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Acknowledgements

A project of this nature and scope requires many talented the staff at Elsevier Australia, our publishing partner.
and committed people to see it to completion. The deci- Thanks to our Publisher, Libby Houston, for guiding this
sion to publish this second edition was supported enthu- major project; our Developmental Editors – initially
siastically by the Board of the Australian College of Larissa Norrie, and then Elizabeth Coady for the majority
Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) and Elsevier Australia. To of the project; and to Melissa Read our editor. In Publish-
our chapter contributors for this edition, both those ing Services, Geraldine Minto, thanks for your work with
returning from the first edition and our new collabora- typesetting issues. To others who produced the high
tors – thank you for accepting our offer to write, for quality figures, developed and executed the marketing
having the courage and confidence in yourselves and us plan, and the myriad other activities, without which a
to be involved in the text, and for being committed in text such as this would never come to fruition, thank you.
meeting writing deadlines while developing the depth We acknowledge our external reviewers who devoted
and quality of content that we had planned. We also their time to provide insightful suggestions in improving
acknowledge the work of chapter contributors from the text and contributed to the quality of the finished
our first edition – Harriet Adamson, Susan Bailey, product.
Martin Boyle, Sidney Cuthbertson, Suzana Dimovski, Finally, and most importantly, to our respective loved
Bruce Dowd, Ruth Endacott, Paul Fulbrook, ones – Maureen, Kate, Nick and Josh; Steve; and Michael
Michelle Kelly, Bridie Kent, Anne Morrison, Wendy – thanks for your belief in us, and your understanding
Swope and Jane Treloggen.
and commitment in supporting our careers.
Continued encouragement and support from the Board
and members of ACCCN, for having the belief in us as Doug Elliott
editors and authors to uphold the values of the College, Leanne Aitken
is much appreciated. We also acknowledge support from Wendy Chaboyer

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