Published November, 2006
By Anat Ninio
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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In Language and the Learning Curve, a leading researcher in the field offers a radical new view of language development, unusual in its combination of Chomskian linguistics and learning theory. Stimulating and accessible, it is an important new work that challenges many of our usual assumptions about syntactic development.

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Published October, 2006
By Sebastian Van As and Sudeshni Naidoo
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Southern Africa)
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Child abuse is a complex subject and many health care workers and professionals such as teachers and social workers express anxiety regarding their involvement in cases of this nature.

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Published October, 2006
By Ian D. Young
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Addresses the challenge of calculations in genetic counselling problem and demonstrates how risk can be estimated for inherited disorders using a basic knowledge of the laws of probability and their application to clinical problems. This text is aimed at genetic counsellors, geneticists, and those involved in providing medical genetic services.

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Published October, 2006
By Stephen J. Kunitz
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Describes how ideas about the costs and benefits of industrialisation, and causes of disease, have been used from different ideological persuasions to explain the health of populations. This book focuses on ideas that have been influential in debates: factors such as standard of living, community and its loss, inequality, and globalisation.

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Published October, 2006
By Mary Briody Mahowald
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This book deals with bioethical issues relevant to women across their life span. Gender justice is both the starting point and the end point of the author's egalitarian perspective. Implications of different positions on moral status are considered with regard to ethical decisions after birth as well as before birth.

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Published October, 2006
By Milton J. Lewis
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Examines the relationship between medicine's approach to care of the terminally ill and the medical, social, political, economic and cultural context in the English-speaking world. This book is of interest to palliative care practitioners, and health care professionals with an interest in end-of-life care.

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Published October, 2006
By Robert I. Field
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Regulation shapes all aspects of America's fragmented health care industry, from the flow of dollars to the communication between physicians and patients. This book recaps the past and present conflicts that have guided the oversight of each industry segment over the years and explains the structure of regulation.

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Published October, 2006
By Linda L. Barnes, Ineacutes Talamantez, Inés M. Talamantez and Inés Talamantez
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: AAR Teaching Religious Studies
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Published October, 2006
By Peter S. Ungar
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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We are interested in the evolution of hominin diets for several reasons. Diet is key to understanding the ecology and evolution of our distant ancestors and their kin, the early hominins. This volume, with four main sections, brings together authorities from disparate fields to offer insights into the diets of our ancestors.

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Published October, 2006
By Isidore Rigoutsos and Gregory Stephanopoulos
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Offers a study of genomic principles and their associated networks and models. Reflecting the hierarchical nature of systems biology, this volume provides discussions on a range of topics, from mass spectrometry to embryonic stem cells. It is useful for both students and researchers.

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