Key Concepts in Learning Disabilities (SAGE Key Concepts Series) - Softcover

Pat Talbot; Geoff Astbury; Tom Mason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848606354 ISBN 13: 9781848606357

Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

This is a handy guide to the topics you need to know about whether studying or working in the field of learning disabilities. The A-Z format allows you to "dip in" and quickly find relevant information on topics ranging from Autism to Rights and from Advocacy to Challenging Behaviors.

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Pat Talbot, MA, PGDip, RNMH, RGN is a Senior Lecturer, Learning Disabilities, in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of Chester, UK. She teaches numerous aspects of learning disability nursing and has a specific expertise in health issues and people with profound and multiple disabilities. She also focuses on services for elderly people with learning disabilities. Her research interests include physical health issues related to profound and multiple learning disabilities.

Geoff Astbury, MA, Cert. Counselling, RCNT, RNMH is a Senior Lecturer, Learning Disabilities, in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of Chester, UK. He has extensive experience in teaching all aspects of learning disability issues. He also teaches on psychology and nursing, co-presentation of learning disability and mental illness and communication in nursing. His research interests include co-presentation of learning disability and mental illness and the social construction of learning disability. He has a special interest in discourse practice in learning disability nursing.

Tom Mason, PhD, BSc (Hons), RMN, RNMH, RGN is Professor of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of Chester, UK. He has worked as a nurse for over thirty years, predominately, but not exclusively, as a psychiatric nurse. He has worked in clinical practice for 17 years and over 13 years in academic posts. He has co-authored and co-edited 12 books and published over 70 journal articles. His main professional interests include the management of violence in healthcare settings, the interface between mental health and crime and the protection of vulnerable groups in society.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1848606354
• ISBN 13: 9781848606357
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 296
• Herausgeber: Talbot Pat, Astbury Geoff, Mason Tom
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: {language_tag:es_ES,value:"International Associates Auditing & Certification; EUAR@ie.ia-net.com"}