000			01987cam a2200181 4500
008			100928n2009 000 0 eng u
020			_a9781856423854
060			_aWM 840.1.
060			_aWM 815
245	0		_aLearning disability nursing practice
260			_aLondon : _bQuay Books, _c2009
300			_a486p.
520			_aThis book claims to be a fi rst in providing a text that encapsulates not only the origins of nursing in the learning disability fi eld but also contemporary perspectives and areas for specialist nursing practice. The book is divided into four sections: origins, perspectives, practice, and further perspectives. Section one (origins) describes Great Barr Colony and explores the conceptions of practice of actual attendants and nurses who worked there. It gives readers an in-depth focus on aspects of work and practice not accounted for in the literature to date. Section two (perspectives) explores social policy perspectives from the past eras of the workhouse, the colony and the hospital, through to the present age of citizenship. Research in learning disability nursing practice is identifi ed through scoping exercises to identify its current status. The section questions the research and practice developments that have come of age and that constitute a challenge within an evidence-based health and social care world. Section three (practice) identifi es a wide range of specialist areas of nursing practice, including community learning disability nursing, epilepsy, forensics, health facilitation, autism, mental health, challenging behaviour, children s services and working with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. Section four (further perspectives) addresses areas of contemporary and future concern, namely, educational curricula for nurses and the importance of inter-professional education and practice development.
650		2	_aLearning disabilities
650		2	_aNursing
700	1		_aJukes, M
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