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  1. Pregnancy, Risk and Biopolitics

    On the Threshold of the Living Subject

    By Lorna Weir

    Series: Transformations

    Traditionally, Euroamerican cultures have considered that human status was conferred at the conclusion to childbirth. However, in contemporary Euroamerican biomedicine, law and politics, the living subject is often claimed to pre-exist birth. In this fascinating book Lorna Weir argues that the...

    Published July 26th 2006 by Routledge

  2. The New NHS

    A Guide

    By Alison Talbot-Smith, Allyson M. Pollock

    Dr Alison Talbot-Smith, an experienced doctor and researcher, and Professor Allyson M. Pollock, one of the UKs leading authorities on the NHS, give a lucid and incisive account of the new NHS – which has emerged from a far-reaching programme of market-oriented changes. Providing an authoritative...

    Published April 12th 2006 by Routledge

  3. Mainstreaming Midwives

    The Politics of Change

    Edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd, Christine Barbara Johnson

    Providing insights into midwifery, a team of reputable contributors describe the development of nurse- and direct-entry midwifery in the United States, including the creation of two new direct-entry certifications, the Certified Midwife and the Certified Professional Midwife, and examine the...

    Published March 27th 2006 by Routledge

  4. Health Promotion in Midwifery 2nd Edition: Principles and practice

    By Jan Bowden, Vicky Manning

    Health Promotion in Midwifery explores the principles of health promotion within the practical context of midwifery. It clearly outlines and discusses the midwife’s role in health promotion, making it essential reading for all student and practising midwives, as well as clinical practitioners....

    Published February 23rd 2006 by CRC Press

  5. The Age of the Inquiry

    Learning and Blaming in Health and Social Care

    Edited by Jill Manthorpe, Nicky Stanley

    The plethora of inquiry reports published in the fields of health and welfare in the 1990s covered the full range of user groups, individuals and institutions. What similarities or differences were there between these inquiries? How effective were they in bringing about change? Whose interest did...

    Published June 23rd 2004 by Routledge

  6. Implementing Inquiry-Based Learning in Nursing

    By Dankay Cleverly

    If you want to introduce Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) into your curriculum but are not sure how to go about it, this book will set you on the right track. In this text the author shares the experience of leading a project to implement IBL as a whole integrated pre-registration curriculum...

    Published March 19th 2003 by Routledge

  7. Evidence-Based Patient Handling

    Techniques and Equipment

    By Pat Alexander, Emma Crumpton, Brian Fletcher, Mike Fray, Sue Hignett, Sue Ruszala

    Providing care and treatment for patients usually requires moving and handling activities associated with high rates of back injuries. The personal and financial cost of back pain and injuries to health staff means there is an urgent need to improve practice in this area. Over the past twenty...

    Published November 20th 2002 by Routledge

  8. Essential Psychology for Nurses and Other Health Professionals

    By Graham Russell

    This text examines the concepts which are fundamental to everyday nursing practice. Understanding how individuals function psychologically in health and illness is vital to providing appropriate care for all patients and clients. Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, the author explores...

    Published December 16th 1998 by Routledge

  9. Rethinking Health Promotion

    A Global Approach

    By Theodore H. MacDonald

    In today's world 'health' means far more than merely the absence of illness. In Rethinking Health Promotion Theodore H. MacDonald sweeps away the confusion surrounding the function and position of health promotion. He argues that, far from being a modern innovation, health promotion has existed as...

    Published April 8th 1998 by Routledge

  10. Nursing and Social Change

    3rd Edition

    By Monica F. Baly

    Nursing and Social Change is essential reading for nurses who wish to understand how their profession had developed from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Now in its third edition the book has been completely revised to take into account the challenges facing nurses. Ten new chapters...

    Published November 30th 1994 by Routledge

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