Principles of Perioperative Practice takes a practical look at the multifaceted role of the perioperative nurse. Basing their reflections on experience, the authors of each chapter take the reader through the main issues influencing perioperative practice today. Ranging from risk assessment and health and safety to ethics, quality and new technology, the authors have managed to capture the very essence of the challenges of working in the high impact environment of the perioperative field. The focus on the multi-disciplinary team ensures that these topics are discussed in the context of day-to-day work in perioperative practice.Expanding role of the nurse Clear links between theory and practiceEmphasize perioperative role of nurse First book to focus on the holistic approach to perioperative patient care.

This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi’ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen as in Sunnism. Originally the caliph was both head of state and ultimate source of religious law; the Sunni pattern represents the outcome of a conflict between the caliph and early scholars who, as spokesmen of the community, assumed religious leadership for themselves. Many Islamicists have assumed the Shi’ite concept of the imamate to be a deviant development. In contrast, this book argues that it is an archaism preserving the concept of religious authority with which all Muslims began.

Massive in scope, hugely detailed and meticulously researched. In this work the bestselling author of 'Children of Eden' takes his readership onto a whole new level of understanding about Western Spirituality; the eventual corruption of these creeds and faiths; and how their 'gods' and competing spiritual entities are vying for dominion over our planet, even to this day. Taking its roots and history from Judaism, the new Imperial creed of Christianity succeeded in placating the citizens of the Roman Empire but, in doing so, it represented nothing less than a complete betrayal of the core message and teachings of its patron, Jesus of Nazareth. But does this really matter anyway at this point, when the Christian god has been replaced by an imposter in the Vatican, and the Pope waves the hideous Bent Cross Crucifix at the unsuspecting hordes in St. Peter's square? Compelling to the end, the author takes us on a journey through centuries of infiltration and subversion that have brought us to the present, where we witness the collapse of organised Western religion and spirituality. Despite this, the author finds a path back into Light and Hope for all humanity, which comes from an unlikely source.