Oxford University Press

Bonnie Steinbock presents the authoritative, state-of-the-art guide to current issues in bioethics, covering 30 topics in original essays by some of the world's leading figures in the field. Anyone who wants to know how the central debates in bioethics have developed in recent years, and where the debates are going, will want to consult this book....

Studies of religion among our nation's newest immigrants largely focus on how religion serves the immigrant community -- for example by creating job networks and helping retain ethnic identity in the second generation. In this book Ecklund widens the inquiry to look at how Korean Americans use religion to negotiate civic responsibility, as well as...

Quinn traces the Western image of Islam from its earliest days to recent times. It establishes four basic themes around which the image of Islam gravitates throughout history in this portrayal of Islam in literature, art, music, and popular culture....

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This book uses a novel approach to clinical sleep medicine by examining real patient stories, workups and outcomes to illustrate common and not-so-common sleep-wake disorders. These case studies are complemented by high quality figures, photography and video clips....

The fifth edition of this highly successful book aims to encourage good prescribing habits in doctors throughout the world, by describing the basic properties of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents, and discussing the principles underlying the rational use of antimicrobial agents in the management of infection....