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Community Care for Health Professionals

  • 1st Edition - October 7, 1992
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ann Compton, Mary Ashwin
  • Language: English

Community Care for Health Professionals presents information needed by health professionals for an effective transitioning from institutional to community-based care. The book is… Read more

Description

Community Care for Health Professionals presents information needed by health professionals for an effective transitioning from institutional to community-based care. The book is comprised 12 chapters that are organized into two parts. The first part covers social policy and various issues, including legal, sociological, and psychological issues. The second part covers the skills required for a successful community practice, such as working with individuals, families, and groups. The text will be of great use to health professionals who are working in the community or have plans to do so.

Table of contents


List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One Essential Knowledge Base

1 An Introduction to Community Care

2 Social Policy and Provision

3 Sociological Issues: Family, Gender, Community, Class and Race

4 Legal Issues

5 Psychological Issues

Part Two Essential Skills Base

6 Working with Individuals

7 The Helping Process

8 Working with Families

9 Working with Groups

10 Working in the Community

11 Teaching in the Community

12 Concluding Exercises - Cases to Resolve

Index


Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 22, 2013
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Ann Compton

Affiliations and expertise
Formerly Superintendent Community Physiotherapist, Southampton and South West Hants, and Course Leader, Postgraduate Diploma in Community Physiotherapy, Southampton Institute; Founder Chairman and Former Education Officer (now Honorary Life Member) Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in the Community

MA

Mary Ashwin

Affiliations and expertise
Practising Psychotherapist, Counsellor, Supervisor and Freelance Lecturer

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