1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453346703321

Autore

Leighton Taigen Dan

Titolo

Vision of Awakening Space and Time Dogen and the Lotus Sutra [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

ISBN

1-281-82606-5

9786611826062

0-19-972427-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Disciplina

294.3/85

294.385

Soggetti

Do ̄gen, 1200-1253

Do ̄gen

Tripit?aka. Su ̄trapit?aka. Saddharmapun?d?ari ̄kasu ̄tra -- Criticism, interpretation, etc

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Buddhism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. The Pivotal Lotus Story and Dōgen's Worldview; 2. Hermeneutics and Discourse Styles in Studies of the Lotus Sutra and Dōgen; 3. Selected East Asian Interpretations of the Story; 4. Dōgen's Interpretations of This Lotus Sutra Story; 5. Dōgen's View of Earth, Space, and Time Seen in Mahāyāna Context; Afterword: Implications of Dōgen's Mahāyāna Worldview; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As a religion concerned with universal liberation, Zen grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Indeed, says Taigen Dan Leighton, Zen cannot be fully understood outside of a worldview that sees reality itself as a vital, dynamic agent of awareness and healing. In this book, Leighton explicates that worldview through the writings of the Zen master Eihei D?gen (1200-1253), considered the founder of the Japanese S?t? Zen



tradition, which currently enjoys increasing popularity in the West. The Lotus Sutra, arguably the most important Budd

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910132172903321

Titolo

Transfusion-free medicine and surgery / / edited by Nicolas Jabbour ; contributors Katrina A. Bramstedt [and twenty four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-55471-X

1-118-55468-X

1-118-55469-8

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Disciplina

615/.39

Soggetti

Blood - Collection and preservation

Blood - Transfusion - Complications

Blood - Transfusion - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

History of blood transfusion / Shannon L. Farmer, James Isbister, Michael F. Leahy -- The ethical complexities of transfusion-free medicine, surgery and research / Katrina A. Bramstedt -- Transfusion therapy - balancing the risks and benefits / Irina Maramica, Ira A. Shulman -- The physiology of anemia and the threshold for blood transfusion / Senthil G. Krishna, Ahsan Syed, Jason Bryant, Joseph D. Tobias -- Blood transfusion in surgery / Sharad Sharma, Lance W Griffin, Nicolas Jabbour -- Current view of coagulation system / Yoogoo Kang, Elia Elia -- Topical hemostatic agents / Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Giuseppe Tarantino -- Intraoperative strategies for transfusion-free medicine / Joseph D. Tobias -- Post-operative management in transfusion-free medicine and surgery in the ICU / Jean-Louis Vincent -- The changing transfusion practice of neonatal



and pediatric surgery / Pamela J. Kling and Nicolas Jabbour -- Current management of anemia in oncology / Shelly Sharma, Sharad Sharma -- Artificial blood / Aryeh Shander, Mazyar Javidroozi, Seth Perelman -- Translational strategies to minimize transfusion requirement in liver surgery and transplantation: targeting ischemia-reperfusion injury / Reza F. Saidi, S. Kamran Hejazi Kenari -- Legal and administrative issues related to transfusion-free medicine and surgery programs / Randy Henderson, Nicolas Jabbour -- Basic principles of bloodless medicine and surgery / Nicolas Jabbour.

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims to be a guide to the practice of blood conservation. The first chapter discusses the legal and administrative aspects of bloodless medicine describing the legal principles and practical issues relatd to refusal of transfusion. The second is on balancing the risks and benefits of transfusion includes clinical vignettes of appropriate and inappropriate transfusion. The remainder of the book covers the principles and practice of bloodless medicine, including a chapter on the scientific issues of haemostasis and the investigation of bleeding idsorders. The book concludes with chapt