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The practical guidance and assistance needed to manage the consequences of an emergency or disaster. It is a practical 'how to' manual and guide.

Momentous changes, particularly in the 1960's, transformed 'geology' into 'earth science'. These developments and the scientists behind them have been neglected until now and are the subject of this book.

Graham Park tracks the many changes that the Earth has experienced from its initial formation about 4,500 million years ago to the present day, with a glance into its future.

Hard-hitting and opinionated, accusatory and bold, "Take Back Your Birth" inspires women to ask, "What do I want for my childbirth experience?" Women are given mixed messages in our culture. On the one hand, they are told they can do anything they want. Yet, a cultural hypnosis entices women into giving birth in the hospital, heavily medicated, with inductions and C-sections, leaving women disappointed and disillusioned. "Take Back Your Birth" ignites the heart, the mind, and the emotions. A major theme of this book is feminine empowerment, with a strong bias for natural homebirth. This book is for any woman who desires a dignified and satisfying childbirth experience. If you are educated on the birth process and make decisions that you are comfortable with, then your birth can be the beautiful experience it was meant to be. "Take Back Your Birth" emphasizes inner preparation and goal setting for your birth, something which is sorely lacking in our culture. "Successful" childbirth is not a self-centered approach to birth or an emphasis on orgasmic birth, but rather encompasses what is best for the mother, baby and family unit. It's about purposely seeking the safest and most satisfying situation possible. It's about looking toward an event fully prepared, expecting the best. "Take Back Your Birth" presents the forces against natural childbirth and the pitfalls of relying on experts and technology. Birth is much more than a medical event. It is possibly THE highlight of a woman's sexuality. When you are able to tap into your emotional, spiritual, mental and physical power, your childbirth experience can become an opportunity for true, long-lasting joy. The pivotal question to ask when seeing an autonomous birth is: "IS THIS PROCEDURE ABSOLUTELY, MEDICALLY NECESSARY IN MY CASE?" Is there any one truth about birth? Why do hospital delivery rooms mimic the home? Is this recognition that birth should be private? Would you like more privacy? Are you willing to make decisions and take actions based on your inner yearnings? Do you have a vision for your birth experience? Do you want complete freedom for your birth or do you prefer a system that helps shape your birth? Lynn offers a feminist and Christian / Catholic perspective of birth in Part II, "New Perspectives on Birth." Topics include exploitation of women, natural law, theology of the body, the Sacrament of Matrimony, conjugal love, husband and wife birth, and the author's personal story. "Take Back Your Birth" focuses on the observational and intuitive, with a little evidence thrown in because Lynn thinks women need to tap into their feminine power as opposed to being told what the evidence (evidence based medical birth) recommends. You are here to contribute something unique to the human race and one of the greatest challenges that will test a woman's mental and physical strength is the act of childbirth. Take back your birth so that it can be everything you've dreamed it would be.

A concise introduction to hydrogeology, the branch of earth science that deals with the chemical, physical, and biological interactions between rock, soil, water, nature and society. Copiously illustrated in colour and drawing on international examples, it is an ideal starting text for students and those whose work raises issues of groundwater.

For those wishing to understand issues of homelessness, social exclusion and health at a local level by framing these issues in a global context. It expands notions of health by drawing on disciplines outside the fields of housing and health to better comprehend the ways that stigma, identity and urban geographies shape and present homelessness.

Tim O'Higgins defines and describes a systems approach to environmental management. He explains a framework for analysis of environmental problems as social/ecological systems using fascinating examples from around the globe.

Domestic abuse is a global health and social problem. This edited volume considers Scottish responses in a wide comparative context.

In exploring the development of a human rights based approach to social care, Smith challenges the perception of human rights law and practice being the preserve of lawyers and demystifies human rights in a social care context.

This book will be of interest to all qualified nurses working in acute care and primary care settings who have contact with children, young people and their families. It will also be of interest to those undertaking post-qualifying and post-graduate courses and will be particularly relevant for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHNs) many of whom, once qualified, have significant child protection roles in practice.

A collection of papers reviewing selected conservation Lagerstatten for terrestrial animals and plants throughout the Phanerozoic worldwide. The synthesis details recent progress in documenting the biodiversity of such extraordinary fossil deposits and elucidating the geological conditions for and biogeochemical processes behind their formation.

The Geology of Ireland is about the island of Ireland as a physical whole and includes chapters on marine geology and the history of geology in Ireland. The text is intended for professional geologists and students of geology.

Recent planetary missions by NASA, the European Space Agency and other national bodies have reaffirmed that geological processes familiar from our studies of the Earth operate on many solid planets and satellites. Common threads link the internal structure, thermal evolution and surface character of both rocky and icy worlds, and volcanoes, impact craters, ice caps, dunes, rift valleys, rivers and oceans emerge as features of extra-terrestrial worlds as diverse as Mercury and Titan. The new data also reveal that many supposedly inert planetary bodies currently experience eruptions, landslides and dust storms. Moreover our understanding of the Solar System has greatly benefited from the analysis of meteorites from Mars as well as rock samples collected on the Moon. Combining extensive use of imagery, the results of laboratory experiments and theoretical modelling, this comprehensively updated second edition of Planetary Geology provides the student reader and the enthusiastic amateur with up-to-date coverage of these recent advances and confirms that, to quote from the first edition, planetary geology now embraces conventional geology and vice versa.Note for Teachers using this book with students. The authors have prepared some ancillary materials for class use. To gain access to these materials please use the contact form and tell us where and when you will be using the book and with how many students.

The Howgills form part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The fells are an important study area, especially in relation to modern process geomorphology but also in the context of environmental change. The purpose of this field guide is to give background for students of geomorphology and late Quaternary environmental change.