Departments Books

This is an excellent read for anyone concerned about the state of Psychiatric Patients in the Emergency Department. Don't expect your administrators to be happy you are reading this!

I work in Healthcare Security at a large trauma center and I have extensive contact with active and retired police with my job. I also have police academy training, extensive law enforcement training, and a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from Temple University. This is a VERY important topic, and no one wants to be the entity to deal with mentally ill people. Everyone wants to put the problem on another entity. The book was well written, well organized, and has a ton of useful and current (2006) legal information that I was looking for. The one problem with the book is the clearly slanted liberal views of the author. She is from Connecticut, and while I hate to be stereotypical, in my twenty years being in the criminal justice/security field, certain states are known for being especially slanted in their law enforcement views and/or liberal, such as Texas, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Connecticut is a state known for many people with extremely liberal views. Security and Police are seen as a necessary evil, and generally not supported by the people in the state. The book leans extensively towards limiting involvement with security and police and everything being handled "intellectually." This is a serious flaw in the book, since while 95% of the time things can be managed verbally by healthcare personnel, to not accept and support the 5% of the time security and police are needed to manage issues in a "hands-on" way is not at all realistic or correct. If readers can take the liberal interpretation/presentation of some of the information with a "grain of salt", then the book is excellent and highly recommended.

This text covers virtually every type of infectious disease in which outpatient management would be appropriate, as well as those patients needing admission. It does so in an easy to read, quick access format. Also has useful appendices on drug interactions, risks in pregnancy and others. The information is up to date, complete and reliable. I use it several times a day.

This is an invaluable source for the emergency department physicians, residents and medical students who will be doing emergency department rotations. A quick guide to antibiotic selection based on disease process with alternative antibiotic regimens provided. "Guide to Antibiotic Use in the Emergency Department" is a quick and handy pocket reference which I use every day as an Emergency Department Attending Physician.

Tim Hatcher's Ethics and HRD is the first book-length treatment of what most would think are two obviously connected areas - business ethics and the development of human resources. In Ethics and HRD, Hatcher identifies the challenges of "globalization, high-speed technological changes, wildly fluctuating economies, a changing workforce, an unstable environmental climate, and erratic politics". Because of these challenges, Hatcher argues that "we have come to a point where we must have people and organizations that do the right thing ..., organizations and leaders that are moral, ethical, and socially responsible". "HRD professionals," writes Hatcher, "have been complicit in helping to create organizations and workplaces that do little to enhance the human spirit or protect the environment". He proposes a new approach to human resources development that synthesizes ethical leadership and social responsibility. Hatcher believes that HRD professionals can play an important role in transforming their organizations into socially-responsible corporate citizens.
Hatcher's Ethics and HRD is written in dense prose, subtle to the point of apparent contradiction at times, with frequent repletion. I am uncomfortable with some of the author's New Age ideas, such as Gaian philosophy and ecopsychology, the study of the "relationship between our psyches, related behaviors, and what is happening in our environment". Nevertheless, for a first book-length treatment of this important issue, there are seminal ideas and much that is suggestive. Chapter 10, The Imperatives of HRD, especially the section "Strategies, Programs, and Interventions," provides excellent practical suggestions and a myriad of ideas for future research.

This volume lays out why adding value to our shared society is not only practical, but ethical as well. Almost always missing from the conventional wisdom presented in the HRD literature, Hatcher lays out the case in convincing manner. It should be must reading and action for everyone in the field.

When a young boy's life is suddenly found in the grip of the bizarre and extraordinary, his courage to confront those forces makes him grow up a little and see the world differently. If you like mysteries and the paranormal, this is the book for you. I read this book almost 15 years ago and I still remember it.

This is a story of a young girl trying to find her own plaace in the world and all the odd and strange things she encounters in her search.

This guide is essentially the same as the version that comes in the 3-ring binder with the 2 CD's. It's a very quick read, chock full of very important info on benefits every impending vet should know about, whether separating or retiring. It is written by the VA, so you can take for granted that the info is current and accurate with respect to VA benefits. Should you own this and the version in the 3-ring binder with the 2 CDs? I do and find it very helpful that one kind of piggy-backs on the other, however, if your really short on cash, get this one vice the 3-ring format and you'll nearly have all the same info.

There is plenty information of value to a veteran, particularly a disabled vet. Read this book before applying for VA disability. If you want it for free, you can download it from the VA website but I didn't want to print out the entire book.

I found the book to be very resourceful. It gave me heads up on what to expect as a new firefighter trying to get hired. I showed a lot of firefighters this book and they say that "they wish they knew about it when the went to their interview" because some of them didn't get hired after the oral interview the first time.

I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who has not ever applied to a fire department. But at the same time if your looking for a book with possible questions that you could be asked, this may not be the book for you. This book covers the whole hiring process in general from the physical test, written test and verbal interview. My only complaint with this book is that it didn't go into enough detail about possible questions in the verbal interview.

If you have no experience in fire department hiring then this is a great book, however if your looking for advice on verbal interview (something that is completely different then any other interview you have had) I would suggest "Smoke Your Firefighter Interview" by Paul S. Lepore. It does not cover the physical, or written application part of the hiring process, its basically a list of questions your could be asked, and the answers they are looking for, and the reasoning.

If you can, buy both, if your like me and made it to the interview once and what to be a little more prepared then this may not be the book for you.

Very helpful for graduate students who may receive little to no guidance in their teaching assistantships. As with most books of this nature, some topics address issues that are out of the graduate student's control, but will nevertheless be helpful for the future. Chapters cover a wide range of topics from designing a syllabus, weekly preparation, and running a discussion, to office hours and balancing student/teaching life. I relied heavily on this book when teaching a course for teaching assistants.

Considering that universities are relying more and more on graduate student instruction these days, I often wondered why none of the books I saw about teaching were directed towards grad students. Curzan & Damour's book fills that need and offers useful suggestions that will be appreciated by graduate student instructors and the faculty that supervise them. The strength of the book is that the authors clearly speak from personal experience about the issues unique to graduate student instructors. They give useful advice that ranges from the broad (how to lead discussions, how to grade a paper) to the more specific yet nevertheless important (how to dress, how to respond to student emails). That this is a book designed specifically for grad student teachers is demonstrated by coverage of topics such as how to maintain respect and authority in the classroom even though you might only be a few years older than your students, and how to deal with requests from students to socialize with them. I read the book before my first semester of graduate teaching, and I would highly recommend that others do the same. And anyone who supervises or works with graduate student instructors should consider getting the book for them as part of their training/development as teachers. As I said earlier, this book fits an important need given the growing number of courses taught by grad students, and it does so in an easy-to-read and very practically-useful manner. I've used the book in my own training, and as I move on to a faculty career, I will incorporate it into my work with other graduate students.

I am really glad that there are books written by people of my industry that share their professional experiences in them. This book is indeed one of them. Out of the whole book, the only chapters that fascinated me were chapter 6 and chapter 7. It talks about IT politics and career options that have assured me that I am taking a right decision in terms of my career life. I would recommend this book based on its last two chapters to others.

I wouldn't find another book that explains most of the IT terminologies and provide real life scenarios to what actually happens in the technical field.

once again Good Job Mr.Doglaus

Old music vs. new, old methods vs. new methods, digital vs. analog, all these "enemies" are presented here in detail coupled with an analysis of cons and pros of every part involved. The book is a bible for those just starting in the music industry, and a revelation for people that have been in the business for a long time. New technologies and methods take over the old school and many people have a hard time adjusting, this title will help all these people get through the transition easy and without problems.

of what is needed in order to suceed in todays music industry. Well written and inspiring it is a very enjoyable read for anyone just starting out in the business or veterans who wish to touch up on all aspects of the industry. I enjoyed the inspiring words from Bob Clearmountain and Bob Ludwig.

Good things 5 stars

This book has an excellent sampling of tractors in this era.Plenty of pictures and illustrations of the inner and outer workings of these machines.Not an encyclopedia or a how to manual but one can get a good general overview of the history of the tractor.

For anyone who is interested in Tractor History this book will be an outstanding source of information. There are also additional books for other time periods written by the same award winning arthor.