The birth of a human being: what makes us who we are? -- The balancing act : psychodynamic insights -- A sucure base: the importance of attachment -- The emergence of reason: the developing ability to understand -- Making connections: ideas from behaviourism -- Who am i going to be? adolescence, identity and change -- Acting like a grown-up: challenges of adulthood -- Access to adulthood : growing up with a disability -- No man is an island: family systems and their life cycle -- It takes a village : a sociological perspective -- Coming to a conclusion: dimensions of old age -- That good night: death, dying and bereavement -- References -- Index.
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Aimed at students within social work, health, nursing and education, the author presents key theories and empirical evidence about the way people grow and change over their lifespan, relating theoretical ideas to practice.