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Vienna in the 17th century teeters on the boundary West and East halves of the 'civilized world,’ its people on all sides beset by unfriendly neighbors. Less blinded by the old hatreds nursed by his fellow citizens, minor nobleman Dietrich is more concerned with his physician's passion to heal and an endless pursuit of knowledge.
But when his discovery of a recently deceased man discovers the ravages of a new disease and foul play, the cycle of...
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The EU-funded HeaRT (Health Reporter Training) project 2010-2012 laid an important foundation by investigating the existing (very limited) provision of specialist education and training courses for health journalists throughout the EU and also in the USA, where the existence of a large professional body has influenced the availability of training resources. Their findings indicate a widespread-almost universal-lack of an institutional investment in...
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Set against industrial action that beset the NHS in the 1970's, the normal healthy camaraderie of the City Hospital is lost as the dispute sets nurse against nurse and doctor against doctor. Operations are cancelled, waiting lists spiral out of control and patient's lives are put at risk.
Kate and Paul are saddened that so many of their colleagues are prepared to become involved. Hadn't they agreed to abide by the Hippocratic Oath with its simple...
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"Rachel remains one of the more engaging sleuths on the mystery scene." -Publishers Weekly
After the death of her father, attorney Rachel Gold has returned to her hometown of St. Louis to spend more time with her mother. The savvy and beautiful Rachel, who made a name for herself in complex corporate litigation in Chicago, finds herself enmeshed in Landau v. Landau, a high-stakes divorce case far nastier than any of her former lawsuits. And, as she...
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In celebration of Star Trek's 40th anniversary, here are five new episodes set in the Original Star Trek series: The last survivors of gender war live on as spirits in machinery and take control of Enterprise; a dying race unwittingly creates the ultimate resistance to disease; a small colony tries to cheat death by uploading its collective consciousnesses into a satellite; warring planets exchange peace offerings via the Enterprise, but one gift...
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Each year, hospital-acquired infections, prescribing and treatment errors, lost documents and test reports, communication failures, and other problems have caused thousands of deaths in the United States, added millions of days to patients' hospital stays, and cost Americans tens of billions of dollars. Despite (and sometimes because of) new medical information technology and numerous well-intentioned initiatives to address these problems, threats...
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