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UNINA9910480388703321 |
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Dalrymple William |
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Nueve vidas [[electronic resource] ] : En Busca de Lo Sagrado En La India de Hoy |
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Chicago, : Editorial Kairos, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (443 p.) |
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India -- Religious life and customs |
India -- Social conditions |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cubierta; Portada; Créditos; Dedicatoria; Sumario; Mapa; Introducción; 1. La historia de la monja; 2. El bailarín de Kannur; 3. Las hijas de Yellamma; 4. El cantor de epopeyas; 5. El hada roja; 6. La historia del monje; 7. El hacedor de ídolos; 8. La dama del crepúsculo; 9. La canción del trovador ciego; Glosario; Bibliografía; Nota sobre el autor; Contracubierta |
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The product of a 25-year exploration of India's cultural and religious traditions, this collection of biographies introduces the reader to nine unforgettable characters, including a Buddhist monk who takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet and then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India; a Jain nun who tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve to death; and a devadasi, or temple prostitute, who initially resists her |
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UNINA9910791811603321 |
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Autore |
Mandelstam Michael <1956-> |
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Quick guide to community care practice and the law [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Mandelstam |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010 |
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1-283-90499-3 |
0-85700-373-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Quick Guides Social & Health Care Law & Practice |
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Community health services - Law and legislation - Great Britain |
Public welfare - Law and legislation - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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FRONT COVER; Quick Guide to Community Care Practice and the Law; Contents; PREFACE; 1. Introduction; 2. How community care law and practice works; 3. When things go wrong; 4. Getting a community care assessment and getting services; 5. Community care services: care homes; 6. Community care services: help in people's own homes; 7. Informal carers; 8. Direct payments: giving people money; 9. Personalisation and safeguarding adults; 10. Asylum and immigration; 11. Ordinary residence; 12. Home adaptations; 13. The National Health Service; 14. NHS continuing health care |
15. Mental capacity, human rights, and disability discrimination Chapter 16 Health and safety at work legislation, and the law of negligence; INDEX; back cover |
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This short guide cuts through the confusing mass of legislation to provide a concise and jargon-free explanation of current community care practice and the law. It is an essential resource for busy practitioners at all levels as well as managers in both the statutory and voluntary sectors, and policy-makers in local authorities and the NHS. |
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