Written in 1964, then banned and only staged in Spain 12 years later after Franco's death. Buero's powerful play, La doble historia del Doctor Valmy, tackles the controversial question of political torture.Daniel Barnes is a family man who works as a member of the Political Police in an imaginary country called Surelia. Ordered by his superior to torture a political prisoner, Daniel becomes sexually impotent. After a visit to Dr Valmy, Daniel discovers that his condition is a self-punishment for what he has done to the prisoner. Mary, Daniel's wife, gradually becomes aware of the secrets of her husband's grisly trade and attempts to persuade him to leave the police service, with devastating results. The play focuses not on the victim but on the torturer and the consequences of his actions for his family, marriage and personal relations.This is a new edition of one of Buero's most successful and most provocative texts and contains a detailed and wide-ranging introduction, bibliography, notes and a plot summary in English. A helpful vocabulary and variety of work topics makes this an ideal edition for sixth form and undergraduate students.

LA Doble Historia Del Doctor Valmy

Literature & Fiction

Buero-Vallejo, Antonio

History & Criticism

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Social Focus on Families is the fourth in a series of publications which brings together statistics from a wide variety of sources to paint a picture of different groups of people in British society. Presenting a broad overview, it examines trends in family life, investigates the real everyday changes that affect individual families, and explores changing attitudes. Social Focus on Families contains commentary, tables, charts and maps covering the following topics: family structure and change; cohabitation, marriage and divorce; family building; parenting; economic activity; income; expenditure; homes; lifestyles; and relationships.

Social Focus on Families

Politics & Social Sciences

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Social Sciences

UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1992Reprinted with Revisions [i.e. 2nd Edition] 1: UK SIC(92).

Business & Money

Economics

This publication represents the most comprehensive analysis of cancer survival trends and patterns throughout England and Wales. Three million cancer patients survival trends were analysed for this report and findings are displayed within clearly presented tables, charts and graphs which are broken down by age, sex, geographic region and socioeconomic status for 58 different cancers in adults and children. The report reveals the extent of the 'deprivation gap' in survival between cancer patients living in affluent areas and those in deprived areas.

Cancer Survival Trends in England and Wales 1971/1995 Hard (Studies on Medical & Population Subjects)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

The first comprehensive description of the UK national accounts since 1985, and published to coincide with the transition of the UK national accounts to the standards of the European System of Accounts (ESA 95). The new presentation of the UK accounts is explained in detail, together with the concepts underlying them, and the sources and methods used used in their compilation under ESA 95. This volume is part of a pack of six books, published to mark the transition of the UK national accounts to the ESA 95 framework and the standards of the IMF Balance of Payments Manual (5th edition).

United Kingdom National Accounts Concepts, Sources and Methods 1998 Edition

This report describes the prevalence of mental disorders among 5 -15 year olds and the associations between mental disorders and social, demographic and economic factors in the life of the child and its family.

The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Great Britain

History

World

The Standard Occupational Classification was introduced to provide one occupational classification for use by the government, both in statistics from the main data collections and to help match job seekers to vacancies. This revised text contains 25 sub-major groups, 81 minor groups, and 353 unit groups which are all incorporated into the numbering system of SOC 2000. The edition includes sections on managerial and computing and related occupations, as well as specific occupations associated with the environment and conservation.

Standard Occupational Classification Vol. 2: The Coding Index

Science & Math

The volume considerably extends the coverage and range of analyses available in previous supplements. For the first time, it takes a broader view of health outcomes than are reflected by mortality alone, by including reviews of variations in congenital anomalies, cancer incidence, infant mortality, births, conceptions and abortions. It makes far more extensive use of maps to illustrate statistically significant variations. As in previous supplements, there is a strong emphasis on identifying the factors associated with geographic variation in the outcomes studied and to interpret these in terms of demographic patterns and material inequality. There are separate chapters summarising demographic and socio-economic influences and all analyses draw on the recently revised ONS classification of local authorities. Wherever possible the analyses of local variation are, for the first time, presented on a comparable basis for all parts of the United Kingdom. This comprehensive view has made it possible to place the geographic patterns observed in a wider context than was previously possible.

Geographic Variations in Health (DS)

Cancer Trends from National Statistics brings together into one comprehensive reference source information of the cancer burden in England and Wales, making this report essential reading for cancer specialists, researchers and medical librarians. The report provides both summary and more detailed information on trends in cancer incidence, mortality, prevalence and survival at the national and regional levels during the second half of the last century. For example "Between 1950 and 1999, the proportion of deaths due to cancer rose from 15 to 27 per cent for males and from 16 to 23 per cent for females." The summary chapter ensures that readers who only require an overview can quickly access information on the incidence of and mortality from all malignant cancers for nine of the most important individual cancer sites; the prevalence of major cancers; and details of survival trends by age, sex and socio-economic deprivation. Researchers will then benefit from the reports detailed results on incidence, mortality, prevalence and survival which are presented in 20 separate chapters for each of the main cancer sites which together constitute almost 90% of all malignancies in both males and females. Each chapter also includes a brief description of the epidemiology of the particular cancer, its global significance, known or suspected causes, risk factors and treatment. Cancer trends also features a chapter on several types of childhood cancer which together constitute 82% of all childhood cancers. (Incidence figures cover the period 1971-97 and figures for the last three years are provisional, but are reliable, being based on data from half of the regional cancer registries in England and Wales. Mortality data cover the period 1950-99.)

Cancer Trends in England and Wales 1950-1999: Studies On Medical and Population Subjects No. 66

This volume brings together information on health care systems and health outcomes on a comparable basis for the United Kingdom as a whole and for its constituent elements. For the first time, many findings and studies previously published in a wide variety of places are drawn together in one volume. In some instances statistics for the United Kingdom as a whole are included, where they only previously appeared for the constituent countries. With the evolution of a European Union public health policy, information for the United Kingdom as a whole is needed. This has led naturally to an assessment of the possibilities and problems of aggregating constituent country data.

UKHS 1.United Kingdom Health Statistics 2001 Edition

Biological Sciences

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