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  • Animal Algorithms

    by Eric Cassell ...
    How do some birds, turtles, and insects possess navigational abilities that rival the best manmade navigational technologies? Who or what taught the honey bee its dance, or its hive mates how to read the complex message of the dance? How do blind mound-building termites master passive heating and cooling strategies that dazzle skilled human architects? In The Origin of Species Charles Darwin ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Clearing the Path

    On Death, Loss, and Grief

    by Lynne Dale Halamish, Eric Cassell ...
    Clearing the Path is a collection of clinical stories that illustrate practical, applicable communication tools for professionals in work with end-of-life patients and families. These vignettes from practice demonstrate how impending death, death itself, and the loss of a relationship affect the lives and grief of both patients and survivors. Written 13 years after its companion volume The Weeping ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Physicianship and the Rebirth of Medical Education

    by J. Donald Boudreau, Eric Cassell, Abraham Fuks ...
    The renewal of medical curricula generally arises from emerging pedagogies (e.g. problem-based learning), new technologies (e.g. high fidelity simulation), or prevailing sociocultural forces (e.g. complexity of health care delivery and team-based care). Approximately 15 years ago, a team of physicians and administrators sought to take this further: by considering the very nature of medical ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

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  • Positive Discipline: The First Three Years

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