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  • Avoiding the Worst

    by Tobias Baumann ...
    How can we avoid worst-case scenarios?From Nineteen Eighty-Four to Black Mirror, we are all familiar with the tropes of dystopian science fiction. But what if worst-case scenarios could actually become reality? And what if we could do something now to put the world on a better path?In Avoiding the Worst, Tobias Baumann lays out the concept of risks of future suffering (s-risks). With a focus on s ... Read more

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    Avoiding the Worst

    How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe

    by Tobias Baumann ...
    Narrated by Adrian Nelson ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 40 min

    How can we avoid worst-case scenarios?From Nineteen Eighty-Four to Black Mirror, we are all familiar with the tropes of dystopian science fiction. But what if worst-case scenarios could actually become reality? And what if we could do something now to put the world on a better path?In Avoiding the Worst, Tobias Baumann lays out the concept of risks of future suffering (s-risks). With a focus on s ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Relational View on Cultural Complexity

    Implications for Theory and Practice

    Edited by Julika Baumann Montecinos, Tobias Grünfelder, Josef Wieland ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book explores the conceptual and practical implications of applying a relational view to cultural complexity. The authors take the findings of an international and interdisciplinary Delphi study on transcultural competence as a starting point and offer further analysis and interpretation from their specific perspectives. Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, the book discusses the ... Read more

    $218.99 CAD

  • Iatrogenicity

    Causes and Consequences of Iatrogenesis in Cardiovascular Medicine

    by Giovanni Campanile, Dirk Loznitzer, William J Kostis0, Fatima Ali1, Uzair Ansari2, Gloria Bachmann3, George L Bakris4, Joseph A Barone5, Stefan Baumann6, Tobias Becher7, Michael Behnes8, Edo Y Birati9, Chrysoula Boutari0, Haiming Cao1, Kyriakos Dimitriadis2, Jeanne M Dobrzynski3, Christina Dosch4, Michael Doumas5, Camilo Fernandez6, Christie Fleetwood7, Aatish Garg8, Thomas D Giles9, Miriam A Gonzalez-Siegel0, Guido Grassi1, Georg Gussak2, Maria L Gussak3, Yuya Hagiwiara4, Evelyn R Hermes-DeSantis5, Konstantinos Imprialos6, Vibha Iyengar7, Ahad Jahangir8, Mariell Jessup9, Stephen K Jones0, Rigas G Kalaitzidis1, Ariba Khan2, Dimitris Kostantinidis3, Rajesh Kumar4, Jurgen Kushyck5, Pauline O Lerma6, Volker Liebe7, Thomas Makris8, Michael Malone9, Giuseppe Mancia0, Jawahar L. Mehta1, Abel E Moreyra2, Aalap Narichania3, Michael S Nolledo4, Vasilios Papademetriou5, Theano Papavassiliu6, Neela Patel7, Hakan Paydak8, VJ Periyakoil9, Nancy Phillips0, Naga Venkata Pothineni1, Margaret Rees2, Susanne Roger3, Boris Rudic4, Gary E Sander5, Teodoro V Santiago6, Gino Seravalle7, Win K Shen8, Konstantinos Stavropoulos9, Sulaiman Sultan0, A Jamil Tajik1, Costas Thomopoulos2, Dimitris Tousoulis3, Kostantinos P Tsioufis4, Erol Tulumen5, Nikolaos N Vogiatzakis6, Thomas J Watson7, Yasuhiro Yokoyama8 ...
    Iatrogenesis is the occurrence of untoward effects resulting from actions of health care providers, including medical errors, medical malpractice, practicing beyond one’s expertise, adverse effects of medication, unnecessary treatment, inappropriate screenings, and surgical errors. This is a huge public health issue: tens to hundreds of thousands of deaths are attributed to iatrogenic causes each ... Read more

    $135.99 CAD

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  • Educational Leadership for the 21St Century

    Building a Capacity for Change

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  • Ethics and Science

    An Introduction

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  • A Nurse's Survival Guide to Drugs in Practice E-BOOK

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  • Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges

    Edited by Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Emilio Marti, Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich, Christopher Wickert ...
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    Over three editions the Handbook of Diabetes has built a reputation as an essential practical manual on the assessment and management of patients with diabetes. Previously written by Gareth Williams and John Pickup, the book has been completely revised by Rudy Bilous and Richard Donnelly to reflect recent changes in diabetes treatment and care. It contains information on the new IFCC units for ... Read more

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