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First Steps in Research: A Pocketbook for Healthcare Students (2008)
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Porter, S. (2008). First Steps in Research: A Pocketbook for Healthcare Students. Elsevier

This book covers the steps necessary to plan and undertake a research project and will use clear examples to illustrate what at times are difficult concepts. The chapters include: Making a start - The Researchers view of The World; Research Paradigms... Read More about First Steps in Research: A Pocketbook for Healthcare Students.

Introducing cultural studies, second edition (2008)
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Longhurst, B., Smith, G., Bagnall, G., Crawford, G., Ogborn, M., Baldwin, E., & McCracken, S. (2008). Introducing cultural studies, second edition. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315834344

Includes hot topics such as globalization, youth subcultures, ‘virtual’ cultures, body modification, new media, technologically-assisted social networking and many more This text will be core reading for undergraduates and postgraduates in a varie... Read More about Introducing cultural studies, second edition.

Introducing cultural studies (2nd edition) (2008)
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Longhurst, B., Smith, G., Bagnall, G., Crawford, G., Ogborn, M., Baldwin, E., & McCracken, S. (2008). Introducing cultural studies (2nd edition). Harlow, UK: Pearson Education

Cultural change and ordinary life (2007)
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Longhurst, B. (2007). Cultural change and ordinary life. Open University Press

This ground-breaking book offers a new approach to the understanding of everyday life, the media and cultural change. It explores the social pattern of ordinary life in the context of recent theories and accounts of social and cultural change. Br... Read More about Cultural change and ordinary life.

Arthritis - questions & answers (2007)
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Hammond, A., Scott, D., Bird, H., Pattison, D., Hamer, A., & Green, C. (2007). Arthritis - questions & answers. London: Dorling Kindersley

About Arthritis Your Questions Answered Suffering from arthritis doesn't mean putting life on hold From living with osteoarthritis or fibromyalgia to carpal tunnel syndrome and gout, discover how to take back control of your life with this questi... Read More about Arthritis - questions & answers.

Writing skills for social workers (2007)
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Healy, K., & Mulholland, J. (2007). S. Shardlow (Ed.), Writing skills for social workers. London: Sage

Popular music and society (second edition, fully revised with additional chapters) (2007)
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Longhurst, B. (2007). Popular music and society (second edition, fully revised with additional chapters). Cambridge: Polity

The Penguin dictionary of media studies (2007)
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Abercrombie, N., & Longhurst, B. (2007). The Penguin dictionary of media studies. London: Penguin

Police occupational culture: New debates and directions (2007)
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(2007). M. O'Neill, M. Marks, & A. Singh (Eds.), Police occupational culture: New debates and directions. Emerald

The idea of police occupational culture or cop culture has been a source of academic interest and debate since research into policing began in earnest in the 1960s. Police culture has become a lens through which a number of aspects of the police and... Read More about Police occupational culture: New debates and directions.

Making observations: Observation methods for gerontology (2007)
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(2007). A. Clark (Ed.), Making observations: Observation methods for gerontology. London: Centre for Policy on Aging / The Open University

Violence and the cultural politics of trauma (2007)
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Kilby, J. (2007). Violence and the cultural politics of trauma. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK: University of Edinburgh Press

Understanding social work research (2006)
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McLaughlin, H. (2006). Understanding social work research. London: Sage Publications Ltd

This excellent new textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the nature of social work research. The book clearly demonstrates how research-mindedness is key to improving individual and collective social work practice, helping practitioners to... Read More about Understanding social work research.

Arthritis : improve your health, ease pain and live life to the full (2006)
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Bird, H., Green, C., Hamer, A., Hammond, A., Harkess, J., Hurley, M., …Scott, D. (2006). Arthritis : improve your health, ease pain and live life to the full. London: Dorling Kindersley

Expert advice based on up-to-the-minute research, from specialists in Arthritis care. An authoritative, yet easy-to-understand guide to every type of arthritis, from juvenile to rheumatoid & osteoarthritis, as well as associated conditions such as lu... Read More about Arthritis : improve your health, ease pain and live life to the full.

Erving Goffman (2006)
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Smith, G. (2006). Erving Goffman. London: Routledge

Decades after his death, the figure of Erving Goffman (1922–82) continues to fascinate. Perhaps the best-known sociologist of the second half of the twentieth century, Goffman was an unquestionably significant thinker whose reputation extended well b... Read More about Erving Goffman.

Cardiac care : An introductory text (2006)
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Jones, I. (2006). I. Jones (Ed.), Cardiac care : An introductory text. UK: Wiley

Cardiac Care provides a quick and simple reference guide for clinicians to enable them to provide effective and evidence-based practice in cardiac care. This book recognizes that most people suffering from chronic heart disease are cared for outside... Read More about Cardiac care : An introductory text.

Great Zimbabwe (2006)
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Hall, M., & Stefoff, R. (2006). Great Zimbabwe. New York: Oxford University Press

Secret lives: growing with substance: working with children who live with substance misuse (2006)
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Harbin, F., & Murphy, M. (2006). Secret lives: growing with substance: working with children who live with substance misuse. Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing

Anxiety management in adult day surgery: a nursing perspective (2005)
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Mitchell, M. (2005). Anxiety management in adult day surgery: a nursing perspective. Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell Publishing

This book is the first of its kind to specifically outline the psycho-educational nursing interventions required by the anxious, adult patient undergoing elective, ambulatory surgery. Pre-operative anxiety has been recognised for many decades and is... Read More about Anxiety management in adult day surgery: a nursing perspective.

The Dictionary of Physiotherapy (2005)
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Porter, S. (2005). The Dictionary of Physiotherapy. Elsevier

This easy to follow and portable reference guide is the first International dictionary and glossary specific to physiotherapy. This is a highly illustrated collection of terms, concepts and definitions that student and qualified physiotherapists need... Read More about The Dictionary of Physiotherapy.

Gender, ethics and information technology (2005)
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Adam, A. (2005). Gender, ethics and information technology. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan

Why are most hackers men? Why are most cyberstalkers men and most victims women? Using a novel approach combining feminist ethics, politics and legal theory, Alison Adam illuminates the gendered nature of these and other 'computer ethics' problems. H... Read More about Gender, ethics and information technology.