Patient Care category: 3822 books
Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression
Debates and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Everyone working in health and social care is at one point or another confronted by violent behaviour and its consequences. Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression provides a broad overview of violence in relation to a range of groups and areas that involve human service professionals.
Adopting...
by Michael J Austin
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Addressing the multiple meanings of service integration, Human Services Integration analyzes how motivations and expectations for social service integration differ significantly among different players in the service system. In a period of major budget cutbacks and welfare reform, however, it is important...
What Do the Doctors Say?
How Doctors Create a World Through Their Words
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
The medical world creates its own culture. This culture, however, would not continue if it were not for our participation. As consumers of health care, the way in which we talk, too, maintains the medical culture as it is. This culture frequently dismisses the wisdom of parents and talks them out...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2002
Presenting up-to-date empirical research on the subject of young people, housing and social policy in contemporary Britain, this book considers the issue of young people's early housing histories in the context of a range of government policy initiatives aimed at the group. It offers a critique of...
by Carol-Ann Hooper
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Despite increased recognition of the high incidence of child sexual abuse, little attention has so far been paid to the women on whom children primarily depend for care adn protection - their mothers. Informed by theory and research on other situations involving loss, secrecy and moral dilemmas, as...
Rethinking Health Promotion
A Global Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
In today's world 'health' means far more than merely the absence of illness. In Rethinking Health Promotion Theodore H. MacDonald sweeps away the confusion surrounding the function and position of health promotion. He argues that, far from being a modern innovation, health promotion has existed as...
Physical Environments and Aging
Critical Contributions of M. Powell Lawton to Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
A tribute and guide to M. Powell Lawton's groundbreaking work!
Dr. M. Powell Lawton, who died in January 2001, was arguably the most significant thinker, researcher, and practitioner in environment-behavior studies within the field of gerontology. The authors of Physical Environments and Aging...
Being and Well-Being
Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
As the great American work-benefit experiment erodes, companies are increasingly asking people to take responsibility for managing their own health. There's no question work and health are intertwined. But what effect does an intensely productive, globally connected, high-tech work environment have...
Working with Involuntary Clients
A Guide to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Many social workers are employed in positions where they deal with involuntary clients. These positions are demanding, and require a specific set of skills. The new edition of this successful book provides an accessible and practical guide for managing difficult and sensitive relationships and communicating...
by Anna Metteri, Teppo Kroger, Anneli Pohjola
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Overcome the challenges facing social workers today with international guidance
Social Work Approaches in Health and Mental Health from Around the Globe is a valuable stepping stone toward an understanding of the diversity of methods utilized in social work for community health services. This...
Critical Resilience for Nurses
An Evidence-Based Guide to Survival and Change in the Modern NHS
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
The nursing profession is under pressure. Financial demands, student debt, the target culture, political scrutiny in the wake of major care scandals and increasing workloads are all taking their toll on professional morale and performance. This timely book considers the meaning of resilience in this...
Violence in the Family
An annotated bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
In the early 1970s, the problem of abuse within the family unit began to surface on a large scale and 1975 was a particularly significant year for the recognition of interfamilial violence. This recognition provided the impetus for more concern and investigation of the issue and significant literature...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Researching the People's Health examines the different ways in which needs are assessed and health care is organized, prioritized and delivered in circumstances of rapid change in patterns of health and illness. The book also addresses the issue of relationships between lay and expert knowledge.
Living With Brain Injury
A Guide for Families and Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1998
An injury to the brain can affect every aspect of a person's daily life, including physical abilities and psychological make-up, relationships and family roles, school and employment, recreation and leisure. At the hospital, you may hear a lot about brain injury but not realize the importance of what...