This fully revised edition of a widely used introductory text presents a full description and interpretation of the changes that have occurred during the 1990s.

Aims to explore how nurses can serve as agents of change in the drive towards better working practice. This book reflects research on managing change in nursing practice and the developments in NHS legislation. It includes material on various stress release methods and explores the concept of change theory.

Significant changes in the policy and social context of teaching have had substantial implications for teacher professionalism. This work provides an understanding both how these changes are impacting on teaching and how teachers might change their practice for the better.

Examining commercial television in the light of contemporary culture, literary and cinematic criticism, this book addresses the place of semiotics, narrative theory, reception theory, ideological analysis, psychoanalysis, and others in the critical analysis of television.