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 [and others] --;Using knowledge in the practice of dealing with addiction : an ideal worth aiming for / Peter Miller.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Explores the nature and role of knowledge in the practical work of the caring professions. This book focuses on knowledge of the practical over the theoretical, looking at the application of theory and the implementation of skill, judgment and discretion. It offers a perspective on professional practice as multi-disciplinary.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
Medicine -- Practice.
Social service -- Practice.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RA399
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A1
Book number
E358
2009
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by Heather D'Cruz, Struan Jacobs, Adrian Schoo.