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Paperback. How may nurses be enabled to contribute to, develop and advance their practice when working in bureaucratic and hierarchical health care settings? Corporate recognition and support for nurse--led change and development is gradually increasing. However, 'top down' change is still frequently imposed without due regard for the wisdom of practitioners. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP; MJ; MQC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861563378
- ISBN
- 9781861563378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.79
€ 70.79
Paperback. Intermediate care has become a buzzword within health and social care over the last few years. Seen as the panacea for a number of woes, particularly for older people, intermediate care has been held up as a way forward within contemporary health and social care. This text explores what is understood by the concept of intermediate care. Num Pages: 150 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSG; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861563569
- ISBN
- 9781861563569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.46
€ 80.46
Paperback. Mental health has become a global issue. Throughout both the developed and developing worlds, the treatment and care of the mentally disordered, and the need to improve the mental health of all citizens, has become a major political and professional concern. Editor(s): Morrall, Peter; Hazelton, Mike. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBPK; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861563880
- ISBN
- 9781861563880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.63
€ 75.63
Paperback. The marked increase in life expectancy in Down syndrome since the 1990s, although a very good sign in itself, raises important questions regarding the health issues, cognitive involution and social and professional inclusion of people with the condition. Editor(s): Rondal, Jean-Adolphe; Rasore-Quartino, Alberto; Soresi, Salvatore. Num Pages: 250 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; JNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861563972
- ISBN
- 9781861563972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.05
€ 107.05
Paperback. This textbook provides readers with an insight into Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) in adulthood and the impact it has on everyday life. Potential areas of difficulty are outlined, together with potential solutions and strategies that can be utilized by individuals to improve their personal, social and working lives. . Num Pages: 174 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861564627
- ISBN
- 9781861564627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.25
€ 50.99
€ 50.25
Paperback. Even though primary and community care managers face the same challenges as their hospital counterparts they've never had an equivalent range of methods for evaluating workforce size and mix. So this book aims to set the record straight by explaining community demand and supply side workforce planning and development. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861564870
- ISBN
- 9781861564870
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Condition: New
€ 58.78
€ 58.78
Paperback. This is an introductory text to mental health and deaf people for care workers and mental health workers, both those familiar with deaf people but not with mental health and those familiar with mental health but not with deaf people. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBPK; MJPD; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897635391
- ISBN
- 9781897635391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 166.27
€ 166.27
Hardcover. As the very first volume of a new comprehensive series on public health issues, this book gives an overview of the very latest aspects on funding and payment mechanisms as well as equity issues of health care around the world. Editor(s): Lu, Dr. Mingshan. Series Editor(s): Jonsson, Egon. Series: Health Care and Disease Management. Num Pages: 291 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; KFFD; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527320271
- ISBN
- 9783527320271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 214
- SKU
- V9788323336259
- ISBN
- 9788323336259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.74
€ 48.99
€ 34.74
Paperback. Looks at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. This title argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adopt a right to care and a particularly American approach to the rationing of care. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226102191
- ISBN
- 9780226102191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.53
€ 21.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; MBP; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265858
- ISBN
- 9780226265858
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Volume 1 discusses the problems inherent in allocating limited biomedical technologies: whose needs take precedence, what individual rights and responsibilities are involved, and when societal good justifies restricting individual good. Volume Two focuses on whether and when life-extending technologies should be used or withdrawn. Editor(s): Blank, Robert H.; Bonnicksen, Andrea L. Series: Emerging Issues in Biomedical Policy. Num Pages: 315 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBP; MQW; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074117
- ISBN
- 9780231074117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.25
€ 45.99
€ 32.25
Paperback. This work shows how and why case management and community support replaced psychiatry and mental hospitals. It examines everyday written and oral narratives to prove that the common critique of social workers - that they are state agents controlling clients - is untrue. Num Pages: 286 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JKSN; MBPK; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231122733
- ISBN
- 9780231122733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.67
€ 41.99
€ 29.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Figures: 6,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170123
- ISBN
- 9780231170123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.07€ 86.01
€ 115.07
€ 86.01
Paperback. A century of developing health culture in McLean County, Illinois Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252075544
- ISBN
- 9780252075544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
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
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Paperback. This edition bring up-to-date the author's seminal study of mental retardation. Focusing on the role of stigma and the efforts of the mentally handicapped to pass normal lives, the text explores such areas as social competence, independence and quality of life. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBPK; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Rev and Updated ed.
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082267
- ISBN
- 9780520082267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs? This work explores the Cuban medical phenomenon, examining how a governmental obsession with health has reaped medical and political benefits at home and abroad. It is suitable for those dealing with international relations and Third World societies. Num Pages: 328 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082984
- ISBN
- 9780520082984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.35
€ 36.99
€ 27.35
Hardback. Dorothea Dix was the most politically engaged woman of her generation. An activist who disdained the women's rights and antislavery movements, she sought to promote national harmony. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674214880
- ISBN
- 9780674214880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.70€ 68.17
€ 74.70
€ 68.17
Paperback. Investigates how managed competition became the Bill Clinton's reform framework, but also illuminates how issues and policies emerge. This book follows Clinton's policy ideas from their initial formulation by policy experts through their endorsement by medical industry leaders and politicians to their inclusion in the proposal itself. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPLM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691005287
- ISBN
- 9780691005287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.97€ 40.44
€ 50.97
€ 40.44
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 434 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601618
- ISBN
- 9780691601618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69€ 51.21
€ 65.69
€ 51.21
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610764
- ISBN
- 9780691610764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.16
€ 44.99
€ 32.16
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 398 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; MBPC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614748
- ISBN
- 9780691614748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.90€ 46.24
€ 58.90
€ 46.24
Paperback. * New in paperback* This is the first comprehensive history of syphilis from the fifteenth century to the present day* The hardback was extremely well reviewed and sold very well indeed. . Translator(s): Braddock, Judith; Pike, Brian. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JMU; MBP; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610306
- ISBN
- 9780745610306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.94
€ 30.99
€ 30.94