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Hardback. This volume will examine deinstitutionalization's legacies approximately 50 years after reintegration began. It will highlight pressing issues around mental health treatment, social and health policy, and the lived experiences of those coping with mental illness that were or continue to be significantly influenced by deinstitutionalization reforms. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 244 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785604034
- ISBN
- 9781785604034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.24
€ 165.24
Paperback. This book shows how carefully planned and assessed treatment can help traumatized children. It outlines how to set up a process for measuring a child's progress towards recovery. Uniquely, the book describes a practical outcomes-based approach that can be provided by an integrated multi-disciplinary team. Series Editor(s): Tomlinson, Patrick. Series: Delivering Recovery. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103301
- ISBN
- 9781843103301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.25
€ 25.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPA; KCQ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804787000
- ISBN
- 9780804787000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.96
€ 15.99
€ 15.96
Paperback. This is the comprehensive guide to delivering personalisation in health and social care using person centred approaches. It covers what personalisation and person centred approaches are, the different elements involved, and how to carry it out with all those receiving care and support, from people with disabilities to people at the end of life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 figures. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849051941
- ISBN
- 9781849051941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.27
€ 33.27
Hardback. In some countries, they call them the 'abandonados', the abandoned ones. They're the mentally ill and mentally disabled patients being warehoused in psychiatric asylums that are more run-down, more uncaring than the most brutal American prisons. This work contains images that reveal the inhumane treatment suffered by the mentally disabled. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 152 pages, 71 duotones, 1 DVD. BIC Classification: AJCR; JKSM; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292719101
- ISBN
- 9780292719101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.01
€ 52.01
Hardcover. Part of the "Research in the Sociology of Health Care" series, this title deals with both macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving access to care, factors that impact access, patients as partners in care and changing roles of health providers. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 331 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857247155
- ISBN
- 9780857247155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.08
€ 138.08
Hardcover. Medical practices are increasingly subject to marketplace valuations, yet the process is fraught with pitfalls for those who don't understand the specific issues involved. Num Pages: 358 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KFC; KJ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471370093
- ISBN
- 9780471370093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.50
€ 253.50
Paperback. Fully revised and expanded, the third edition of Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics maintains a balance of accessibility and scholarly rigor to provide students with a complete introduction to the physics of speech. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405194662
- ISBN
- 9781405194662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. This innovative text focuses on a key aspect of community mental health care -- Intensive Home Treatment (IHT). It examines the issues surrounding the provision of home treatment to individuals as an alternative to psychiatric admission. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861561893
- ISBN
- 9781861561893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.49
€ 71.49
Paperback. Advance directive (AD) is a way of making a person's views known if he or she should become mentally incapable of giving consent, or making informed choices about treatment, in the future. This book advises users on their choices about treatment in the event of future episodes of mental illness, covering all legal and medical aspects of AD. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JKSM; LNTM1; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843104834
- ISBN
- 9781843104834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.53
€ 37.53
hardcover. A collection of 15 papers from The American Ceramic Society s 38th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 26-31, 2014. Editor(s): Narayan, Roger; Colombo, Paolo. Series: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MBPC; TCB; TDCQ; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119040385
- ISBN
- 9781119040385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.96
€ 167.96
Hardcover. A series of essays to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of HERU, the Health Economics Research Unit, one of the leading health economic institutes in the UK. Editor(s): Scott, Anthony; Maynard, Alan; Elliott, Robert. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KN; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470848838
- ISBN
- 9780470848838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.72
€ 177.72
Paperback. Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action examines the critical role both basic literacy and health literacy play in public health. The book develops an elaborated model of health literacy addressing the roles of fundamental, civic, science and cultural literacy. Series: J-B Public Health/Health Services Text. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787984335
- ISBN
- 9780787984335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.99
€ 73.99
Paperback. This text discusses and evaluates the two main approaches to advocacy: empowering the patients with information; and endorsing their needs by speaking out on their behalf. It aims to offer a research-based model which practitioners can use in their study or in everyday practice. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3. BIC Classification: MBPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632049776
- ISBN
- 9780632049776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Hardback. Managing Change An in depth treatment of organizational change in hospitals. After Restructuring provides a mother--lode of insights and lessons that will be mined for years. A must read for all those committed to improving hospital performance in a radically changing health care system. ----Stephen M. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787940294
- ISBN
- 9780787940294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.59
€ 77.59
Hardback. Zoe H. Wool explores how the most severely injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars rehabilitating at Walter Reed Medical Center-whether recovering from losing a limb or sustaining a traumatic brain injury-struggle to build some kind of ordinary life in a situation that is anything but ordinary. Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359715
- ISBN
- 9780822359715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.51
€ 115.51
Paperback. Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good Editor(s): Kirkland, Anna Rutherford; Metzl, Jonathan M. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795934
- ISBN
- 9780814795934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.92
€ 31.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. The ageing of the population has enormous policy implications for health care. This important new textbook, written by a leader in the field, covers key questions such as the fitness of older people in the future, the widening inequalities in the health of older people and how health in old age reflects habits and behaviour in earlier life. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSG; MBP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420879
- ISBN
- 9781847420879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.35
€ 44.35
Hardback. Revised and updated translation of: Le sida dans le monde: entre science et politique / Peter Piot. Paris: Odile Jacob, c2011. Translator(s): Garey, Laurence. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 figures. BIC Classification: MBN; MBP; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166263
- ISBN
- 9780231166263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.15
€ 32.99
€ 24.15
Paperback. AIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic, much of the story remains hidden beneath a superficial focus on condoms, sex workers, and antiretrovirals. Africa gets lost in this equation. The author offers a powerful reversal, using AIDS as a lens through which to view Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JHMC; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226108834
- ISBN
- 9780226108834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.05
€ 32.99
€ 26.05