Research Catalog

Title

Learning disabilities : themes and perspectives / edited by Anne Markwick, Alan Parrish ; foreword by David Sines.

Publication

Edinburgh ; New York : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Markwick, Anne
• Parrish, Alan

Description

x, 206 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

This text presents vignettes based on real cases which relate chapter themes to clinical practice, and discusses issues, opening new avenues to enhanced care in difficult circumstances.

Subject

• Health Policy
• Quality of Life
• Patient Participation
• Persons with Mental Disabilities > psychology
• Learning Disabilities > psychology
• Learning Disabilities
• Learning disabilities
• Learning disabled
• United Kingdom

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

2 Spirituality / Jeanne Males 5 -- 3 Sexuality and people with learning disability / John Stagg 17 -- 4 Mental health and learning disabilities / Colin Beacock 43 -- 5 Ethics and research involving people with learning disabilities / Peter Eldridge 65 -- 6 Bereavement and loss / Sue Read 81 -- 7 Community care: opportunities, challenges and dilemmas / Lesley Styring 111 -- 8 Professional education: foundation for the future / Anne Markwick, Alan Parrish 131 -- 9 Planning and monitoring of care / Brian McGinnis 147 -- 10 Older people with learning disabilities: moving on from institutional care / Anne Markwick, Alan Parrish 167 -- 11 Changing philosophy in learning disability / Brian Kay 179 -- 12 Valuing people: in conclusion / Brian Kay 193.

ISBN

0750649569

LCCN

^^2002043905

OCLC

• 51280629
• SCSB-12588451

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library