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Affirmative Action in Medicine: Improving Health Care for
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Curtis, James L., PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press, Affirmative action programs have significantly changed American medicine for the better, not only in medical school admissions and access to postgraduate training but also in bringing a higher quality of health care to all people. James L. Curtis approaches this important transition from historical, statistical, and personal perspectives. He tells how over the course of his medical education and career as a psychiatrist and professor--often as the first or only African American in his cohort--the status of minorities in the medical professions grew from a tiny percentage to a far more equitable representation of the American population. Advancing arguments from his earlier book, Blacks, Medical Schools, and Society, Curtis evaluates the outcomes of affirmative action efforts over the past thirty years. He describes formidable barriers to minority access to medical-education opportunities and the resulting problems faced by minority patients in receiving medical treatment. His progress report includes a review of two thousand minority students admitted to U.S. medical schools in , following them through graduation and their careers, comparing them with the careers of two thousand of their nonminority peers. These samples provide an important look at medical schools that, while heralding dramatic progress in physician education and training opportunity, indicates much room for further improvement. A basic hurdle continues to face African Americans and other minorities who are still confined to segregated neighborhoods and inferior school systems that stifle full scholastic development. Curtis urges us as a nation to develop all our human resources through an expansion ofaffirmative action programs, thus improving health care for everyone. James L. Curtis is Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Campaign Reform: Insights and Evidence
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vavreck, Lynn / Lewis, Lynn Vavreck / Bartels, Larry M., PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press, What is wrong with American political campaigns? How could the campaign process be improved? This volume brings the expertise of leading political scientists to the public debate about campaign reform. These scholars probe the reality behind the conventional wisdom that nasty, vacuous campaigns dominated by big money and cynical media coverage are perverting our political process and alienating our citizenry. Some of their conclusions will be startling to campaigners and critics alike. For example, "attack" advertisements prove to be no more effective than self-promotional advertisements, but "are" more substantive. Indeed, candidates in their advertisements and speeches focus more on policy and less on strategy and process than any major news outlet, including the "New York Times," The volume suggests that, as a result, prospective voters in knew more about the candidates' issue positions than in any presidential election in decades, yet turnout and public faith in the electoral process continued to decline. For aspiring reformers, Bartels and his colleagues provide a bracing reality check. For students and scholars of electoral politics, political communication, and voting behavior, they provide an authoritative summary and interpretation of what we know about the nature and impact of political campaigns. The insights and evidence contained in this volume should be of interest to anyone concerned about the present state and future prospects of American electoral process. Larry M. Bartels is Professor of Politics and Public Affairs and Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. Lynn Vavreck is AssistantProfessor of Government, Dartmouth College. Other contributors are Bruce Buchanan, Tami Buhr, Ann Crigler, John G. Geer, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marion Just, Daron R. Shaw, and John Zaller.
Equazione Karamanov - Goldeberg - Mondadori
Equazione karamanov - una lotta all''ultimo bisturi tra russi e americani categoria: romanzi autore: marshall goldeberg editore: mondadori oscar anno: note: copertina a colori con disegno - (collana gli oscar del crimine) - trduzione di lia volpatti - dedica: a toby per l''ispirazione, a ken kay per la collaborazione, a darlis per amore - ringraziamenti: i personaggi principali e le situazioni di questo romanzo sono immaginari. la tecnica chirurgica della gas endarteriectomia è reale ed è stata sviluppata da philip sawyer, sol sobel e martin kaplitt, medici del downstate medical center di brooklyn, new york. il dr. sawyer è un amico personale e io gli sono grato per la consulenza prestatami durante la stesura di questo manoscritto. - breve commento in quarta di copertina: nikolai karamanov, un fisico russo che ha fornito al governo sovietico i dati teorici per la costruzione di sistema antimissilistico d''avanguardia, giace su un tavolo operatorio in attesa che il dottor sten, un chirurgo americano, lo operi. la cia chiede a sten, per il bene della patria, di fare in modo che karamanov non esca vivo dall''operazione; la sorte del mondo è legata all''esito dell''eccezionale intervento. questo romanzo, scritto con la penetrazione propria di uno scrittore che è anche medico, pone l''accento sul dilemma di un uomo che, dopo aver giurato di servire la vita, viene chiamato a distruggerla. qualcuno considererà questo romanzo una storia di spionaggio, qualcun altro una storia d''amore: esso è tutt'e due le cose e, forse, qualcosa di più. - marshall goldberg, medico chirurgo, vive a flint nel michigan dove è direttore sanitario dell' hurley hospital. dopo aver scritto numerose sceneggiature per la serie televisiva dottor kildare, si è dedicato alla stesura di un secondo romanzo - ottimo stato - pagg x 11
Polar Bears in inglese
Titolo: Polar Bears in inglese Autori: Sirling Ian, Ian Stirling Editore: University of Michigan Press Data di Pubblicazione: January Pagine: Euro 25 condizioni ottime Every once in a while a book comes along that combines both art and research so completely, so intuitively, that it becomes a classic, offering the reader not only a wealth of information, but an escape into the life of the subject covered. Polar Bears is such a book. Here, you will learn from one of the world's leading polar bear experts, Ian Stirling, how the polar bear evolved and adapted to its world of snow and ice. You will follow the life of the polar bear from its birth in a snowy den in the middle of winter through its fascinating methods of hunting seals on the sea ice, its seasonal migrations, and its passage into old age. And you will learn about the impact of man on the survival of this magnificent animal. Renowned wildlife photographer Dan Guravich's spectacular visual commentary captures the playfulness and the majestic beauty of the polar bear. Over 150 color photographs portray the animals as the powerful predators they are. You will see the scars of battle, and you will see the tenderness between a mother and her cubs. In all, you will experience a truly fitting tribute to one of the most beautiful creatures in the world--the very spirit of Arctic living. "Few men other than the Inuit themselves have had as intimate an acquaintance with polar bears as Ian Stirling and Dan Guravich. The combination of Stirling's scholarly research and Guravich's incomparable photographs are a superb celebration of these glamorous 'Lords of the Arctic.'" -- Disponibile in Roma altezza stazione Tiburtina o Rieti zona Petrella Salto con formula visto e piaciuto Solo contatto telefonico o sms per essere richiamati Per vedere altri annunci digita nella ricerca mariomarco
Progress: Fact or Illusion?
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marx, Leo / Mazlish, Bruce, PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press, Progress, perhaps the fundamental secular belief of modern Western society, has come under heavy fire recently because, after three centuries, advances in science and technology seem increasingly to bring problems in their wake: alienation, environmental degradation, the threat of nuclear destruction. The idea of progress is brought into question by postmodern critique, attacking the notion of science as truth. Yet no other meaningful organization of humankind's sense of time looms on the horizon. This volume seeks to reassess the meaning and prospects of the idea of progress. Looking toward the millennium, the volume seeks to evaluate the idea's worth both in theory--is it intellectually viable and defensible today?--and practice--even if theoretically defensible, is the idea undermined in actual life? Approaching these questions from the perspectives of science, anthropology, economics, religion, political philosophy, feminism, medicine, environmental studies, and the Third World, the contributors, all distinguished scholars, provide a unique and critical balance. Ultimately, the contributors find that progress is both a fact and an illusion: it does occur in certain areas, but it does not sweep all before it as its Enlightenment votaries thought it would. This foundational idea permeates discourse in the natural and social sciences as well as the humanities and will engage historians, students of the history of science and technology, sociologists, political scientists, philosophers, literary scholars, and art critics, as well as those interested in civilization in general. Contributors include: Jill Ker Conway, Zhiyuan Cui, Leon Eisenberg, Robert Heilbroner, Gerald Holton, Leo Marx, Bruce Mazlish, Ali A. Mazrui, Alan Ryan, John M. Staudenmaier, George W. Stocking, Jr., and Richard White. "A discerning reconsideration of the idea of 'progress' in a variety of carefully defined theoretical and empirical-historical contexts." --David Hollinger, University of California, Berkeley Leo Marx is Professor of American Cultural History, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bruce Mazlish is Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Palmyra and Its Empire: Zenobia's Revolt Against Rome
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stoneman, Richard, PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press, In the twilight of the third century C.E., the unity of the Western world was threatened by financial crisis, invasion, and plague. The Syrian city Palmyra had long protected Rome against Persian invasion, but under its queen Zenobia, Palmyra broke away from Roman hegemony. The Roman Empire had never been closer to disintegration, nor had it suffered so much before at the hands of a woman. This volume is the first comprehensive historical treatment in any language of Roman Syria, the revolt of Zenobia, and the city of Palmyra. Drawing on discoveries in archaeology, the history of the Silk Road, numismatics, and Roman and Persian history, Richard Stoneman has assembled a rich collage of knowledge about this intriguing period. As he tells the story of this major revolt and its leader, the author surveys the history of the spice trade in antiquity, the religious ferment of third- century Syria, early modern travelers to Palmyra, and in particular Zenobia's changing image through the ages. The lucid text and numerous illustrations will attract all who are intrigued by the third- century Roman Empire and its frontiers, by pre-Islamic Arab culture, by Roman Syria and Palmyra itself, and by the fascinating Queen Zenobia..".. an excellent synthesis of current knowledge and a sound introduction to the third cen-tury, especially in the East...."--Journal of Military History.".. Stoneman provides an excellent and readable introduction to what is known about Palmyra, and particularly the astonishing period in the mid-third century A.D.... He] marshalls recent reinterpretations of the politics of the eastern frontier by both historians and archaeologists, as well as theinspiration of his own visits to Syria, to underline Palmyra's unique commercial position and the ability over the centuries of Roman rule of its ethnically and religiously highly heterogeneous ruling class to exploit the caravan trade from East and South Asia to their economic and political advantage."--Greece & Rome Richard Stoneman has published numerous books on the ancient world and on travel in the Eastern Mediterranean. He is Senior Editor at Routledge.
UN GIORNO ANCORA, Mitch Albom, BESTSELLER
Mitch Albom UN GIORNO ANCORA BESTSELLER Editore: SuperPocket. Best seller SuperPocket, Settembre Che cosa faresti se potessi passare Un giorno ancora con una persona amata E perduta per sempre ? Edizione in brossura, pagine 19, formato cm. 13X20. Stato di conservazione: ottimo come da foto Mitchel David "Mitch" Albom (Trenton, 23 maggio ) è uno scrittore statunitense di best seller. I suoi libri hanno venduto quasi 30 milioni di copie nel mondo e sono pubblicati in 41 Paesi. Vive attualmente in Michigan con la famiglia dove ha fondato 3 istituti filantropici. Ha iniziato la sua carriera come pianista, lavorando anche in Europa, successivamente è diventato giornalista sportivo, attività che svolge tuttora per il Detroit Free Press. Appare spesso in trasmissioni televisive e radiofoniche come giornalista sportivo. Mitch Albom è giornalista, sceneggiatore e scrittore. I suoi libri hanno venduto quasi trenta milioni di copie nel mondo e sono pubblicati in oltre quaranta Paesi. In BUR sono disponibili I miei martedì col professore (), Le cinque persone che incontri in cielo () e Un giorno ancora (). Riassunto dei contenuti Charley Benetto adorava suo padre e non è mai riuscito a tollerarne l'abbandono; a undici anni ha dovuto imparare a fidarsi di sua madre, una donna dolce e coraggiosa, che nonostante la rabbia del figlio è riuscita a crescerlo da sola. Ora, da adulto, Charley si macera solitario nel dolore e nell'alcol. Un giorno torna nella cittadina dove è nato. Ha scelto il luogo dei suoi dolorosi ricordi per farla finita. Disperato, entra nella sua vecchia casa e non riesce a credere ai suoi occhi quando in cucina, come se nulla fosse, la madre, morta otto anni prima, lo accoglie con tutto il suo amore più forte del tempo. Spese di spedizione Euro 2,00 con posta prioritaria "piego di libri, non tracciabile" o Euro 4,00 con posta raccomandata "piego di libri, tracciabile", opportunamente protetto in busta di cellofan.
Los Angeles Review No. 12
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: GALE, KATE, Davio, Kelly, PUBLISHER: Red Hen Press, "The Los Angeles Review" started off with a small group of editors in Los Angeles and work mostly by L.A. writers. We've expanded through the years and now the editors are spread throughout California and the Northwest (plus one in Michigan). What unifies the journal is a focus on the writing of the Left Coast, on the way that the writing of the West works outside the framework of the traditional and the academic, pushes back against writing that fits into small spaces, writing that was written for a small group of elite intellectuals. Many of these stories look forward and backward at the same time, at what was and what could have been, at what will be and what could change. Writing in the West continues to evolve and move forward over the edge. It is the writing of desire. My definition of the writing of the West comes from my play, "The Moon Landing is a Hoax." We write about: Sky, clouds, water, hiking, boats, machines, wide open spaces, grasses, mountains, caves, racks of antlers, mustard seed growing, wild orchids, waterfalls, fat people, hairy people, ugly people, dipshits, trailer trash people, truck drivers, soldiers, gypsies, Mexicans, nuclear bombs, test sites, Las Vegas, military bases, guys that work on cars, half wits from Kansas, women with no teeth and curlers in their hair in case they go out later and all of us eating the dark that is America. Flynn Berry's "Surfing," the story of a man, as told by his brother, growing to adulthood, becoming addicted to drugs, going through one rehab stint after another, ends like this: "Here is what I want, out of the many, many things I want. I want to go to Berkeley to our old house in . I want to hang out with my brother when he is four, when he is bright and goofy. His hair is blond and he is three feet tall.... Below us is the wide shining bay, with no trace of the fog he loves to watch come in... I will tell him to be brave. That he will be fine. If I think about it closely enough, maybe it is true. Maybe it is happening right now, in one of the universes, in one of the dimensions that I can't see. He tilts his head, voice excited, telling me about a supernova. There, smell the eucalyptus. Try to imagine it better. Nothing--is unattainable." And that is what the work in LAR wants to believe. That we can push ourselves to the edge of the world and reinvent story, language, what is possible.
Grateful dead - so many roads (cd - box sets
GRATEFUL DEAD - SO MANYROADS (CD - BOX SETS - GDCD The long-awaited retrospectiveof the Grateful Deadâ€(TM)s unparalleled 30-year carrer Features all previouslyunreleased music 60 page color book Rare never-before-publishedphotos Deluxe archival clothboundpackaging Track listing Disc one "Can't Come Down" (Grateful Dead) â€" 2:59 "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) â€" 3:12 (tracks 1â€"2 studio recordings) Autumn Sessions "You Don't Have to Ask" (Grateful Dead) â€" 3:55 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California "On The Road Again" (Traditional, arranged by the Grateful Dead) - 2:49 Los Angeles, California, "Cream Puff War" (Jerry Garcia) - 5:37 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, [c] "I Know You Rider" (Traditional, arranged by the Grateful Dead) - 4:15 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, "The Same Thing" (Willie Dixon) - Winterland Arena, San Francisco, "Dark Star" > "China Cat Sunflower" > "The Eleven" (Grateful Dead/Hunter) â€" Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, "Clementine" (Lesh/Hunter) - 7:48 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon "Mason's Children" (Garcia/Lesh/Weir/Hunter) â€" 4:08 (studio recording) outtake from Workingman's Dead February "To Lay Me Down" (Garcia/Hunter) â€" 4:00 (studio recording) outtake from American Beauty Summer Disc two "That's It For The Other One" (Grateful Dead) â€" Fillmore West, San Francisco, "Beautiful Jam" (Grateful Dead) - 4:33 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York "Chinatown Shuffle" (Ron McKernan) - 3:00 Civic Hall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands "Sing Me Back Home" (Merle Haggard) - County Fairgrounds, Veneta, Oregon "Watkins Glen Soundcheck Jam" (Grateful Dead) - Grand Prix Race Course, Watkins Glen, New York "Dark Star Jam" (Grateful Dead) - 8:28 > Spanish Jam (Grateful Dead) - 4:10 > U.S. Blues (Garcia/Hunter) - 6:50 Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, Florida Disc three "Eyes of the World" (Garcia/Hunter) â€" Winterland Arena, San Francisco, [a] "The Wheel" (Garcia/Hunter) - Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Illinois "Stella Blue" (Garcia/Hunter) â€" Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow/Weir) â€" Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado "The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow/Weir) â€" 7:24 Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, "Shakedown Street" (Garcia/Hunter) â€" San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco Disc four "Cassidy" (Weir/Barlow) â€" 5:56 Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey "Hey Pocky Way" (Modeliste/Neville/Nocentelli/Porter) â€" 6:00 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina "Believe It Or Not" (Garcia/Hunter) â€" 5:09 (studio recording) outtake from Built to Last "Playing In The Band" (Hart/Hunter/Weir) - Laguna Seca, Monterey, California "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines" (Barlow/Mydland) â€" 4:48 (studio recording) outtake from Built to Last "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (Davis) â€" 6:39 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia/Hunter) > "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart/Hunter) â€" Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario "Bird Song" (Garcia/Hunter) - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York "Jam Out Of Terrapin" (Grateful Dead) â€" 5:20 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio Disc five "Terrapin Station" (Garcia/Hunter) â€" Madison Square Garden, New York City "Jam Out Of Foolish Heart" (Grateful Dead) â€" 8:57 Madison Square Garden, New York "Way To Go Home" (Bralove/Hunter/Welnick) â€" 6:24 The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan "Liberty" (Garcia/Hunter) â€" 5:56 The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia "Lazy River Road" (Garcia/Hunter) â€" 6:56 "Eternity" (Dixon/Wasserman/Weir) â€" 7:35 (tracks 5â€"6 studio recordings) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album "Jam into Days Between" (Grateful Dead) â€" 7:04 (studio recording) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album "Days Between" (Garcia/Hunter) - (studio recording) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album "Whiskey in the Jar" (Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) - 5:18 (studio recording) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album "So Many Roads" (Garcia/Hunter) â€" 9:24 Soldier Field, Chicago