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Social Aspects of Health, Illness and Healthcare

WebThis core textbook is the ideal companion text for students studying the social aspects of health and illness, whether it is as part of a health studies degree, nursing or other …

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Chapter 6: Social Determinants of Health

WebThis chapter presents the social determinants of health (SDOH) framework, sometimes referred to as the wider determinants of health. It helps readers to understand the …

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Understanding Health and Illness

WebHealth and illness are interesting issues to study because they can mean different things to different people, at different times and in different places. This complexity has …

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Theory and Research in Promoting Public Health

WebTheory and Research in Promoting Public Health is an important text that addresses these questions, exploring the key concepts, debates and issues involved in multi-disciplinary …

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Public Health: Building Innovative Practice

WebPublic Health: Building Innovative Practice examines the main challenges facing public health today and fosters an informed and creative response by practitioners. It explores …

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The Open University

WebIn 2018 the UK’s Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), in association with the Young Health Movement, published #StatusofMind: Social media and young people’s mental …

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A Reader in Promoting Public Health: Challenge and …

WebThe second edition of A Reader in Promoting Public Health brings together a selection of readings that explore and challenge current thinking in the field of multidisciplinary public …

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Making decisions in mental healthcare

WebPeople who are involved within the decision-making processes of mental healthcare understand and respond to distress in differing ways with important consequences for …

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WebWhat kinds of changes occur across the lifespan? What role do our experiences, social and historical contexts and relationships with others play in shaping those changes? This …

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Black Women and Public Health in the UK

WebI was appointed as a district health promotion manager in West Birmingham in the West Midlands in the UK in September 1984, where I was one of a very small number of Black …

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Key Questions in Healthcare Law and Ethics

WebThe perfect textbook for nursing and healthcare students who want a fresh, innovative way to understand how law and ethics relate to their studies, placements, and professional …

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The Open University

WebThe role of the approved mental health professional requires the ability to make sound and ethical decisions based on knowledge of mental health issues, psychiatry and the law. …

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The Social context of health and health work

WebThe Social Context of Health and Health Work breaks new ground by linking together sociology of health and social policy perspectives. Linda Jones argues that health and …

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An exploration of the 6Cs as a set of values for nursing practice

WebIn 2012, after several high profile cases of poor quality care in England and concerns about a lack of compassion and a need to refocus on values, the Department of Health (DH) in …

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Consumer Healthcare: Current Trends

WebThe working definition of self-care is the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, and maintain health and to cope with

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WebAnimist health can require the intervention of shamans, medicine people and others who seek understanding of relational causes and relational remedies. The value of these …

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Introduction to positivism, interpretivism and critical theory

WebBackground There are three commonly known philosophical research paradigms used to guide research methods and analysis: positivism, interpretivism and critical theory. Being …

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Ethical and legal considerations of community nursing

WebAbout the book: Community Nursing and Health Care brings together the key issues arising from the relationships between community healthcare nurses, their clients, and other …

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Legal Principles of Responsibility and Accountability in …

WebWithin healthcare a number ofconcepts are raised whenever professionalism is being discussed or considered; these are the concepts of responsibility and

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