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Acknowledgements
This book would not have been possible without the help and support of
many people. It is appropriate therefore to offer my thanks to my colleagues
at PDR and UWIC for all their assistance. In particular, I would
like to thank Professor Robert Brown and Professor Alan Lewis for providing
me with the opportunity and support needed to accomplish the research
that underpins this book.
As the central theme underpinning this book is multidisciplinary collaboration,
it is important to recognise the input of all who have contributed to
it. I would like to thank all of my collaborators and co-authors without
whom none of the work reported in this book would have been possible.
Each case study is fully acknowledged and I would like to thank the various
publishers for their kind permission to reproduce our previous papers and
articles.
In particular I would like to thank my colleagues, Dominic Eggbeer and
Bob Williams from UWIC, Adrian Sugar, Alan Bocca and Peter Evans
from Morriston Hospital and Professor Julian Minns for their particular
dedication and co-operation. I would also like to thank John Winder for
his help with my early drafts.
I would like to thank everyone at Woodhead Publishing for all their help
and professional expertise in turning my manuscript into the book you see
here.
Finally, I would also like to thank my wife Alison for her patience and
proof reading.
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