Explores role of nursing in primary health care showing how policy informs practice. Issues covered include: health needs profiling, assessment, interprofessional work, quality of care, family carers and new nursing roles...
In health care, knowledge is a self-evident good, reducing risk in care provision. This book discusses how ignorance, often overlooked, can be productive in itself. It discusses "nonknowledges" such as uncertainty, doubt and deceit, helping to unpack the power situated in the use of ignorance in nur..
Multidisciplinary in approach, this book highlights the unique contributions of Germany to AIDS work, making available for the first time knowledge which can be applied to other countries as well as to other fields of public health...
This volume focuses on how high quality care is provided and the practices and policies that support this. It will offer case studies (both policy- and practice-oriented empirical studies) from countries that share a basic orientation to social welfare: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and ..
This volume focuses on how high quality care is provided and the practices and policies that support this. It will offer case studies (both policy- and practice-oriented empirical studies) from countries that share a basic orientation to social welfare: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and ..
The importance of play in children’s health services, both as a form of therapy and as a distraction, is often overlooked. This unique text promotes developmentally appropriate provision within healthcare settings for children and young people and provides an introduction to the underpinning knowled..
This text starts with an overview of reflective practice and moves on to look at more critical perspectives. Beginning with discussions of self-awareness and the reflective cycle, it then explores thinking about critical incidents, critical reflection and transformational learning, integrating cutti..