Product Description: A fascinating documentation of EarthCloud, the world's largest installation in porcelain in the world.

Product Description: (Music Sales America). A new edition, prepared by Bruce Wood, (2004) of the setting composed for the opening service of the 1897 Three Choirs Festival.

Product Description: (Music Sales America). A new edition (2004), prepared by Bruce Wood, of Elgar's setting of Psalm 29 for SATB Chorus and Organ or Orchestra.

Product Description: (Music Sales America). Edward Elgar's The Dream Of Gerontius is a splendid oratorio for Mezzo-soprano, Tenor and Bass with Chorus and Orchestra. It is based on the epic poem, The Dream of Gerontius by John Henry Newman written in 1865...read more

There is a rapidly growing number of patients' associations relating to a specific medical condition or illness (such as multiple sclerosis or motor neurone disease) but they have received little academic attention. Bruce Wood has surveyed over 200 of these associations in each of the USA and the UK. They have been marginalized in accounts of health policy and services and yet collectively they are 'big business'. They perceive themselves as being non-political support groups but they actually participate in much activity that is political. Patient Power? asks:* are these economically efficient and politically effective bodies?* is the US 'business' or the UK 'volunteer' model more successful?* are they truly independent organizations or have they been 'colonized' by the big vested interests inhealth?* are they a signal of a more assertive patient or consumer?* do they actually influence what health care people receive?This is a ground-breaking study in health policy and management, and will be important reading for scholars, students and professionals and, in particular, for those involved in running patient organizations. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This is a comparison of the relationship between doctors and the state in three important world health care systems - the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany. The book examines how key aspects of doctoring (including entry, pay and competition) are regulated in different countries, and explores how far the differences are due to individual national circumstances...read more

Product Description: Book by 'MARTIN BURCH, BRUCE WOOD'