1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812900003321

Titolo

Learning disability nursing / / edited by John Turnbull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2004

ISBN

9786610213771

9781280213779

1280213779

9780470790090

0470790091

9780470774557

047077455X

9781405147859

1405147857

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TurnbullJohn, RNMH

Disciplina

616.85/8890231

Soggetti

Learning disabilities - Nursing

Nurse and patient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1 Discovering learning disability nursing; 2 Getting the balance right: the issue of rights and responsibilities in learning disability; 3 A partnership for health: respecting choice as part of a healthy lifestyle; 4 Getting the message across: exploring the functions of challenging behaviour; 5 The purpose and practice of learning disability nursing; 6 Lending an ear: helping someone to speak out; 7 A new start: earning the trust of a family; 8 A home of their own: supporting a tenants' group; 9 The relevance of learning disability nursing

10 Taking a step back: tackling women's health issues in learning disability11 A shock to the system: improving encounters with acute health care; 12 Getting life under control: managing risks from epilepsy; 13 Learning disability nursing: a model for practice; 14 Sustaining learning disability nursing practice; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Learning disability nurses play a leading role in the care and support of people with learning disabilities. Learning Disability Nursing explores the theory and practice of learning disability nursing, with an emphasis on understanding the experiences of learning disability nurses as they seek to practice effectively. It examines key issues faced by people with learning disabilities and those who support them and promotes the role of knowledgeable and reflective practitioners.* Develops a framework for learning disability nursing practice* Examines key issues for people with learni

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170966903321

Titolo

An unruly world? : globalization, governance and geography / / Andrew Herod, Gearoid O Tuathail, and Susan M. Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-74056-5

1-134-74057-3

1-280-33070-8

0-203-07194-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HerodAndrew <1964->

ToalGerard

RobertsSusan M

Disciplina

909.82/9

Soggetti

Geopolitics

International economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; NEGOTIATING UNRULY PROBLEMATICS; THE RISE OF SOFT CAPITALISM; GLOBAL FLOWMATIONS, LOCAL FUNDAMENTALISMS, AND FAST GEOPOLITICS: ~AMERICA~ IN AN ACCELERATING WORLD ORDER; FROM FEDERAL WELFARE TO LOCAL WORKFARE? REMAKING CANADA'S WORK-WELFARE



REGIME; GEO-GOVERNANCE IN TRADE AND FINANCE AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHIES OF DISSENT; PRODUCING GLOBALIZATION: APPAREL AND THE AUSTRALIAN STATE

OF BLOCS, FLOWS AND NETWORKS: THE END OF THE COLD WAR, CYBERSPACE, AND THE GEO-ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZED LABOR AT THE FIN DE MILLNAIREMAGHREBIN IMMIGRATION, FRANCE, AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE ~SPATIAL VENT~; EXCAVATING NATURE: ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVES AND DISCURSIVE REGULATION IN THE MINING INDUSTRY; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An Unruly World explores the diverse conundrums thrown up by seemingly unruly globalization. Examining how fast transnational capitalism is re-making the rules of the game, in a wide variety of different places, domains, and sectors, the authors focus on a wide range of issues: from analysis of 'soft capitalism', and the post-Cold War organizational drives of international trade unions, to the clamour of states to reinvent welfare policy, and the efforts of citizen groups to challenge trade and financial regimes. An Unruly World argues that we are not living in a world bereft