Oxford University Press

Interdisciplinary research can pose a range of challenges to researchers in health and social science. This volume presents a series of case studies of successful interdisciplinary research programs, which provide a variety of models of how best to undertake interdisciplinary research in health and human science....

A comprehensive overview of the key factors affecting the development of Latin        American economies that examines long-term growth performance, macroeconomic issues,        Latin American economies in the global context, technological and agricultural        policies, and the evolution of labour markets, the education sector, and...

This handy desk reference provides the first compilation of cross-cultural normative data for individual child neuropsychological tests. Far from being a collection of raw data, however, it incorporates models and concepts central to the neuropsychological assessment of children. Readers will appreciate the author's clinical focus as she discusses...

Tissue engineering is a new field of biomedical engineering, in which synthetic materials are used together with biological components such as tissue fragments, cells, proteins to encourage tissue regeneration, regrowth, and repair. This book introduces the principles of tissue engineering in a unique way that is ideally suited for the modern...

This volume summarizes the research on the brain mechanisms of attention, especially those from human imaging studies. Michael I. Posner places this research in the context of human development, educational applications, and brain pathology....

The  Clinician's Quick Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy is a practical guide for busy clinicians who want to learn interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), but who lack the time to read a more detailed manual or to attend a course. The book is also intended for clinicians who have had some exposure to IPT in workshops or supervision and want a...