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1 online resource (598 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables ; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Note on Terms; Introduction; Part I: The six guiding principles; 1 Guiding principle 1: Ensuring dignity and respect; 2 Guiding principle 2: The importance of providing accessible information for people with learning disabilities; 3 Guiding principle 3: Providing equal access to services for people with learning disabilities; 4 Guiding principle 4: Personal and professional development through education and training |
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5 Guiding principle 5: Adapting your skills: thinking outside the box6 Guiding principle 6: Delivering quality to people with learning disabilities; Part II: Assessment, screening and diagnosis; 7 Pre-/peri-/post-natal assessment, screening and diagnosis; 8 Developmental issues in early childhood; 9 The health needs of adolescence; 10 Determining health and social care in adulthood; 11 Defining old age in the learning disabled population; 12 Assessment at the end of life; Part III : Health throughout life; 13 Supporting people with severe epilepsy: a case study in diagnostic over-shadowing |
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14 A life with cerebral palsy: Neil's story and Jose's case studies15 Supporting people with an autistic spectrum disorder; 16 Specific health needs and conditions; 17 Emotional difficulties; Part IV : Psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions; 18 Sexuality and people with a learning disability; 19 The behavioural needs of people who have a learning disability; 20 The mental health needs of people with a learning disability; 21 Addressing the needs of people with learning disabilities who have offended; 22 Bereavement and loss |
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23 Ethical issues when meeting the psychotherapeutic needs of people with a learning disabilityPart V : Changing roles; 24 Inter-professional working; 25 Changing roles in meeting the needs of people with a learning disability; 26 Health promotion for people with a learning disability; 27 Public health and learning disability; Index |
| Summary |
Many practitioners within health and social care come into contact with people with intellectual disabilities and want to work in ways that are beneficial to them by making reasonable adjustments in order to meet clients' needs and expectations. Yet the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities continues to be a neglected area, where unnecessary suffering and premature deaths continue to prevail. This text provides a comprehensive insight into intellectual disability healthcare. It is aimed at those who are training in the field of intellectual disability nursing and also untrai |
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Print version record |
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Psychiatric nursing.
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Mental health services.
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Intellectual Disability -- nursing
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Learning Disabilities -- nursing
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Mental Health Services
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Nurse's Role -- psychology
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Psychiatric Nursing -- methods
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Mental health services
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Psychiatric nursing
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lay, Joanne
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McAnelly, Su
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Richardson, Malcolm
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| ISBN |
9781317818939 |
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1317818938 |
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