Nursing: Its Hidden Agendas
ISBN: 9780340557266 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nursing: Its Hidden Agendas traces the origins of attitudes and behaviours, their historical, psycho-social and professional backgrounds, their cross-generational transmission and their cause and effect. These hidden agendas can seriously damage progress and change in the nursing profession and must be recognised and checked at all levels. This unique study is essential reading for managers, nurse teachers, practising nurses and students alike.
Nursing: Its Hidden Agendas traces the origins of attitudes and behaviours, their historical, psycho-social and professional backgrounds, their cross-...
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182,02 zł |
The Self-Regulation of Health and Illness Behaviour
ISBN: 9780415297011 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Self-regulation theory focuses on the ways in which individuals direct and monitor their activities and emotions in order to attain their goals. It plays an increasingly important role in health psychology research.
The Self-regulation of Health and Illness Behaviour presents an up-to-date account of the latest developments in the field. Individual contributions cover a wide range of issues including representational beliefs about chronic illness, cultural influences on illness representations, the role of anxiety and defensive denial in health-related experiences and behaviours,... Self-regulation theory focuses on the ways in which individuals direct and monitor their activities and emotions in order to attain their goals. It pl...
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247,76 zł |
An Introduction to Psychological Care in Nursing and the Health Professions
ISBN: 9780415429085 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Caring is at the core of what nurses and other health professionals do. But caring encompasses more than simply looking after people's physical health needs. People requiring any health service will have psychological needs that affect their feelings, thoughts, and behaviour. Good psychological care can even help improve physical health outcomes. An Introduction to Psychological Care in Nursing and the Health Professions explains and promotes the importance of psychological care for people when they become physically ill, giving a sound theoretical basis to ensure care is evidence-based. It...
Caring is at the core of what nurses and other health professionals do. But caring encompasses more than simply looking after people's physical health...
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Understanding and Addressing Adult Sexual Attraction to Children: A Study of Paedophiles in Contemporary Society
ISBN: 9780415446266 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paedophiles exist and we must develop ways of living with this fact whilst ensuring that children are kept safe. This ground-breaking book demystifies the field of adult sexual attraction to children, countering the emotionality surrounding the topic of paedophilia in the popular media by careful presentation of research data and interview material. Addressing how we can work together to reduce sexual offending in this population, this text bridges the gulf in understanding between those who want to protect children and those who feel sexual attraction to children - and recognises that... Paedophiles exist and we must develop ways of living with this fact whilst ensuring that children are kept safe. This ground-breaking book demystif... |
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161,78 zł |
Occupational Health Services: A Practical Approach
ISBN: 9780415502825 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed for professionals who deliver, manage, and hold responsibility for occupational health in an organization or in the community, this title guides the practitioner in setting up and running healthcare services for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and occupational management of work-related health issues.
Designed for professionals who deliver, manage, and hold responsibility for occupational health in an organization or in the community, this title gui...
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338,79 zł |
A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth : Key Themes in Maternity Care
ISBN: 9780415561624 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. People are fascinated by stories of childbirth, and the sources to document maternity in Britain in the twentieth century are rich and varied. This book puts the history of maternity in England into its wider social context, highlighting areas of change and continuity, and charting the development of pregnancy and birth as it emerged from the shadows and became central to social debate. A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth considers the significance of the regulation and training of midwives and doctors, exploring important aspects of maternity care including efforts to tackle...
People are fascinated by stories of childbirth, and the sources to document maternity in Britain in the twentieth century are rich and varied. This bo...
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682,74 zł |
A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth: Key Themes in Maternity Care
ISBN: 9780415561631 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. People are fascinated by stories of childbirth, and the sources to document maternity in Britain in the twentieth century are rich and varied. This book puts the history of maternity in England into its wider social context, highlighting areas of change and continuity, and charting the development of pregnancy and birth as it emerged from the shadows and became central to social debate. A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth considers the significance of the regulation and training of midwives and doctors, exploring important aspects of maternity care including efforts to tackle...
People are fascinated by stories of childbirth, and the sources to document maternity in Britain in the twentieth century are rich and varied. This bo...
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217,41 zł |
Social Work with Children and Families: Developing Advanced Practice
ISBN: 9780415563802 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is an increasing emphasis on post-qualifying training for social workers, especially in the complex and demanding area of working with children and families. This essential textbook is especially designed for practitioners studying at this level. Accessible and thorough, the text focuses on a mixture of conceptual and organisational topics, skills, law, policy and key practice issues. It includes chapters on: Social work values and ethics Risk, uncertainty and accountability Direct work with children and young people Promoting security and stability Working with reluctant service...
There is an increasing emphasis on post-qualifying training for social workers, especially in the complex and demanding area of working with children ...
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267,99 zł |
Practice-Based Research in Social Work: A Guide for Reluctant Researchers
ISBN: 9780415565240 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique textbook explores practice-based research (PBR), using numerous practice examples to encourage and engage students and practitioners to embrace research as a meaningful support for their practice.
This unique textbook explores practice-based research (PBR), using numerous practice examples to encourage and engage students and practitioners to em...
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202,24 zł |
Evidence and Skills for Normal Labour and Birth: A Guide for Midwives
ISBN: 9780415577328 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Evidence-based care is a well established principle in contemporary healthcare and a worldwide health care movement. However, despite the emphasis on promoting evidence-based or effective care without the unnecessary use of technologies and drugs, intervention rates in childbirth continue to rise rapidly. This new edition emphasises the importance of translating evidence into skilful practice. It updates the evidence around what works best for normal birth, aspects of which still remain hidden and ignored by some maternity care professionals. Beginning with the decision about where to... Evidence-based care is a well established principle in contemporary healthcare and a worldwide health care movement. However, despite the emphasis ... |
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202,24 zł |
When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent
ISBN: 9780415590129 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for adults too, a parent's death can be a tremendous blow. When Parents Die speaks to bereaved children of all ages. Rebecca Abrams draws on her personal and professional understandings of parental loss, as well as the experiences of many other adults, teenagers and children, to provide the reader with an honest, compassionate and insightful exploration of the experience of losing a parent. The book...
The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handl...
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116,35 zł |
Social Work, Law and Ethics
ISBN: 9780415590167 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Law and ethics are two vital aspects of social work - all social workers need to practise according to the law and their codes of ethics and conduct. However, the relationship between the law and social work values and ethics is not without its tensions and this book takes a problem-based approach to explore the dilemmas and challenges that can arise. The first part of the book sets out frameworks for thinking about the law and ethics, and how they relate to social work. It also introduces some of the big philosophical and sociological questions about the purposes of law and of ethics and...
Law and ethics are two vital aspects of social work - all social workers need to practise according to the law and their codes of ethics and conduct. ...
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182,02 zł |
Understanding Adult Attachment in Family Relationships: Research, Assessment and Intervention
ISBN: 9780415594332 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Attachment theory has become a key focus of both research and practice in understanding and treating psychological and social risk for marital and relationship problems, parenting and clinical disorders. In particular, adult attachment style is a key explanatory factor for understanding problems in human relationships. This practical book introduces and explains an easily accessible assessment tool for adult attachment style, the Attachment Style Interview (ASI). Based on extensive research study, it discusses appropriate interventions and case assessments that can be made to help... Attachment theory has become a key focus of both research and practice in understanding and treating psychological and social risk for marital and ... |
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217,41 zł |
Critical Issues in Youth Work Management
ISBN: 9780415594356 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook communicates the complexities and controversies at the heart of youth work management, exploring key issues in a critical fashion. Written by a team of experienced youth work lecturers, the chapters cover topics such as planning, evaluation, and supervision.
This textbook communicates the complexities and controversies at the heart of youth work management, exploring key issues in a critical fashion. Writt...
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187,07 zł |
Culture, Values and Ethics in Social Work: Embracing Diversity
ISBN: 9780415673495 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text examines the ways in which questions of culture and diversity impact on the values and ethics of social work. Using case studies to illustrate key points for practice, Hugman discusses how social workers can develop culturally-competent ethical practice and work creatively with the tensions it involves. Culture, Values and Ethics in Social Work is essential reading for all social work students and academics.
This text examines the ways in which questions of culture and diversity impact on the values and ethics of social work. Using case studies to illustra...
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202,24 zł |
Environmental Social Work
ISBN: 9780415678124 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Divided into three parts, this field-defining work explores what environmental social work is, and how it can be put into practice. It focuses on theory, discussing ecological and social justice, as well as sustainability, spirituality and human rights.
Divided into three parts, this field-defining work explores what environmental social work is, and how it can be put into practice. It focuses on theo...
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217,41 zł |
Qualitative Research in the Health Sciences: Methodologies, Methods and Processes
ISBN: 9780415682619 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is a growing interest in, and acceptance of, qualitative research approaches in the health science disciplines, both as standalone methodologies and integrated with quantitative designs in mixed methods approaches. This comprehensive text provides deeper knowledge and application of a wide range of methodologies, methods and processes, enabling readers to develop their qualitative research skills.
There is a growing interest in, and acceptance of, qualitative research approaches in the health science disciplines, both as standalone methodologies...
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237,65 zł |
The Politics of Maternity
ISBN: 9780415697415 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The evidence surrounding the skills and approaches to support good birth has grown exponentially over the last two decades, but so too have the obstacles facing women and midwives who strive to achieve good birth. This new book critically explores the complex issues surrounding contemporary childbirth practices in a climate which is ever more medicalised amidst greater insecurity at broad social and political levels. The authors offer a rigorous, and thought-provoking, analysis of current clinical, managerial and policy-making environments, and how they have prevented sustaining the kind of...
The evidence surrounding the skills and approaches to support good birth has grown exponentially over the last two decades, but so too have the obstac...
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187,07 zł |
Being Interprofessional
ISBN: 9780745643069 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Working interprofessionally is an essential part of successful health and social care provision in the twenty-first century. This engaging and easy-to-follow new text highlights the need for collaboration between practitioners from all branches of health and social care. It offers an indispensable guide to learning and working better together, and shows what being interprofessional really means. The book encourages students to sharpen their understanding of concepts and theories surrounding collaborative practice, with a clear emphasis on theory, policy and practice. Chapter-by-chapter, the...
Working interprofessionally is an essential part of successful health and social care provision in the twenty-first century. This engaging and easy-to...
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106,42 zł |
Evidence-based Interventions for Social Work in Health Care
ISBN: 9780789035608 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Outlines best practices for the psychosocial problems associated with the chronic and major health conditions of the 21st century, such as paediatric asthma, Type I and Type II diabetes, obesity, paediatric cancer, and adult hypertension. This text is suitable for students and for practitioners specialising in social work in health settings.
Outlines best practices for the psychosocial problems associated with the chronic and major health conditions of the 21st century, such as paediatric ...
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262,93 zł |