Nursing

In health and social care settings, it's important to remember that not everyone uses words to communicate.

Nurses in all areas of clinical practice must be able to recognise, assess and manage changes to a patient's condition.

Compassion has become a prominent issue in health policy and practice and the recommendations of the Francis Report and the Berwick Review emphasised the need for compassion in care.

This practical guide focuses on the reduced expression and activity often described as constituting negative symptoms of psychosis and schizophrenia.

This textbook provides a practice-focused case study based exploration of how the ideas of person-centeredness can be developed and incorporated in to everyday practice.

This ground-breaking text book introduces the theoretical underpinnings and practical considerations of the growing area reablement.

This book constitutes an excellent source of information for gaining a better understanding of information technologies in healthcare; for reviewing how healthcare will change as a consequence; and how to manage these changes in order to realise eHealth's full potential in creating value for patients, professionals and the system as a whole.

Forces such as political conflict, globalisation and the growth of the internet, offering news of life elsewhere, mean levels of migration are higher now than at any other time in history.

Total pain management mandates that an ethic of adjusted care be implemented at the end-stage of life which acknowledges ethically, legally, and clinically the use of terminal sedation as efficacious treatment.

The findings of key reports highlight the need to raise awareness of the failures in health and social care systems to safeguard vulnerable older people.

To meet the care needs of today's diverse patient community, healthcare professionals must learn to care in environments comprising different worldviews, communication styles and expectations.

Gaining a first job as a nurse or midwife is becoming not only highly competitive but an increasingly more complex process.

This book traces the development of British answers to the problem of childhood cancer.

Want a sophisticated, witty and engaging introduction to the nursing profession?

In the UK it is estimated that a third of patients in mental health services have a substance abuse problem, and that half of patients in drug and alcohol services have a mental health problem.

This new edition of a very successful textbook provides an up-to-date, broad and authoritative introduction to studying health.

How can we make health care processes safer and more consistent?

This book extends the critical scope of the previous volume, De-Medicalizing Misery, into a wider social and political context, developing the critique of the psychiatrization of Western society.

Highlighting examples of positive, evidence based practice throughout, this book explores working with people with learning disabilities at all life stages.

This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide.

This is the first manifesto for Health Humanities worldwide.

A comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary readings in the sociology of health.

This authoritative collection is the first wide-ranging overview dedicated to traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) and its scientific study.

How do you juggle the many responsibilities of the mentoring role with your own workload?

Supported by a companion skills volume and website, Foundation Studies for Caring is a comprehensive introductory text for all health professionals, which maps directly on to the key skills framework.

As a trainee healthcare professional, you need a reliable skills manual which will help you understand and apply the procedures covered on your course.

Broadened to include coverage of community settings, and updated to address changes in practice, Pain 2/e is a solid introduction to the subject.

At a time when service users' perspectives are increasingly recognized in healthcare, this seminal book highlights the importance of clients' perceptions of all aspects of mental illness.

This accessible and clearly structured book, written by experienced researchers and practitioners, provides a one-stop introduction to the most common qualitative, quantitative and desk-based research designs and methods in health and social care.

Care giving has become a high-profile issue in policy and practice, yet much of the literature conceives it as burdensome or even oppressive.

Read this book to gain an understanding of the knowledge, values and skills required for effective practice in the field of intellectual disability and the opportunities which this work offers for multidisciplinary collaboration for social change.

Being self-aware is particularly important for healthcare professionals who need to manage their cognitive, affective and behavioural self in order to engage effectively in therapeutic relationships.

This is the updated version of the hugely popular Applied Microbiology for Nurses, providing essential information about how infection occurs, methods to prevent it and the precautions required to contain it.

The definitive book on family centred care for health professionals, this popular text has been thoroughly revised in line with contemporary health policy.

Rather than physiological health only, complementary and alternative medicines aim at the production of wellbeing.

This ground-breaking and accessible book is the ideal resource for trainee and qualified mental health nurses looking for a guide to the main psychological therapies and interventions available in practice.

"e;A really positive and timely text, which contributes to the evidence base and prepares and supports the health and social care student for the challenges of the modern workplace.

This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and motivation.

This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and motivation.

The Routledge Handbook of Clinical Supervision provides a global 'state of the art' overview of clinical supervision, presenting and examining the most comprehensive, robust empirical evidence upon which to base practice.

The Routledge Handbook of Clinical Supervision provides a global 'state of the art' overview of clinical supervision, presenting and examining the most comprehensive, robust empirical evidence upon which to base practice.

Get the updated classic that provides innovative exercises that promotes change The Therapist's Notebook, Volume 2: More Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy, is the updated classic that provides mental health clinicians with hands-on tools to use in daily practice.

Get the updated classic that provides innovative exercises that promotes change The Therapist's Notebook, Volume 2: More Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy, is the updated classic that provides mental health clinicians with hands-on tools to use in daily practice.

Learn how to ensure quality and safety for vulnerable older adults Transitional care is crucial to older adults with complex care needs who are moving between different locations or different levels of care.

Learn how to ensure quality and safety for vulnerable older adults Transitional care is crucial to older adults with complex care needs who are moving between different locations or different levels of care.

In this startling new collection of case studies entitled HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives, you'll take an eye-opening and informative look at the lifestyle and culture of the HIV/AIDS intravenous drug users (IVDUs).

In this startling new collection of case studies entitled HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives, you'll take an eye-opening and informative look at the lifestyle and culture of the HIV/AIDS intravenous drug users (IVDUs).

This book presents an existential and psychosocial interpretation of the experiences of mental health care practitioners whose work involves use of coercion.

This book is invaluable to nurses and all health and social care practitioners working with people living with dementia in a variety of contexts.

Qualitative research, once on the fringes, now plays a central part in advancing nursing and midwifery knowledge, contributing to the development of the evidence base for healthcare practice.