An ICU nurse and a hospital chaplain fight bureaucratic bungling, medical arrogance, and their own limitations as their patients hover between death and life.
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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Alan David Justice
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil - Alan Morris abused me and dozens of my classmates. This is the true story of how we brought him to justice.
David Nolan
John Blake Publishing Ltd
2015
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Tell The Truth and Shame The Devil tells the inside story of the biggest historic sex abuse case ever mounted by Greater Manchester Police - the investigation into the systematic abuse of boys at St Ambrose College in Hale Barns by chemistry teacher and church deacon Alan Morris. Author David Nolan was one of Morris's victims and was given unprecedented access to detectives investigating the case. Nolan was there every step of the way, not only experiencing the brutal regime of the school in the 1970s but also seeing every twist and turn of the case unfold at first hand. He's even given the opportunity to confront Morris 35 years on from his abusive reign at the school. Will he take it? Jimmy Savile...Rolf Harris...the Westminster sex abuse conspiracy...newspaper headlines have been crammed with historic abuse cases. But what really goes on inside such an investigation? How do officers deal with the raw emotions of the victims - not to mention their own revulsion at the crimes? Especially when they uncover a darker secret at the school - stories of even more horrific abuse that have remained hidden for decades.David Nolan takes you on a journey inside the dark heart of an historic abuse case - there's never been a real-life crime story like it.
Justice League of America: The Nail: The Complete Deluxe Edition (2026 Edition)
Alan Davis
DC Comics
2026
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Gone with the Wind has generated interest in every aspect of its production. Yet one crucial aspect has never been fully understood or appreciated-the vital shaping role played by executive producer David O. Selznick.In this book, Alan David Vertrees challenges the popular image of Selznick as a megalomaniacal meddler whose hiring and firing of directors and screenwriters created a patchwork film that succeeded despite his interference. Drawing on ten years of research in the Selznick archives, and examining the screenplay's successive drafts, dramatic continuity designs and "storyboard" sketches (many of which are reproduced here), and production correspondence and memoranda, Vertrees interprets the producer's actions as manipulation, not indecision, establishing Selznick's "vision" as the guiding intelligence behind the film's success.In his drive to create a cinematic monument, Selznick also reformed many key facets of studio filmmaking, inventing jobs such as "production designer" (inaugurated by William Cameron Menzies), which persist today. This book thus adds an important chapter to the story of classical Hollywood cinema and the making of the film that has been lauded variously as the "Sistine Chapel of movies" and the "single most beloved entertainment ever produced."
This book presents composer Richard Wagner's formative ideas in a systematic and coherent manner and examines their development and evolution as reflected in his prose, poetry , letters, and music-dramas. In addition to incorporating numerous letters previously unavailable, the second edition has been thoroughly reorganized. As Wagner's political and religious ideas conditioned the works and music he wrote, considerable attention is now placed on the development and evolution of his major thoughts, showing how they evolved and became incorporated into his music.
This is a collection of poems written by a man perched on the edge of turning 40 and looking backwards at his life in order to make sense of where he is going next. Each poem describes a particular moment in his life, but there is no central character and the moments are not presented chronologically. Instead, like the tangents that memory takes, each poem represents a fragment of time, and this collection, the jigsaw picture that is created once the fragments are re-arranged.
Perioperative Pharmacotherapy, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics
Alan David Kaye
W B Saunders Co Ltd
2010
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In this issue of the Anesthesiology Clinics, there are many exciting pharmacology reviews giving us a glimpse into future practice. It begins with a definitive review by Drs. Pamela Palmer and Ronald Miller on current and developing methods of patient-controlled analgesia. There are five focused reviews on drugs designed and utilized in pain management and drug addiction: buprenorphine, acetaminophen, an oral sufentanil preparation, and tapentadol. These reviews are timely because so many new drugs have come to market to modulate and to better target pain and inflammation. Likewise, there has been an explosion in use of a number of anticoagulants that modulate the coagulation cascade. Two reviews provide a clear understanding of how many of these newer agents work, discussion of the new recombinant activated factor VII (Novo7®), and guidelines for these drugs in clinical anesthesia and pain practice. Evolving understanding and clinical use of dexmetomidine, in the OR, ICU, and peripheral sites has reshaped the practice of sedation for a large population of patients. These topics describe highly clinically relevant perioperative agents. There are also reviews on pharmacological options in the management of patients with hypertension, cardiac disease, and new cardiac anesthesia agents in the OR and ICU. There is a special review on the role of statins in cardiac anesthesia, a very exciting and evolving topic. Also reviewed is levosimendan, a calcium sensitizer utilized for acutely decompensated congestive heart failure and shown to reduce cardiac troponin release after cardiac surgery. Lastly, the future of induction and inhalation agents and structure-based modifications are examined.
7 Steps to Unlock Your Secret Power: Answering the 7 Fundamental Questions of Life
Alan David Nkoy
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Acute Pain Management Essentials
Alan David Kaye; Richard D. Urman
Wolters Kluwer Health
2022
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Covering both surgical and non-surgical pain, Acute Pain Management Essentials is a comprehensive, clinically oriented reference for the entire acute pain management team. Edited by Drs. Alan David Kaye and Richard D. Urman, this new title brings together the expertise of contributing authors from anesthesiology, medicine, surgery, and allied health professions to offer an interdisciplinary approach to this complex and fast-changing field. Beginning with an overview of basic principles, it then approaches pain management by organ system, by patient population, and by treatment modality, ending with review of subspecialty considerations and related topics.Examines all types of acute pain, including non-surgical pain that requires non-regional anesthesia management techniquesBegins with basic principles of pain management, including anatomy and physiology of acute pain, evaluation and measurement of pain, neurobiology and genetics, preemptive analgesia and surgical pain, running a post-operative pain management service and moreSubsequent chapters are organized by Organ Systems, Special Populations, Treatment Modalities, and Subspecialty ConsiderationsIncludes related topics such as dental and facial pain, foot and ankle surgery, the primary care setting, nursing considerations, enhanced recovery pathways (ERAS), quality and safety considerations, and moreAn ideal resource for anesthesiologists who specialize in pain medicine, as well as physicians and fellows from other disciplines who care for patients experiencing surgical or non-surgical pain, as well as PAs, NPs, RNs, and pharmacists Enrich Your eBook Reading ExperienceRead directly on your preferred device(s),such as computer, tablet, or smartphone.Easily convert to audiobook,powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.
Fundamentos para el tratamiento del dolor agudo
Alan David Kaye; Richard D. Urman
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS AND WILKINS
2023
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En años recientes, hemos presenciado cambios considerables en el tratamiento del dolor agudo. Esto ha dado lugar a una reducción del consumo de opioides y a estancias hospitalarias más cortas debido a una serie de estrategias que incluyen técnicas de recuperación mejoradas después de la cirugía y bloqueos nerviosos guiados por ecografía.Fundamentos del tratamiento para el dolor agudo. Un enfoque interdisciplinario es una referencia completa, que abarca tanto el dolor quirúrgico como el no quirúrgico, para todo el equipo de tratamiento del dolor agudo, y que ofrece un enfoque multidisciplinario de este campo complejo y en rápida evolución. Esta 1.ª edición comienza con una visión general de los principios básicos del tratamiento del dolor, incluida anatomía y fisiología del dolor agudo, evaluación y medición del dolor, neurobiología y genética, analgesia preventiva y dolor quirúrgico, y servicio de tratamiento del dolor posoperatorio. A continuación, aborda el tratamiento del dolor por sistema orgánico, por población de pacientes y por modalidad de tratamiento, y finaliza con una revisión de las consideraciones sobre subespecialidades y temas relacionados.
Alan Ladd's Film & Television Co-Stars Volume I From A to K
David Alan Williams
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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Alan Ladd's Film & Television Co-Stars Volume II From L to Z
David Alan Williams
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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No television program would be complete without co-stars and supporting players. This book pays homage to those over 500 individuals who acted with David Janssen in his two pilot movies, and forty-four episodes in two seasons of Harry O from 1973 through 1976. I hope you enjoy learning more about those hard-working men, women and children who worked with the talented David Janssen on his fantastic television show DW
My Reasons in Rhyme: The Poetry of David Kettler
David Alan Kettler
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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