enable you to spend less time troubleshooting and be more effective when debugging is required. PowerShell also includes several avenues to provide feedback from yo... More

Learn the fundamentals of PowerShell to build reusable scripts and functions to automate administrative tasks with Windows About This Book * Harness the capabilities of the PowerShell system to get started quickly with server automation * Learn to package commands into a reusable script and add co... More

What if you could operate your restaurant on a level that your competitors couldn't? What if you could build a foundation so solid that you never had to even think about your competition? How about planting the marketing seeds that will allow you to operate with a near zero advertising budget? And w... More

Learn PowerShell from the inside out, right from basic scripting all the way to becoming a master at automating, managing, and maintaining your Windows environment About This Book • Use proven best practices to optimize code and automate redundant tasks • Get to grips with PowerShell's advanced fu... More

Learn PowerShell from the inside out, right from basic scripting all the way to becoming a master at automating, managing, and maintaining your Windows environment About This Book Use proven best practices to optimize code and automate redundant tasks Get to grips with PowerShell's advanced fun... More

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.... More

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.... More

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.... More

This fully updated and expanded third edition of a classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to key theory, knowledge, research and evidence relating to practice learning in social work and social care. It outlines the theories that underpin social care practice, the main assessment model... More

Where do asteroids come from and what are they made of? What clues do they hold about the evolution of the Solar System? Scientists have catalogued hundreds of thousands of asteroids, and many are thought to contain water and amino acids, the building blocks of life. Michael K. Shepard tells the f... More

Introducing planetary photometry as a quantitative remote sensing tool, this handbook demonstrates how reflected light can be measured and used to investigate the physical properties of bodies in our Solar System. The author explains how data gathered from telescopes and spacecraft are processed an... More

-Integrates the investigation of the echocardiographic findings with the pathologic, clinical and surgical aspects of heart disease -Includes stunning color echocardiographic images of various heart diseases with reference to their pathologic appearance and physiology -Includes clinical comments on ... More

New Authors and collections. Stories of the end of civilized life have always fascinated us, from the mythological world endings, Armageddon to Ragnorok, to the flood stories of across the Ancient world. They make us wonder what we would do if all around us came to an end: no transport, no fuel, no ... More

Some urgent new thinking is needed if any lessons are to be learnt from the recent disasters. This book brings together the experience of a number of writers who have worked on, or studied, poverty alleviation programmes in Asia and Africa.... More

The definitive textbook on the African-American cultural tradition. With Grace Abounding students will gain insight into every facet of the African-American literary and arts tradition, tracing its development from African roots, through Emancipation, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, and the... More

The 8th Edition of Entrepreneurship, by Robert Hisrich, Michael Peters and Dean Shepherd has been designed to clearly instruct students on the process of formulating, planning, and implementing a new venture. Students are exposed to detailed descriptions of 'how to' embark on a new venture in a log... More

This book makes the Business Associations or Corporations course accessible to students whether or not they already know anything about business. The original text and problems emphasize the legal issues that 99% of lawyers will encounter in their professional career. The book is organized around th... More

The Boston Marathon; Sandy Hook Elementary School; the Aurora, Colorado movie theater; Columbine High School—sadly, most Americans are very familiar with these names and the tragic events that took place at each event or location. Mass shootings, home invasions, and other attacks on the general publ... More

Resources running low, the population exploding, the planet is in danger: are we masters of our own destruction, or have we been invaded by aliens bent on mass extinction? Is this a pattern across the entire universe, or just our small sector of cosmic life? This new title in our successful Gothic F... More

Adult Transgender Care provides an overview of transgender health and offers a comprehensive approach to training mental health professionals in transgender care. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to transgender care, emphasizing the complementary contributions of psychiatry, psychology, ... More

Indigenous Knowledge (IK) reviews cutting-edge research and links theory with practice to further our understanding of this important approach's contribution to natural resource management. It addresses IK's potential in solving issues such as coping with change, ensuring global food supply for a gr... More