New Releases by Anne-Marie O

The Cancer Guide is a definitive and inspirational book designed to help patients, partners, family, and work colleagues navigate the trials and difficulties associated with cancer and its treatment. With over forty years’ worth of experience to her name, O’Dwyer writes about cancer with humanity and clarity, helping to combat the myths and misinformation surrounding the disease in an age of information overload. Adopting an integrated biological and psychological perspective, O’Dwyer highlights the person at the heart of every treatment, providing helpful advice and shared experiences that are able to destigmatize the shame, fear and denial faced by those affected by cancer. The Cancer Guide is an empowering and informative book for all those whose lives and loved ones have been touched by cancer.

ANNE-MARIE O’CONNOR OPOWIADA BURZLIWĄ HISTORIĘ XX WIEKU POPRZEZ LOSY UKOCHANEJ MUZY KLIMTA. Był rok 1898 i wydawało się, że w Wiedniu tańczy sam diabeł. Jedna z najwspanialszych stolic Europy była miastem bohemy, sztuki i artystów, ale jednocześnie wkraczała w nowy wiek z największą liczbą samobójców. Nadchodził czas zmian, paradoksów i pogoni za nowoczesnością. Właśnie wtedy ekscentryczny malarz postanowił ubrać modernistyczny Wiedeń w bizantyjskie złoto. Gustaw Klimt spotkał Adelę Bloch-Bauer i zakochał się w jej zmysłowych ustach, półprzymkniętych oczach oraz intelekcie. Uwieczniając ją na jednym ze swoich najsłynniejszych obrazów, dał jej wszystko, czego pragnęła – podziw i nieśmiertelność. Złota dama olśniła Wiedeń. Portret Żydówki uwiódł nawet Adolfa Hitlera. Był jednym z najcenniejszych skarbów Austrii, również wtedy, gdy krajem rządzili naziści, którzy bezlitośnie wymordowali rodzinę i przyjaciół Adeli. Jakie tajemnice kryje arcydzieło Klimta? Czy modelka była tylko muzą malarza, czy także jego kochanką? Co widziały smutne oczy z obrazu, gdy podczas wojny dewastowano piękny Wiedeń Adeli? I jak to się stało, że Złotą damę możemy dziś podziwiać w odległym Nowym Jorku? ZA HISTORIĄ WIEDEŃSKIEJ MONA LISY KRYJE SIĘ HISTORIA EPOKI „Fascynująca, ambitna, przenikliwa... Niezwykła opowieść o sztuce i czasach Holokaustu”. The Washington Post

This nursing handbook introduces and defines key terms about race and racism for nurses, nursing students, and nurse educators. It addresses how race and racism act as structural and core social determinants of health and propel health inequities. It moves beyond a focus on multicultural approaches for understanding inequity toward a recognition of the broader impact that both systemic and structural racism have had on inequality in health and life opportunities. Through a social justice lens, the book underscores how nurses, as frontline health professionals, need to understand racism as a factor behind these inequities and its significance to their working environment and nursing practice. In concise chapters with brief paragraphs and bulleted information, this practical handbook offers strategies for how to productively engage in a dialogue about race and racism. It considers the history of racism in the United States and then breaks down how it operates at structural, institutional, and individual levels. Case studies illustrate such concepts as microaggressions, implicit bias, power, privilege, and intersectionality in order to foster understanding and provide opportunities for both self-reflection and collective conversation.

Parce que la langue de spécialité est à la fois objet de recherche et d''enseignement, parce que bon nombre de revues scientifiques du domaine publient régulièrement des articles pédagogiques et didactiques, cet ouvrage adopte une perspective didactique sur l''épistémologie émergente de la discipline. Cependant, une question se pose : comment dépasser le cadre strictement institutionnel et fonder, unifier la pratique et la réflexion épistémologique pour l''ancrer dans la didactique des langues vivantes étrangères. Le deuxième axe de cette réflexion « épistémologique à usage didactique » s''inscrit dans le champ de la praxéologie car il n''existe pas de « savoir en soi et pour soi ».

A series of short, single voice plays by writers based in the North West of England. These powerful, contemporary monologues share the struggles, courage, conflicts and joys of different characters facing difficult decisions in their lives. Developed through consultation with young people, they offer a range of authentic, memorable voices to stimulate discussion and participatory drama work. ‘First Date’ by Anne-Marie O’Connor: Sometimes friendship comes with a heavy price tag. ‘Getting it Right’ by Peter Spafford: Luke can''t choose between his shirts, let alone his parents. ‘Results Day’ by Aelish Michael: Karly’s mum thinks she’s an angel, but what if she flaps her wings? ‘Close to Home’ by Mary Cooper: Jay’s little sister is pregnant and he’s livid – who’s he going to punish? ‘Weighed Down’ by Carla Monvid-Jenkinson and Mary Cooper: When Claire’s dad left, she thought that he was all she would lose. ‘Giggsy’s Legs’ by Michael Harvey: Do you choose everything you are or does it choose you?

Sometimes friendship comes with a heavy price tag.

Irish Guardianship Law and Practice outlines the features of the new guardianship system due to be introduced into Irish law by the proposed Mental Capacity Bill, which replaces the old system of wardship with effect from the commencement of the enacted legislation. The book clearly sets out the issues which arise when it is proposed to take a person into guardianship and what happens after a person is taken into guardianship. The book also deals with the creation and enforcement of enduring powers of attorney and advance directives.

L''apprentissage d''une langue en immersion est un phénomène ancien qui revient régulièrement dans les débats contemporains sur l''acquisition de compétences langagières. Cet ouvrage constitue une réflexion en trois temps sur cette immersion. Tout d''abord, il s''agit d''établir un état des lieux des connaissances didactiques sur l''éducation immersive. Ensuite, l''auteur propose de considérer l''immersion comme un concept philosophique qui oppose institutions scolaires et société civile. Vient ensuite l''exemple de l''Irlande et de son bilinguisme.

A EXTRAORDINÁRIA HISTÓRIA DA OBRA-PRIMA DE GUSTAV KLIMT: O RETRATO DE ADELE BLOCH-BAUER É o retrato de uma época, do esplendor de Paris e Viena e da desgraça que se seguiu no pós-guerra: a perseguição e o extermínio dos judeus. Gustav Klimt, um dos maiores pintores de todos os tempos, era considerado um rebelde no final do século XIX, em Viena, quando pintou a sedutora aristocrata Adele Bloch-Bauer. Este livro é também a história da família Bloch-Bauer, de banqueiros judeus e todo o sofrimento desse povo. A dama dourada revela a saga desse quadro conhecido como O retrato de Adele Bloch-Bauer. A jornalista Anne-Marie O''Connor descreve como foi confiscado pelos nazistas e a disputa internacional entre o governo austríaco e a sobrinha de Adele anos depois.

National Bestseller The true story that inspired the movie Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. Contributor to the Washington Post Anne-Marie O’Connor brilliantly regales us with the galvanizing story of Gustav Klimt’s 1907 masterpiece—the breathtaking portrait of a Viennese Jewish socialite, Adele Bloch-Bauer. The celebrated painting, stolen by Nazis during World War II, subsequently became the subject of a decade-long dispute between her heirs and the Austrian government. When the U.S. Supreme Court became involved in the case, its decision had profound ramifications in the art world. Expertly researched, masterfully told, The Lady in Gold is at once a stunning depiction of fin-de siècle Vienna, a riveting tale of Nazi war crimes, and a fascinating glimpse into the high-stakes workings of the contemporary art world. One of the Best Books of the Year: The Huffington Post, The Christian Science Monitor. Winner of the Marfield National Award for Arts Writing. Winner of a California Book Award.

The treatment of individuals with multiple chronic conditions represents the single largest driver of Medicare costs. The use of prescription drugs is a major component in the treatment/management of chronic disease in the United States. Medication nonadherence, however, is a common problem among older adults and leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Whereas, the problem of medication nonadherence has been a primary focus of research for the last thirty years, much is still unknown about which older adults are most at risk for medication nonadherence, as well as what are effective theory-based interventions to improve a person''s medication self-management. The purpose of this descriptive explanatory study was to better understand the self-management behavior, medication adherence, in a sample of frail urban older adults. The study used a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze data from a larger twelve-month study of a nurse care coordination intervention. Ryan and Sawin''s (2009) Individual and Family Self-Management Theory served as the study''s conceptual framework for identifying the context and processes involved in the older adults'' medication self-management. Quantitative results found several individual- as well as family-level predictors for medication nonadherence. Qualitative analyses identified three overarching themes to describe the participants'' struggles along the multistep process of medication adherence. Additionally, a cultural domain described the need for more information from participants to understand their nonadherence. Integration of the results further increased our understanding of medication-self management in these frail older adults, and offers direction for clinical practice and future research.

Catherine Reilly is 24, single and still lives at home with her family. The only thing Catherine''s ever been any good at is singing, but she has no connections, low confidence and isn''t exactly glamorous. However, when she sees an ad for the latest series of Star Maker - the biggest talent show on TV - she decides to enter.

Untreated depression in pregnancy may result in adverse health outcomes to both the mother and her unborn child. Pharmacotherapy with antidepressants is the most common treatment option for depression; however, the decision to treat with medication becomes complicated by pregnancy. Risk benefit assessments are critical tools to guide the treatment decision. Factors that should be included in these analyses include the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antidepressants in pregnancy and their maternal and fetal safety. The economic cost of untreated maternal depression is also important to keep in mind. When the pharmacokinetics of the antidepressants venlafaxine and bupropion were studied in pregnancy it was found that the apparent oral clearance rate of bupropion was increased in late pregnancy when compared to early pregnancy (p = 0.03). There was a trend for lower area under the curve for these medications when the third trimester was compared to the first trimester. When the metabolism of antidepressants was investigated using hair analysis it was found that there was increased metabolism in pregnancy when compared to the postpartum period for citalopram (p = 0.02) but not venlafaxine (p = 0.77). Follow up of depressive symptoms throughout pregnancy identified that depression scores were highest in the first trimester of pregnancy, which may be due to concurrent nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. A meta-analysis of paroxetine use in early pregnancy demonstrated that there was no increased risk for cardiac malformations; case-control studies had an odds ratio of 1.18 (CI95: 0.88--1.59) while a weighted average difference of 0.3% was found in case-control studies (CI95: -0.1--0.7%, p = 0.19) The direct medical costs incurred by the Ontario government due to discontinuation of antidepressant medications in pregnancy was estimated to exceed $20,000,000 CAD. The management of depression in pregnancy with pharmacotherapy is an important and complex issue. My study documents the advantages of conducting risk benefit assessments for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women with depression.

Mental health is a complex area affecting a broad range of professionals. This comprehensive work, dealing with the new legislation on mental health in Ireland, is the first major work regarding this complex area. This book will have a broad appeal to workers in the medical and legal professions.

`Education policy is now a global matter and all the more complex for that. Mark Olssen, John Codd and Ann-Marie O′Neill do us an invaluable service in producing a carefully theorised guide to current issues and key concerns - this is an important, erudite and very practical book′ - Stephen J Ball, Education Policy Research Unit, University of London `Given the global reach of neoliberal policies, we need cogent books that enable us to better understand the major effects such tendencies have. Education Policy is such a book. It is insightful and well written--and should be read by all of us who care deeply about what is happening in education in international contexts′ - Michael W Apple, Author of ′Educating the "Right" Way and John Bascom Professor of Education University of Wisconsin, Madison `I really am taken with the book, the range and depth of analysis are truly impressive. This book is a magnum opus and everyone in the area should read it′- Hugh Lauder, University of Bath `In their insightful and comprehensive book on education policy Mark Olssen, John Codd and Anne-Marie O′Neill wrestle with the big questions of citizenship and democracy in an age of globalization. They argue that ducation policy in the 21st century is the key to security, sustainability and survival. The book, anchored in the poststructuralist perspective of Michel Foucault, traverses the whole territory of education policy not only methods and approaches of policy analysis and the dominant political perspectives that influence policy-classical liberalism, social democracy and neo-liberalism--but also those policy areas that require the closest scrutiny: markets, trust, professionalism, choice, diversity, and finally, community, citizenship and democracy. This is the new policy bible for educationalists - it is at once systematic, provocative and instructive′ - Michael A Peters, Research Professor, University of Glasgow ′It is rare indeed for books with such ambitious scope as this one to appear within educational scholarship... This is an important book for any graduate student who is undertaking work on any aspect of education policy′ - Education Review This book provides an international perspective on education policy, and of the role and function of education in the global economy. The authors present a Foucauldian perspective on the politics of liberal education, within a theoretical framework necessary for the critical analysis of education policy. The authors set out the analyses necessary for understanding the restructuring in education and social policy that has occurred in many countries affected by the resurgence of neo-liberal political theory. They examine education policy in relation to globalization, citizenship and democracy. The authors argue that globalization is an extension of neoliberalism and is destructive of the nation state, community and democracy. They show the importance of education in building strong democratic nation states and global communities based on cultural identity and inter-cultural awareness. This book is essential reading for students of education policy studies and social policy analysis.

Anne-Marie O Connor has created an hilarious rollercoaster of a comedy out of the theory that everyone in Dublin has met Bono (stood next to him in the queue at Bewley s, heard him sing at the Dandelion Market in 1979, been offered a hand with the shopping by him). This hilarious novel is for all fans of the Man Himself.

This long awaited book offers practical guidelines to legal practitioners, medical practitioners, health professionals, social workers, carers, parents and people with mental disabilities in dealing with the issues which arise when it is proposed to make a person a ward of court and when a person is admitted to wardship.

The efficacy and safety of 4% amethocaine for reducing the pain of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination was investigated in a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled study. One hundred and twenty infants receiving their routine 12-month MMR vaccination were recruited and randomized to receive 1g of amethocaine or placebo 30 minutes prior to vaccination. The Modified Behavioural Pain Scale (MBPS) was the primary pain outcome measure. A blood sample was collected from infants 1 month post-vaccination to assess antibody titers. The amethocaine group (n = 61) had significantly lower pain scores than the placebo group (n = 59); 1.51 vs. 2.29 (p = 0.029). The rate of vaccination success (antibody titers considered protective against disease) was similar between treatment groups; 87% and 88% respectively (p = 0.823). Amethocaine 4% gel significantly reduced the pain associated with MMR vaccination in one year old infants when compared to placebo; development of protective antibody levels was not affected.