Author: Diana B. Petitti
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: analysis, quantitative, synthesis, medicine, methods, effectiveness, decision, cost, meta
Number of Pages: 306
Published: 2000-01-15
List price: $59.50
ISBN-10: 0195133641
ISBN-13: 9780195133646

Meta-analysis, decision analysis, and cost-effectiveness analysis are the cornerstones of evidence-based medicine. These related quantitative methods have become essential tools in the formulation of clinical and public policy based on the synthesis of evidence. All three methods are taught with increasing frequency in medical schools and schools of public health and in health policy courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. This book is a lucid introduction, and will serve the needs of students taking introductory courses that cover these topics. It will also be useful to clinicians an

Authors:Ross C. Brownson, Diana B. Petitti,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: practice, theory, epidemiology, applied
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 1998-01-15
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0195111907
ISBN-13: 9780195111903

St. Louis Univ., MO. Textbook/reference for students, practitioners, and public health care agents. Applies traditional epidemiologic methods for determining disease etiology to the ’real-life’ situations of public health and health services research. DNLM: Epidemiology.

Authors:Diana Raznovich, Diana Taylor, Victoria Martinez,
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Keywords: plays, cuatro, obras, four, desafiantes, acts, actos, defiant
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2002-06
List price: $43.50
ISBN-10: 0838754791
ISBN-13: 9780838754795

Authors:Diana Taylor, Roselyn Costantino, Diana Taylor, Rosel
Publisher: Duke University Press
Keywords: women, perform, american, latin, terrors, holy
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2004-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 082233240X
ISBN-13: 9780822332404

Holy Terrors presents exemplary original work by fourteen of Latin America’s foremost contemporary women theatre and performance artists. Many of the pieces—including one-act plays, manifestos, and lyrics—appear in English for the first time. From Griselda Gambaro, Argentina’s most widely recognized playwright, to such renowned performers as Brazil’s Denise Stoklos and Mexico’s Jesusa Rodríguez, these women are involved in some of Latin America’s most important aesthetic and political movements. Of varied racial and ethnic backgrounds, they come from across L

Authors:Diana Denham, Diana Denham, C.A.S.A. Collective,
Publisher: PM Press
Keywords: oaxaca, press, mobilization, grassroots, rebellion, stories, teaching
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2008-10-07
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 1604860324
ISBN-13: 9781604860320

In 2006, Oaxaca, Mexico came alive with a broad and diverse movement that captivated the nation and earned the admiration of communities organizing for social justice around the world. The show of international solidarity for the people of Oaxaca was the most extensive since the Zapatista uprising in 1994. Fueled by long ignored social contradictions, what began as a teachers’ strike demanding more resources for education, quickly turned into a massive movement that demanded direct, participatory democracy. Hundreds of thousands of Oaxacans raised their voices against the abuses of the s

Authors:edited by Diana Wilson, Diana Wilson,
Publisher: Heritage House
Keywords: worth, keeping, stoires, chilcotin, cariboo, heart
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-04-15
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 189497428X
ISBN-13: 9781894974288

This anthology continues the story of the Cariboo Chilcotin, a harshly beautiful and remote region in B.C. s north. From the days of the gold rush through to modern times, these stories capture the spirit of a place whose beauty and wildness have inspired its people throughout its history. Legendary tales include a husband s promise to his dying wife that he will not let her body languish in what to her is an alien, inhospitable land. How the theft of a nugget pin in Barkerville leads to a murderer s capture. The ill-conceived plan to use camels on the Cariboo Road. Native traditions and ski

Author: Diana Ree
Publisher: Popular Press 1
Keywords: world, war, novels, popular, romance, rescue
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1982-01-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0879722126
ISBN-13: 9780879722128

This study of the rescue motif in popular American novels before World War I focuses on the rescue convention as part of the romantic plot of the novels. The rescue as a structured convention that controls the movement of the romantic plot appears in all types of domestic novels, gothics, dime novels, historical romances, and westerns.