Books by "L. Edward Wells"
8 books found
Williams Manual of Pregnancy Complications
by Kenneth J. Leveno, Marlene M. Corton, Steven L. Bloom
2012 · McGraw Hill Professional
The only pocket manual derived from Williams Obstetrics, 23e, the field’s most trusted text – completely updated and now in full color Williams Manual of Pregnancy Complications, 23e is a carry-anywhere, condensed guide to the Williams protocols for diagnosis and management of complications and illnesses during pregnancy. Reflecting the rigorously referenced, evidence-based approach of the parent text, the manual delivers essential information on: Prenatal screening Mediation use in pregnancy Hypertension disorders in pregnancy Pain management dosages Procedures for complicated labor and delivery, hemoglobinopathies, and more! Thoroughly cross-referenced to Williams Obstetrics, 23e for the latest literature citations, this edition is enhanced by a new full-color presentation, more tables and algorithms, and an increased emphasis on diagnosis and treatment. There is no faster or more efficient way to access the key facts, diagnostic tools, and treatment guidelines found in Williams Obstetrics, 23e than this authoritative, streamlined sourcebook.
When the first edition of American Legal History: Case and Materials appeared over twenty-five years ago, American legal history was a nascent scholarly field. Today, the subject of legal history has flooded law, history, and political science departments across American universities. Legal history appears in the scholarship of social, economic, political, and diplomatic historians, as well as becoming an integral part of gender, immigration, race, slavery, and labor studies. More than ever before, legal history has become a part of our collective legal culture, as well as our scholarly world. This text provides a comprehensive selection of the most important documents in American legal history, from America's colonial origins to the present. Devoting special attention to the interaction of social and legal change, American Legal History: Cases and Materials shows how legal ideas developed in tandem with specific historical events, while also revealing America's rich and unique legal culture. The book also details the realtionship between the evolution of American law and the development of American society, politics, and economy.
University, Court, and Slave reveals long-forgotten connections between universities and pro-slavery thought. Proslavery faculty wrote about the economic and historical importance of slavery and helped shape a proslavery jurisprudence that made it harder to free slaves and pushed the South towards Civil War.
Practicing Care in Rural Congregations and Communities
by Jeanne Hoeft, L. Shannon Jung, Joretta Marshall, L Shannon Jung
2013 · Fortress Press
Pastoral care in rural communities is different from care in other locales. Despite these differences, rural churches and communities also hold a particular wisdom from which the rest of the church might benefit. Small towns and rural areas have particular challenges, and in seeking to live out the Christian life in the midst of those, local churches have unique and useful insights into what it means to care for one another.