Nursing

Becoming a nurse is a life-changing process and making the decision to study nursing at university is the first step.

Becoming a nurse is a life-changing process and making the decision to study nursing at university is the first step.

In recent years, disability studies has been driven by a model of disability which focuses on the social and economic oppression of disabled people.

In recent years, disability studies has been driven by a model of disability which focuses on the social and economic oppression of disabled people.

Making good nutritional choices can mean women optimise the outcomes of their birthing experience and offer their babies the best possible start in life.

Making good nutritional choices can mean women optimise the outcomes of their birthing experience and offer their babies the best possible start in life.

This toolkit is designed for preparing health and social care practitioners for their role in facilitating learning in their workplace.

This toolkit is designed for preparing health and social care practitioners for their role in facilitating learning in their workplace.

This new book is designed around 20 clinical cases, each representative of scenarios encountered by doctors who work in primary care and which will prompt learning in related issues surrounding each clinical scenario.

What can you contribute to improving and protecting the health of your community?

What can you contribute to improving and protecting the health of your community?

Capacity building - which focuses on understanding the obstacles that prevent organisations from realising their goals, while promoting those features that help them to achieve measurable and sustainable results - is vital to improve the delivery of health care in both developed and developing countries.

Capacity building - which focuses on understanding the obstacles that prevent organisations from realising their goals, while promoting those features that help them to achieve measurable and sustainable results - is vital to improve the delivery of health care in both developed and developing countries.

More than half of children either in foster care, or adopted from care in the developed world, have a measurable need for mental health services, while up to one quarter present with complex and severe trauma- and attachment-related psychological disorders.

More than half of children either in foster care, or adopted from care in the developed world, have a measurable need for mental health services, while up to one quarter present with complex and severe trauma- and attachment-related psychological disorders.

Physical Activity and Health explains clearly, systematically and in detail the relationship between physical activity, health and disease, and examines the role of exercise in the prevention and management of a wide range of important conditions.

Physical Activity and Health explains clearly, systematically and in detail the relationship between physical activity, health and disease, and examines the role of exercise in the prevention and management of a wide range of important conditions.

Workers and their families, employers, and society as a whole benefit when providers deliver the best quality of care to injured workers and when they know how to provide effective services for both prevention and fitness for duty and understand why, instead of just following regulations.

Workers and their families, employers, and society as a whole benefit when providers deliver the best quality of care to injured workers and when they know how to provide effective services for both prevention and fitness for duty and understand why, instead of just following regulations.

To give children with congenital developmental conditions that manifest special learning needs and specific disabilities their best chance to succeed, early identification and appropriate interventions and support, is necessary.

To give children with congenital developmental conditions that manifest special learning needs and specific disabilities their best chance to succeed, early identification and appropriate interventions and support, is necessary.

How can research on the social determinants of health be translated into real life public health practice?

How can research on the social determinants of health be translated into real life public health practice?

Critical reflection enables practitioners - especially those within health and social care -to theorise from their own practice, improving and developing their work and practising both creatively and professionally.

Critical reflection enables practitioners - especially those within health and social care -to theorise from their own practice, improving and developing their work and practising both creatively and professionally.

The field of global health is expanding rapidly.

The field of global health is expanding rapidly.

The impact of the United Nations "e;Healthy Prisons"e; initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations.

The impact of the United Nations "e;Healthy Prisons"e; initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations.

Something is missing in contemporary health and social care.

Something is missing in contemporary health and social care.

Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men's aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective.

Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men's aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective.

This book offers a theological foundation for engaging with the realities of suffering and dying.

This book offers a theological foundation for engaging with the realities of suffering and dying.

Why should researchers be interested in their feelings and emotions as they carry out research?

Why should researchers be interested in their feelings and emotions as they carry out research?

The role and scope of nursing in primary health care is continually evolving as a result of changes in society.

The role and scope of nursing in primary health care is continually evolving as a result of changes in society.

Good communication between the doctor and patient is essential for the patient to establish a trusting relationship with their doctor and to make the best use of the appropriate treatment.

Good communication between the doctor and patient is essential for the patient to establish a trusting relationship with their doctor and to make the best use of the appropriate treatment.

The growth of health promotion as a topic for discussion and a principle for practice is widespread, and affects all groups of health professionals.

The growth of health promotion as a topic for discussion and a principle for practice is widespread, and affects all groups of health professionals.

This edited volume offers the first overview and reflective discussion of how design can contribute to people's wellbeing and mental health in the context of dementia, mental illness and neurodiversity.

'A compelling book' - Observer '.

'A compelling book' - Observer '.

The Psychology of Starting School offers a highly accessible, practical guide to cutting-edge research from developmental science to guide parents and professionals through this exciting but sometimes tricky period.

This is the first book of its kind to include the personal accounts of people who have survived injury to the brain, along with professional therapists' reports of their progress through rehabilitation.

This is the first book of its kind to include the personal accounts of people who have survived injury to the brain, along with professional therapists' reports of their progress through rehabilitation.

This book takes a fresh look at community nursing history in Great Britain, examining the essentially generalist and low profile, domiciliary end of the professional nursing spectrum throughout the twentieth century.