Böcker av Brian Taylor

This book provides a detailed road map for how audiologists can apply various management principles and other quality initiatives to improve both the delivery of services to patients and the overall performance of their practice. It provides tools as well as a step-by-step plan for improving quality across all facets of a practice.

This book is a study of commercially unsuccessful writer Forrest Reid (1875-1947), whose life of provincial obscurity stands in stark contrast to his rich imaginative life. Reid was obsessed with boyhood, and childhood was the recurrent theme in his work. This book, first published in 1980, was the first study of the author for twenty-five years.

Based on research looking at gendered assumptions about rationality and men's mental health, this book looks at postmodern theory in relation to masculinities and madness, and discusses key contemporary debates in political uses of risk, dangerousness and so on. It is useful for academics and students of sociology and allied disciplines.

This important book provides an invaluable guide to the establishment of Scotland's Parliament. First published in 1999, this revised and updated edition follows the road to devolution - with fresh detail of the obstacles which stood in the way.