Oxford University Press

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide with 3.8 million men and 3.4 million women dying each year. Cardioprotection refers to the prevention of CHD and the clinical improvement in patients suffering from cardiovascular problems. This book focuses on the role of cardioprotection in surgery and the use of pharmacological...

The Lives of an American SongA Broadway classic, a call to action, and an incredibly malleable popular song, "e;Ol&' Man River"e; is not your typical musical theater standard. Written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II in the 1920s for Show Boat, "e;Ol Man River"e; perfectly blends two seemingly incongruous traits-the gravity...

This book provides detailed analysis of the affect of insolvency on contractual obligations and relationships in the main commercially significant jurisdictions....

When Hank Williams died on New Year&'s Day 1953 at the age of twenty-nine, his passing appeared to bring an abrupt end to a saga of rags-to-riches success and anguished self-destruction. As it turned out, however, an equally gripping story was only just beginning, as Williams&'s meteoric rise to stardom, extraordinary musical achievements,...

A Practical Guide for Medical Practitioners and StudentsTropical Diseases outlines the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases encountered in developing regions---areas where the unexpected can occur and where Western medical capabilities are often unavailable. Taking a pragmatic approach, it is an invaluable reference and resource for...

Derk Pereboom articulates and defends an original conception of moral responsibility. He argues that if determinism were true we would not be morally responsible in the key basic-desert sense at issue in the free will debate, but that we would also lack this kind of moral responsibility if indeterminism were true and the causes of our actions were...