The rise and decline of American religious freedom / / Steven D. Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464732403321
• Autore: Smith Steven D (Steven Douglas), <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-674-73096-8; 0-674-73013-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.7308/52
• Soggetti: Freedom of religion - United States; Church and state - United States; Electronic books.
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Prologue. The Standard Story and the Revised Version -- 1. American Religious Freedom as Christian- Pagan Retrieval -- 2. The Accidental First Amendment -- 3. The Religion Question and the American Settlement -- 4. Dissolution and Denial -- 5. The Last Chapter? -- Epilogue. Whither (Religious) Freedom?, -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Familiar accounts of religious freedom in the United States often tell a story of visionary founders who broke from centuries-old patterns of Christendom to establish a political arrangement committed to secular and religiously neutral government. These novel commitments were supposedly embodied in the religion clauses of the First Amendment. But this story is largely a fairytale, Steven Smith says in this incisive examination of a much-mythologized subject. The American achievement was not a rejection of Christian commitments but a retrieval of classic Christian ideals of freedom of the church and of conscience. Smith maintains that the First Amendment was intended merely to preserve the political status quo in matters of religion. America's distinctive contribution was, rather, a commitment to open contestation between secularist and providentialist understandings of ; the nation which evolved over the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, far from vindicating constitutional principles, as conventional wisdom suggests, the Supreme Court imposed secular neutrality, which effectively repudiated this commitment to open contestation. Instead of upholding what was distinctively American and constitutional, these decisions subverted it. The negative consequences are visible today in the incoherence of religion clause jurisprudence and the intense culture wars in American politics.

Robotic Surgery : Current Applications and New Trends / / edited by Giuseppe Spinoglio

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910300221403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• ISBN: 88-470-5714-0
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2015.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Collana: Updates in Surgery, , 2281-0854
• Disciplina: 617.4610597
• Soggetti: Surgery; Endoscopic surgery; Cancer - Treatment; Radiology; General Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Cancer Therapy
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword -- Preface -- 1 History of Robotic Surgery -- 2 Transaxillary Thyroidectomy and Parathyroidectomy -- 3 Zenker diverticulum treatment -- 4 Thoracic surgery -- 5 Esophagectomy for cancer -- 6 Anti-Reflux Procedures and Cardioesophagomyotomy -- 7 Gastrectomy for cancer -- 8 Robotic Subtotal Gastrectomy: a Modified Korean Technique -- 9 Hepatic resections -- 10 Biliary Tract Tumors (Resection and Reconstruction) -- 11 Pancreatic Surgery for ; Cancer -- 12 Right Colectomy for Cancer: Three-arm Technique -- 13 Right Colectomy with Complete Mesocolic Excision: Four-arm Technique -- 14 Left colectomy and segmental resections for cancer -- 15 Robotic surgery for complicated diverticulitis -- 16 Hybrid robotic technique for rectal cancer (low anterior resection and abdominal perineal resection) -- 17 Full robotic technique for rectal cancer -- 18 Single-Site™ Surgery -- 19 ICG Fluorescence: current and future applications -- 20 Splenectomy and hemisplenectomy.-21 Transperitoneal Adrenalectomy.-22 Robotic assisted organ transplantation.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book describes the current applications of the robotic system in general surgery, focusing on the technical aspects of the procedures most commonly performed by this means. It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in robotic surgery and presents the most recently available evidence as documented in the literature. The opening chapters review robotic platforms, discuss the general advantages, limitations, and strategies of robotic surgery, and identify challenges and critical elements when setting up a robotic program. The full range of applications of the robotic system is then covered, encompassing thoracic, esophageal, gastric, hepatobiliopancreatic, splenic, colorectal, endocrine, and transplantation surgery. Detailed attention is also paid to innovative applications and future trends in the robotic platform, with inclusion of a special chapter on fluorescence imaging during robotic procedures. The book closes by considering aspects related to credentialing and privileging, such as mentoring, proctoring, and teaching modules for residents and fellows. Against the background of increasing acceptance of the robotic surgery system across the globe, this book will be invaluable for all general surgeons. There is no doubt that within general surgery the system will continue to flourish on account of its undoubted technical advantages, which minimize most of the intrinsic shortcomings of laparoscopy.