Oxford University Press

What increases Lyme disease risk, what decreases it, why are there hotspots and bad years, and why is it spreading? Answering these questions requires an intimate knowledge of the players involved, which include the Lyme bacterium, the tick vector, the many animals ticks feed on, their habitats, the climate, and the landscape. This book explores...

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Institutional, Internet, and Familial DimensionsThe first inter-disciplinary, thematic, and empirical investigation of grooming in a multi-jurisdictional context, this book draws on extensive research in the form of over fifty interviews with professionals, working in sex offender assessment, management or treatment, as well as child protection, in...

Temporary employment has become a focus of policy debate, theory, and research. This book addresses as its core concern the relationship between temporary employment contracts and employee well-being. Covering seven countries, it sheds new light on the nature and role of the psychological contract....

The care a patient receives immediately after surgery is crucial to minimizing the        risk of complications, but many hospitals still do not have formally organized        recovery rooms. Now in its fourth edition, this book has established itself as the        definitive guide on how to set up, equip, staff, and administer this acute...

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