Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Allied Health Services - General

This comprehensive text focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of ageing and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age and ageing. It includes key chapters on:

• theoretical and methodological bases for the study of ageing
• demographic context of the 'ageing' population
• health and illness
• family and social networks
• formal and informal care and other services for older people.

Providing an invaluable introduction to the major issues involved in the study of...

Why do some people live to an advanced old age while others do not? And what does old age really mean in modern society?

Gerontology is a multi-disciplinary science concerned with the study of aging, which integrates biological, psychological and social study. This book focuses on the social contexts of aging, looking at the diversity of aging and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age and aging.

This comprehensive text includes chapters on:
· theoretical and methodological bases for...

This textbook provides the reader with an insight into the needs of children with both physical and learning disabilities, particularly within an acute care setting. It considers the principles that underpin the fundamental aspects of care delivery to children with special needs. The key areas of knowledge and practical skills covered include:

• the social and historical context
• challenging assumptions
• best practice for giving news to parents
• communication methods
• play and movement
• nutrition and feeding
• boundary setting...

In Mental Health Social Work, Colin Pritchard draws on his many years of experience in research, teaching and practice in order to explore key issues for social workers who want to work in the mental health field.

Mental health social work can be one of the most rewarding and one of the most frustrating areas of social work practice. Social workers need to have a good knowledge of interventions and their evidence bases, from pharmacology to psychotherapy, but also be able to work sensitively and effectively with both clients and carers in a rapidly changing context.

Research into the delivery and organisation of health care is a vital component in the improvement of health services. A wide range of disciplines and methods needs to be deployed to address research questions in this field. This unique reader brings together thirty examples of high-quality SDO research using a range of disciplines, including organisational studies, epidemiology, sociology, history, health economics, anthropology and policy studies, illustrating the use of qualitative and quantitative approaches and primary and secondary research. Expert editorial commentary on each...

Does your doctor really care about you? Do you have time to care about your patients in the middle of all the red tape? Can we claw back tender, loving healthcare before losing sight of what it is?

The medical machine is spinning out of control. Making the NHS better is about people, not about politics and posturing. It s about recognising that, well or ill, we re in it together.

Being promised we ll be able to choose our hospital tomorrow is cold comfort when fighting to see a doctor today. From the pitfalls of communication to waiting lists, MMR to MRSA,...