Books published by Chapman and Hall

When failures occur, they are due in part either to inferior properties (resulting from poor design or badly controlled processing), or to an incomplete understanding of the properties and applications of plastics materials.

This guide offers both the theory and practice of how to draw on people's life experience in order to enhance their interpersonal skills. Chapters are included on educational theory, managing learning groups and curriculum design. Activities and exercises are included.

This reference book offers a practical guide for carers and those with a syndrome or inherited disorder. An extra 20 syndromes have been added to the text, bringing the total described to 90. The glossary has also been extended to include a greater number of more common medical terms.

Few people doubt that the mother's milk provides the best food for the full-terrn infant during the first few months of life, when the digestive, absorptive and excretory systems are relatively immature.

This teacher's manual accompanies a text on cost accounting and includes: solutions to all the end-of-chapter questions in the main text not answered in the student's manual; full worked answers to numerical questions; answer guides for essay questions; and short descriptions of every problem.

Accompanies a textbook for introductory courses on cost and management accounting. This manual includes: solutions to half of the end-of-chapter questions in the main text; full worked answers to numerical questions; answer guides for essay questions; and descriptions of every problem.

Gathers together in one volume the common and less common childhood conditions, as well as day-to-day infections such as measles, and symptoms such as enuresis and deafness.

The second edition of this standard text for practice nurses updates the existing material and includes new responsibilities for prescribing, research, budget holding and patient education and counselling.

Argues that the crucial factors in the successful implementation of CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering) tools has more to do with management than technology. The book reflects upon a range of experience from organizations implementing software engineering methods and tools.

Depression, in varying degrees, affects the majority of people at some point in their lives. This guide has been designed to help sufferers of depression regain control of their lives and enjoy some of life's pleasures.

A practical examination of the research agenda in health for the 90s. The main areas of research covered are: health needs assessment, quality of life, user participation, the management of change, and the health of specific client groups.

This handbook contains information, materials and procedures for use in the assessment of communicative disorders. The reader is provided with guidelines and worksheets that may be used to assess articulation, phonology, fluency, voice, resonance, neurological disorders or hearing impairments.

Here is a guide to the most beautiful and important sites of geological interest in England and Wales. Grouped by region, with clear topographical and geological maps, it may be used as a field-guide by students of geology and geography, as well as by interested walkers and ramblers.

This text provides insights into the problems faced by handicapped individuals, their parents and the authorities responsible for providing services. It is a detailed analysis of the Mental Handicap Registers in the North West Thames Region, London.

Each of the contributors deals in depth with a major issue in pragmatics. The breadth of the topics addressed across the chapters offer a comprehensive look at clinical pragmatics. This book should be of interest to speech and language therapists, and to educational psychologists and teachers.

This volume contains an anthology of research studies into various aspects of community psychiatric nursing.

The purpose of this book is to offer a small token in memory of Ken Hilton, who died prematurely at the age of 52 in February 1990. some were close c- leagues of Ken's at the University of Southampton, some have been at other universities but knew Ken fair1y well, and still some who never met Ken but who knew of him through bis work.

The science of applied nutrition and the provision of dietary recommendation is an important topic internationally. This volume covers the scientific evidence available, from which dietary recommendations can be made.

Quality control and standardization of methodology having become increasingly important in nutritional epidemiology studies. The contributors to this book aim to provide an updated manual for nutritional status assessment.

Written for students following courses in business and management at degree level or equivalent, this book aims to demonstrate that legal constraints simply form the background for making business decisions. It is one of six titles in the Business in Context series.

Covers all aspects of accounting management for both programmed and non-programmed activities. At the end of each chapter there is a set of exercises to facilitate understanding of the topics discussed and case studies have been included in the final chapter.

Since this book was first published, four years ago, there has been a considerable upsurge of interest in the field of both normal and abnormal voice production. Tangible evidence of this lies in the publication of the Journal of Voice in the United States, and in the UK the formation of the British Voice Association.

An introduction to how an accountant should report to people outside a business about the financial events of that business. The book is divided into three sections - the first deals with ideas, the second with a basic legal framework and the third considers the regulatory framework.

It is a relatively unexplored field having received scant attention until recent years, but the quality of the work included here gives a clear indication that the area should move from the periphery into a main stream position in the education and practice of speech therapists.

The third volume in a trio considering the needs and care of profoundly retarded people who are suffering from very severe mental and physical disabilities. It covers the specific medical problems of management of physical problems such as incontinence, special diets and feeding.

Addresses the nurse's personal and ethical development as a prerequisite to patient care. Starting with the assumption that most people want and need to care for others, it explores the role of the professional carer in relation to the development of personal integrity.

The philosophy of normalization and promotion of the plight of children and adults with mental handicaps has drawn more public attention in recent years.

Each chapter discusses a specific respiratory problem, as well as looking at problems related to a particular age group.

Designed to help nurses with their choice of career, this book discusses the nature of and need for career planning and development, and examines specific aspects of this development such as writing, research, reading, job applications and preparing a curriculum vitae.