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Condition: Good. 1 Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condition: Very Good. 1 Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1 Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 175 pp. Stated: "First published 1984" with NAP. Glossy gray wraps with orange Title band across to front cover for Title lettering in large black letters; Editor names lettering in smaller black letters in a column at lower center front cover. Following Editors' Introduction, Contents divided into 13 Essays: (1) Alan Gewirth, "The Epistemology of Human Rights"; (2) Arthur C. Danto, "Constructing an Epistemology of Human Rights: A Pseudo Problem?"; (3) Alan Gewirth, "A Reply to Danto"; (4) Loren Lomasky, "Personal Projects as the Foundation for Basic Rights"; (5) Hugo Adam Bedau, "Why Do We Have the Rights We Do?; (6) John Gray, "Indirect Utility and Fundamental Rights"; (7) Allan Gibbard, "Utilitarianism and Human Rights"; (8) James Fishkin, "Utilitarianism Versus Human Rights"; (9) David Kelley, "Life, Liberty and Property"; (10) Martin P. Golding, "The Primacy of Welfare Rights"; (11) Alan Donagan, "The Right Not to Incriminate Oneself"; (12) Richard E. Flathman, "Moderating Rights"; )13) Charles R. Beitz, "Difficulties with Flathman's Moderation Thesis". Previous owner name discreetly at top left inside front cover; truly nugatory 7" soft crease on the diagonal on front cover echoing, decreasingly, through two pages (ostensibly, derived from a thumb crease of a more common sort, but crease does not extend to any cover edge and has now been gratuitously strengthened with application of clear shipping tape: NEVER a sharp crease like a dogear), else Fine: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp cover corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks. Clean text. Newspaper items laid in: (1) "Code of Conduct" (NYT 9-17-1986, re Constitutional Rights for members of the military); (2) Tamar Lewin, "When Courts Take Charge of the Unborn" (NYT 1-9-89); (3) Joel Brinkley, "Israelis Fight Over Human Rights Bill" (NYT 11-20-1989); (4) "U.N. Assembly Adopts Doctrine Outlining Children's Basic Rights" (NYT 11-20-1989); (5) "For Many, Human Rights Mean Life Itself" (Letters to the Editor, NYT, 6-30-1993); (6) "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" (Adopted by U.N. General Assembly, December 10, 1948); this copy obtained at an Amnesty International Yard Sale in Woodstock, NY, 7-23-1988. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers, Second Edition, copublished with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is a comprehensive and authoritative repository of essential knowledge on operationalizing patient safety. Patient safety officers must make sure their organizations create a safety culture, implement new safety practices, and improve safety-related management and operations. This updated edition of a JCR best seller, with many new chapters, will help them do that. Edited by Allan Frankel, MD; Michael Leonard, MD; Frank Federico, RPh; Karen Frush, MD; and Carol Haraden, PhD, this book provides: * Core knowledge and insights for patient safety leaders, clinicians, change agents, and other staff * Strategies and best practices for day-to-day operational issues * Patient safety strategies and initiatives * Tools, checklists, and guidelines to assess, improve, and monitor patient safety functions * Expert guidance on leadership's role, assessing and improving safety culture, designing for reliability and resilience, ensuring patient involvement, using technology to enhance safety, and building and sustaining a learning system -- and other essential topics The work described in the book reveals growing insight into the complex task of taking care of patients safely as an intrinsic, inseparable part of quality care. To do this we need to create a systematic, integrated approach, and this book shows us how to do it. -- Gary S. Kaplan, MD, Chairman and CEO, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers, Second Edition, copublished with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is a comprehensive and authoritative repository of essential knowledge on operationalizing patient safety. Patient safety officers must make sure their organizations create a safety culture, implement new safety practices, and improve safety-related management and operations. This updated edition of a JCR best seller, with many new chapters, will help them do that. Edited by Allan Frankel, MD; Michael Leonard, MD; Frank Federico, RPh; Karen Frush, MD; and Carol Haraden, PhD, this book provides: * Core knowledge and insights for patient safety leaders, clinicians, change agents, and other staff * Strategies and best practices for day-to-day operational issues * Patient safety strategies and initiatives * Tools, checklists, and guidelines to assess, improve, and monitor patient safety functions * Expert guidance on leadership's role, assessing and improving safety culture, designing for reliability and resilience, ensuring patient involvement, using technology to enhance safety, and building and sustaining a learning system -- and other essential topics The work described in the book reveals growing insight into the complex task of taking care of patients safely as an intrinsic, inseparable part of quality care. To do this we need to create a systematic, integrated approach, and this book shows us how to do it. -- Gary S. Kaplan, MD, Chairman and CEO, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle.…

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Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Aceptable. Essays "Q & A: David Colman on the Toronto Film Festival," by David Colman; "Books: Lisa Liebmann on Guy Trebay's 'In the Place to Be,'" by Lisa Liebmann; "Film: David Rimanelli on Gus Van Sant's 'To Die For,'" by David Rimanelli; "Gadget Love: Brian D'Amato on ädaweb," by Brian D'Amato; "Preview: Carnegie International 1995," Allan Schwartzman talks with Richard Armstrong; "Weather Report: Andrew Ross on Shiny Clothes," by Andrew Ross; "Music: Olivier Zahm on Dominque A." by Oliver Zahm; "Real Life Rock: Simon Watney's Top Ten," by Simon Watney; "American Myths: J. Hoberman on a New Contract with America," by J. Hoberman; "Finnish Gilt: The Photography of Esko Männikkö," by Peter Schjeldahl; "A Kiss for Us: Constantin Brancusi," by John Berger; "Willem de Kooning: 'Clam Diggers,'" by Paul Muldoon; "Next to Nothing: The Art of Tom Friedman," by Bruce Hainley; "Reality Bytes," Andrew Hultkrans talks with Kathryn Bigelow; "Critical Reflections," by Paul Virilio with an introduction by John Rajchman; "Openings: Laura Owens," by Benjamin Weissman; "Focus: Paul Thek," by Elizabeth Armstrong. Book Reviews by Bruce Hainley, Lisa Liebmann, Norman Bryson, David Carrier, Douglas Coupland, Arthur C. Danto, Richard Flood, David Frankel, Thelma Golden, Nan Goldin, Rhonda Lieberman, Richard Martin, Francis M. Naumann, Peter Plagens, Collier Schorr, Andrew Solomon, Anders Stephanson, and Guy Trebay. Reviews by Andrew Solomon, Bruce Hainley, Donald Kuspit, Mark Van de Walle, Neville Wakefield, Faye Hirsch, Joshua Decter, Barry Schwabsky, Ingrid Schaffner, Thad Ziolkowski, Ronny Cohen, RoseLee Goldberg, Francine Koslow Miller, Jenifer P. Borum, James Yood, Maria Porges, Lisa Anne Auerbach, José Luis Brea, Menene Gras Balaguer, Giorgio Verzotti, Marco Meneguzzo, Miriam Rosen, Sabine Vogel, Yilmaz Dziewior, Frank-Alexander Hettig, Daniel Birnbaum, Michael Archer, and Charles Green. Cover: Paul Thek.…