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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813229203321

Autore

Jones-Devitt Stella

Titolo

Critical thinking in health and social care / / Stella Jones-Devitt, Liz Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage Publications, 2007

ISBN

1-4462-2569-0

1-4129-2069-8

1-282-02101-X

9786612021015

1-84920-250-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 184 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithLiz <1957->

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Medical care - Evaluation

Social service - Evaluation

Critical thinking

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 (p. [172]-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Illustrations; Section 1: Theoretical Overview; 1 - Thinking critically about critical thinking; 2 - The authenticity of knowledge; 3 - Assumptions; 4 - The nature of evidence; Section 2 - Key Theoretical Tools of Critical Thinking; 5 - Political ideologies; 6 - Moral Reasoning; 7 Feminism and Post-Feminism; 8 - Critical Realism; 9 - Chaos and complexity theories; 10 - Postmodernism and Post-Structuralism; Section 3 - Application to health and social care practice; 11 - Case studies in health and social care

12 - The implications for practice Summary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Critical Thinking in Health and Social Care' is designed to equip practitioners with the knowledge and tools they need to critically examine practice in their own workplace.