The critically acclaimed account of Caitlin Doughty's first year working on the funerary frontlines

This volume combines an analysis of policies which have shaped community nursing from the 19th century with an exploration of trends and developments. It is illustrated throughout with examples of responses to contemporary policies.

This book focuses on the social contexts of ageing, looking at the diversity of ageing and older people, and at different factors that are important to experiences of old age and ageing.

In The Social Symbolism of Grief and Mourning Roger Grainger focuses on the role of funerals in promoting the personal and social adjustment of the bereaved. Tying together folklore with funeral practices, the author has created a work that examines the anthropological, psychological and superstitious aspects of our relationship to death and dying.

This book explores social policy by applying it to social work with vulnerable adults.

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional theory in medical sociology and informed commentary on theoretical debates in disability studies, it is provocative reading for students and scholars in this field.

Someone Very Important Has Just Died is a practical book written for those caring for children and teenagers suffering a close bereavement. Intended for use immediately or soon after the death has occurred, this book gives practical and detailed guidance on what adults might say and do to help children.

Looks in detail at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life.

Provides an understanding of the commonly performed diagnostic tests. Including tests, this book gives the description of how they are used in the investigation of disease. It describes the nature and purpose of each test, the preparation and procedure involved and the significance of the results.

SLI is a fairly common disorder. This book aims to provide up to date information on this often neglected topic. Each chapter provides an accessible overview of recent research developments written by experts in the field.

Tackling the tricky questions which arise in trying to meet a patient's spiritual needs, this book presents a new approach to spiritual care for nurses. With vivid practice vignettes which demonstrate how to translate spiritual awareness into everyday practice, it encourages nurses to see the personhood behind the 'patient' label.

Spirituality and Ageing presents the experience of ageing as an opportunity for spiritual reflection and affirmation of life. The contributors are religious and spiritual leaders and ethical thinkers from a range of different backgrounds. They define 'spirituality' as the fulfilment of the universal human need for purpose, values and relationships.

Offering an inter-disciplinary approach to spirituality and personhood in dementia care, the contributors to this book are leading practitioners and researchers in the field. They provide both a theoretical structure and a practical understanding of the essential role that spirituality can play in the affirmation of personhood and identity.

Contains ideas, principles and guidelines for a number of common and sometimes unexpected situations that newly qualified nurses are likely to encounter. This book provides readers with key information to tackle daily tasks at work with confidence.

A companion volume to "An Introduction to Medical Statistics", which includes questions and answers which are complementary to the textbook. It looks at the application of and provides a critique of statistics, encouraging an evidence-based approached to medical statistics.

Contains the medical terminology used in more than 30 of today's fastest growing health profession areas and an inclusion of entries suited for the nursing field. This book includes 1,000 enriched color images and photographs, a glossy insert with detailed images by Anatomical Chart Company, more than 65 appendices.

The international bestseller from the author of Richard & Judy pickLeft Neglected

An incredibly moving and insightful story of a woman with early onset Alzheimer's Disease that does for Alzheimer's what Mark Haddon did for autism.

Moving away from the usual medical-modeled framework of mental health focused on problems, this title takes a postmodern, social construction approach, looking for and amplifying strengths and encouraging stakeholders to use them.

About 700,000 people suffer a stroke every year in the U.S. This plain-English guide addresses the many questions and concerns people have about strokes-from what a stroke feels like as it is happening to what steps should be taken immediately afterwards to the treatments and therapies that are necessary throughout long-term recovery.

This book incorporates considerable advances in the treatment of stroke that have occurred since the first edition published. This provides an up-to-date and easily accessible source of information on all aspects of stroke care, from acute care through to rehabilitation and secondary prevention.