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Psychology for nurses and health care professionals
- Title
- Psychology for nurses and health care professionals / edited by David Messer and Claire Meldrum.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | R726.7 .P7917 1995 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 514 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction / Claire Meldrum -- Pt. 1. The Roles of Health Care Professionals. 1. Models of organization for nursing practice / Joanna Dodd. 2. Interacting with patients/clients: Impressions, attributions and adhering to medical advice / Denise Knight. 3. Working with groups / Mary Horton. 4. Nursing the family / Paul March. 5. Attitudes and attitude change / Lucy Johnston. 6. Social cognition and health behaviour / Peter Harris and Wendy Middleton -- Pt. II. Psychological Concepts Applied to Health Care Professionals. 7. Personality / John Gosling. 8. Memory, information and meaning / Neville Austin. 9. Nursing and error / Donald Ridley. 10. Psychopharmacology / Elizabeth A. Sykes. 11. Brain damage / Jane M. Pierson -- Pt. III. Life Processes and Events. 12. Common addictive behaviours / Beryl S. Starr and C. J. Chandler. 13. Approaches to pain control / Beryl S. Starr. 14. Managing stress in health care: Issues for staff and patient care / Fiona Jones.
- 15. The consequences of stress / Ben (C.) Fletcher. 16. Psychological implications of HIV infection / Barbara Hedge. 17. Dying and bereavement / Paul March -- Pt. IV. Working With Children. 18. Bonding, attachment and separation / David J. Messer. 19. Communication and caring: Children and health / David J. Messer. 20. Health professionals and people with learning disabilities / Julie Dockrell and Pat Hasan. 21. Physical and sensory disabilities in childhood / Vicky Lewis -- Pt. V. Working With Elderly Adults. 22. Cognitive changes in normal ageing / Claire Meldrum. 23. Wellbeing in later life / Valerie Fisher. 24. Dementia in older people / D. John Done and Judith Thomas. 25. The world of elders and health professionals / Julie Dockrell and Gail Wilson.
- ISBN
- 0134331788
- LCCN
- 94040562
- OCLC
- 31378444
- ocm31378444
- SCSB-4779185
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries