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  • Why Hospitals Fail

    Between Theory and Practice

    Edited by Prasad Godbole, Derek Burke, Jill Aylott ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book explores the current wider political, social and economic context of hospitals in the public and private sector globally and identifies the push and pull tension between the demands of the quality regulator and the requirements of health care commissioning processes.This book draws on the evidence of what works to improve the quality of hospital services in the development of medical and ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • How Doctors Think and Learn

    by Derek Burke ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book describes the theoretical basis for the acquisition; development and refining of professional medical skills from entry level into professional training to those developing specialist expertise. Chapters review the presently available literature on educational theory, the cognitive processes underpinning memory and learning, skill acquisition, competence and assessment and reflection. A ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Self-Assessment In Accident and Emergency Medicine

    by Derek Burke, Ian Greaves, Philip Hormbrey ...
    A pocket-sized self-test book designed for junior doctors. It features not only multiple choice questions, but also case histories, questions on ECGs, data interpretation, x-ray and picture questions. The range of subjects covered is comprehensive andthe answers informative and unambiguous.Designed for junior doctors, Self Assessment in Accident and Emergency Medicine features not only MCQs but ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Hospital Transformation

    From Failure to Success and Beyond

    Edited by Derek Burke, Prasad Godbole, Andrew Cash ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book discusses the factors that contribute to the success of hospitals from a theoretical, practical and operational perspective to allow hospital managers both clinical and non-clinical at all levels to achieve success via a turnaround process where necessary. A robust performance management framework is detailed to make this success sustainable. Case studies where appropriate support the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Competence in Social Work Practice

    A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals Second Edition

    by Beverley Burke, Derek Clifford, Dorota Iwaniec, Gerry Heery, John Mclaughlin, Joe Duffy, John Gibson, Margaret Fawcett, Paul Cambridge, Greg Kelly, Raymond Taylor, Jim Campbell ...
    Since the publication of the first edition of this classic text, the major reforms in social work education resulted in the National Occupational Standards Framework (NOSF), which requires all social workers to demonstrate competence in a number of key areas.This practical text book covers all areas of the NOSF including social work ethics, residential care practice, child protection, risk ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

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  • Groupwork Practice in Social Work

    by Sue Orton, Trevor Lindsay ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    The social work degree requires that students clearly demonstrate competence in working with groups. Many social work students will begin working with families, communities and organisations before they qualify and are regularly assessed on this groupwork practice through assignments and observation. Specialist skills are needed to cope in challenging groups and the authors look at how students ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • Effective Social Work with Children and Families

    A Skills Handbook

    by Peter Unwin, Rachel Hogg ...
    Social work with children and families is constantly in the headlines and social workers′ decisions are subject to ever increasing scrutiny at all levels. This aspirational book supports students and newly qualified social workers and suggests practical ways in which they might thrive, rather than just survive, in practiceWritten at a time when Social Work Reform Board and the Munro Enquiry are ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Truancy

    Short and Long-term Solutions

    by Ken Reid ...
    Truancy: Short and Long-term Solutions is a practical and accessible guide to dealing with the problem of truancy and non-attendance. It is the first book on the issue to actively focus on solutions to the problem, rather than the causes.Full of practical examples of the latest ways in which schools, teachers, education welfare officers and LEAs try to overcome their attendance difficulties. Ken ... Read more

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  • Professional Values and Practice

    Achieving the Standards for QTS

    by James Arthur, Jon Davison, Malcolm Lewis ...
    The professional code of the General Teaching Council lists eight new standards, each of them analysed here in detail using questions and activities to describe what trainee teachers need to know, understand and demonstrate as they work towards Qualified Teacher Status. Each of the eight standards cover the following issues:expectations, diversity and achievementpersonal and professional ... Read more

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  • Understanding Family Support

    Policy, Practice and Theory

    by John Pinkerton, Pat Dolan, John Canavan ...
    Understanding Family Support provides a definition of family support and a clear perspective on the role that it has in promoting the welfare of children and their families.Family support is a concept that has been used in a range of ways to describe various aspects of child welfare policy and practice. The authors argue that this weakens family support as an overarching child welfare paradigm. ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Skills for Social Work Practice

    by Andy Mantell ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    Social work skills are essential to good practice and more important than ever following changes to the social work curriculum. Students must be able to demonstrate knowledge of core skills within policy, law as well as demonstrating empathy and good communication. This fully-revised student guide, previously published as Social Work Skills with Adults, will help to cement these skills and ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • Working with Older People

    by John Harris, Denise Tanner ...
    Series series The Social Work Skills Series
    Working with older people has become an increasingly important part of social work education and practice. Whether studying community care, adult services, human growth and development, or social work processes and interventions, this book will be a vital source of information and help.Working with Older People provides a framework of knowledge, skills and values pertinent to qualifying social ... Read more

    $55.99 USD