In caring for a pregnant women, physicians consider the health of two biologically linked, yet individually viable patients. Viewed as an organic whole, the combined maternal-fetal benefit of proposed interventions is weighed against the combined burdens. The complexity of maternal-fetal conflicts (MFC) places the medical profession in a position where the provider's determination in doing what is believed to be the best is seen as a denial of women's autonomy or pro-fetus jurisprudence. In the common-law, the concept of MFC often becomes an indirect evidence or inter alia, an ever-resolving puzzle comprised of elements of crime or tort. The account set in this book is not to resonate, but to simplify our concerns or duties in resolving MFC. Stemmed of 650 references and packed in 35 chapters, this 480-page compilation briefs and analyzes 120 cases held in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, as well as MFC scenarios--stratifying them into the clusters to present an obstetrical problem. Each chapter starts with a concise review of the medical-legal repository, followed by the case briefs inclusive for the I.R.A.C. (issue, rule, analysis, conclusion), precedents, dicta, concurring/dissent, dispositions or verdicts, remedies, reliefs, and reasoning pursuant to the Constitutional or statute enactments in British Commonwealth, the United States and District of Columbia, Canadian provinces and territories. All published cases are located via LexisNexis, BlueBook and WestLaw, and are free for the public visit under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Brady Rule, the Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA), 17 U.S.C. 512, Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA); Canadian Personal Information Protection & Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Confidentiality Guidance 2009 of the General Medical Council of British Commonwealth, and other codes, acts or dicta. Bound for both medical and legal practitioners, this book may lessen the fees on the legal counsel, prof-liability insurances, and forensic testimony.

Involving the grape funs, fox mother and the cub, this comprehensive guide in viticulture transforms the foxes from the Aesop's fable to the vineyards of France (Bordeaux, Burgundy, Loire Valley, Rhone), Italy (Campania, Piedmont, Trentino, South Tyrol, Ottavianello), Sicily island (Noto, Pachino), Germany (Bavaria, Thuringia, Wurttemberg), Austria (Styria), China (Shandong), East Europe, Australia, South America, and the valleys of the USA, to classify the world's most reputable wines based on the vintage (grape variance) and appellation (estates). This mini-bible meticulously explains the brewing nuances and pitfalls for each wine. If you have a passing knowledge of wine and wish to go for the next level, there is no better place to proceed than this book. On comparative examples, it teaches how to evaluate the wines based on the sight (angle view, side view, tilted view, swirl, ullage, cork), sniff (flaws, aromas), and taste (balance, body, complexity, harmony, completeness). It describes the perfect wine-food pairs for each inclusive wine, from simple recipes to delicatessen. Written and illustrated in a pourquoi tale genre, this guidebook is an elating journey and has something for everyone.

Applying multiple queue, this monograph presents perspectives on how to define and measure self-confidence: geometrical reasoning (fractals, sets, gaskets), biological markers of confidence (oxytocin, growth hormone, serotonin), and stochastic compartmental stimulations of the mood profile and functionality subscales. It compares confidence (that internal tranquil bravado) in respects to the ambitions, motivations, and morality. Confidence of reasonable vs. psychopathic constructs, is compared.

Dumas Pere's last masterpiece "The Black Tulip" is a Holland - based historical exposition, covering a period of principality by William of Orange (the son of Henrietta Stuart, and the grandson of British King Charles I), with arms of Stadtholder and the Captain-General. 1672 approaches. The arrest and cruel execution of de Witt brothers - political celebrities, deemed traitors to the throne for enforcing the Perpetual Edict, inflict a vigorous conflict between the French oriented liberals and radicals. Leaving the political celebrities on the background, Dumas shifts the focus on a horticultural celebrity, the tulip. The central character becomes Cornelius van Baerle, the godson of perished Cornelius De Witt. A medical doctor and a serious tulip fancier, Van Baerle produces the first flawless black tulip in the world. Being slandered and sabotaged by his envious and wicked neighbor Isaac Boxtel, Cornelius faces numbers of ordeals and trials, but finally wins the Grand Prize for his patent. Converting the original 300-page 33-chapter prose into a 104-page stanza of 11 epics, "Tulipa van Baerlensis" keeps the plot of "The black tulip" unaltered.

When it comes to abdominal delivery, there is opinion and there is fact. This particular effort is made to eliminate the former, and to extend the latter. A 200-page textbook, it contains 56 illustrations of surgical scenes, nuances and principles, and based on 306 references it presents the up-to-date knowledge about the art and optimization of cesarean section, covering indications, contraindications, surgical alternatives, global expenditures on elective cesarean sections, complications, rare cases (management of the abdominal pregnancy), anesthesiological strategies and complications, the trial of labor (TOL), tips for presurgical orders, postsurgical maternal neural circuits, blues and depression, neonatal adaptation, perimortem c-section, cesarean myomectomy and total hysterectomy, legal issues and litigation, as well as review scenarios and questions.

Bound for a casual reader, this book expands beyond a biography of a banking syndicate, who was solely fit to transform Germany from the post-Versailles devastation to a dignified blooming. A chronicle of German economy between the wars, it is an even-handed treatment of a controversial banker, a man who helped ease Hitler's rise to power and then fell out and landed up in a concentration camp. A rare-power economist and financier, a genius, meantime a hard person to like, Hjalmar Schacht's global legacy is related to his establishment of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Mefo bills and Autobahns that unequivocally led to Wirtschaftswunder.

Bound for a bilingual (English, German) junior and a lover of the grand Baroque music, this book presents a detailed and illustrated biography with analytical summaries of the major works of a genius, who made his point. Every year across the world, the Messiah is performed for Christmas and Easter. Played in reprise, the First Part opening Mezzo softens any heart. Over the climax, when the chorus commences to Hallelujah and Handel's music thunders, traditionally the whole audience rises to their feet. That's a moving moment. This tradition was conceived in times of King George I. When the King first heard the oratorio, he stood up and everyone else followed. And the main reason of this glory was Handel's tough character. He would do what his heart would dictate, of course within the reasonable standards, and would do so with a non-moderated passion. With that very passion, he made the King of England stand up.

The idea of this book was stemmed of scarce references about the first French king, the first Christian king. Despite of the wealth of publications about the French monarchy, or the Frankish kingdom reigned under 68 ultimate monarchs - from 486 to 1870, this particular effort is an oddity for the following reasons: (1) it is based on solid sources and not on the web links; (2) it is an unbiased, even-handed reference, and(3) it is the only existing book for children in English literature about the first French king. We trust you will enjoy the journey via this child-friendly and well-illustrated book.

The volume of literature devoted to Mary Stuart is indeed prodigious. Few royal lives had been held up to such detailed scrutiny, as Mary's. Every document, fragment, table-talk, letter, code, or scrap of gossip has been picked over and over again, and analyzed for the fresh angles or made to fit the old prejudices. More than four centuries later, Mary continued to exert her fascination over many generations and literary mediums, from the polemics of Bishop Leslie to the historical romances of Jean Plaidy and Reay Tannahill, and the animation pictures casting Hal Wallis or Meryl Streep. Reflecting the much more objective approach to Scottish history in recent years, as the sectarian propaganda and political polemics have given way to a more systematic, scientific examination of the facts, a clearer picture of Mary is beginning to emerge. A queen from her age of only one week old, she was the subject of a misfortune to be a pawn in the game of international politics throughout her turbulent life. Queen Mary of Scots and Queen Elizabeth of England had never met in person. Yet their names and lives were inextricably woven together. This particular effort aims: (1) to retest the truth or falsehood of many legends surrounding the name of Mary of Scots, (2) to determine the type of codes in Mary's secret correspondence with Anthony Babington, and (3) to set Mary Stuart anew in the context of the epoch she lived in, beyond the mystery of Kirk O'Field's murder, or the Casket Letters.

A Latin proverb suggests: "Veritatem eme et noli vendere sapientiam et doctrinam et intellegentia, ' for 'Buy the truth and sell it not; know the truth but follow your wisdom.' From the main functions of skin - 'T.H.E. D.E.A.F. P.A.W.S.' (tactile sense, heat regulation, evaporation control, D-vitamin synthesis, excretion, absorption, forming body, protection, aesthetics, water resistance, storage) to the rare dermatological conditions, this book describes how to afford a silky skin for no cost.

In the extremely involving process of speech production thoughts are translated into linguistic representations, which are then sent to speech mechanisms that can coordinate, initiate, modify and execute the articulation of an utterance. Speech involves two processes: the message (vocabulary, theme, tone, pitch, comprehension, exclusivity, inclusivity), and the way the message is delivered (phonemic awareness, fluency, experience, time, timing, audience). This study guide locates and defines the neurological mechanisms responsible for the S.M.A.R.T and simple speech. Simple indeed, is not that simple.

Dedicated to the 145th anniversary of the last Russian Emperor's birthday (May 18th), this book recelebrates the grace and elegance of the Russian nobility and remembers their brutal regicide. Always seen as a naive and indecisive leader, Nicholas II in fact was a kind-hearted, modest and great man, meeting challenges and public envy with the calmest unconcern. His integrity was most pure, and the whole of his character was in its mass perfect. The 'wolf-pack' model is taken in this account to describe the strategies and philosophy behind the eradication of the Russian royalty. Also see "The grace of being a Romanov" from this author.

Silke Bessinger is an eminent obstetrician-gynecologist who runs a private clinic in Graz, Austria. Due to the conspiracy of her female rival, she has lost her love, Erik Eisner -a dashing thoracic surgeon. After 23 years a case of medical malpractice triggers revisitation of the cold case and the puzzle is closed. Silke and Erik reunit in Belgium, but a big portion of their lives and career is irreversibly gone. Written in a suspense genre, this novel presents many episodes befitting an elite and romantic medical drama.

Moliere and Voltaire were the world's famous baroque-comedy writers with a wit, charisma and sharpness never equaled before. Apparently, Moliere's "The Misanthrope" and Voltaire's "Candide, ou l'Optimisme," the extremely deep psychological studies, have enjoyed both the great success and great scandals. This monograph reflects on the timeless humor that the genius French authors applied to expose the political and romantic cliches of their time, and the struggles in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact.