Description |
x, 256 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Ebrary
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Contents |
Ideas of knowledge in practice / Struan Jacobs -- Information, knowledge, and wisdom in medical practice / P. B. Greenberg -- The practice of the psychiatrist / Alex Holmes -- Social work knowledge-in-practice / Heather D'Cruz -- Disability : a personal approach / Lisa Chaffey -- Knowledge in the making : an analytical psychology perspective / Joy Norton -- Knowledge to action in the practice of nursing / Alison Hutchinson, Tracey Bucknall -- The risky business of birth / Frances Sheean and Jennifer M. Cameron -- Skills for person-centred care : health professionals supporting chronic condition prevention and self-management / Sharon Lawn and Malcolm Battersby -- Knowledge and reasoning in practice : an example from physiotherapy and occupational therapy / Megan Smith ... [et al.] -- Using knowledge in the practice of dealing with addiction : an ideal worth aiming for / Peter Miller |
Summary |
Knowledge-in-Practice in the Caring Professions explores the nature and role of knowledge in the practical work of the caring professions. It is concerned with practical over theoretical knowledge ('knowing how' over 'knowing that'), looking at the way that theory is applied and skill, judgement and discretion are exercised in the trained practice of professionals. The book contains contributions from experts in a variety of fields including social work, medicine, drug/alcohol work, disability practice, psychotherapy, physiotherapy, nursing and midwifery. The authors give an account of the knowledge that is embodied in their professional practice, paying particular attention to what is distinctive about practical knowledge and the problems to which that knowledge is applied in their field. The book offers a unique perspective on professional practice as multi-disciplinary, illustrating shared and overlapping understandings in knowledge-in-practice between the different professions as well as understandings that are distinctive to each discipline. It underlines that in order to effectively address the range of social, psychological and health problems facing contemporary societies, professionals need to engage in cooperative models of practice |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Also available electronically |
Subject |
Clinical competence.
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Medical personnel -- Psychology.
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Medicine -- Practice.
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Social service -- Practice.
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
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Clinical Competence.
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Health Personnel -- psychology.
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Clinical Competence.
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
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Health Personnel -- psychology.
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Author |
D'Cruz, Heather.
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Jacobs, Struan.
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Schoo, Adrian M. M.
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LC no. |
2009031151 |
ISBN |
0754672824 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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0754672840 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780754672821 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9780754672845 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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