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Risk and Nursing Practice

Paul Godin

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English
Bloomsbury Academic
29 June 2006
Risk and Nursing Practice introduces the reader to a range of sociological theory that has arisen about the 'risk society'. Theories about risk and society are specifically related to aspects of health care and nursing practice that have become highly thematic, such as violence against nurses, techniques of risk assessment and risk management.
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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   2006 ed.
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm, 
Weight:   373g
ISBN:   9781403943118
ISBN 10:   1403943117
Series:   Sociology and Nursing Practice
Pages:   240
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Primary ,  A / AS level
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction; P.Godin Managing Risk in Community Practice: Nursing Risk and Decision Making; A.Alaszewski A 'Risk of the Job'? Violence Against Nurses from Patients and the Public As An Emerging Policy Issue; M.A.Elston, J.Gabe & M.O'Beirne The Rise of Risk Thinking in Mental Health Nursing; P.Godin Different Understandings of Risk Within a Forensic Mental Health Care Unit: A Cultural Approach; P.Godin, J.Davies, B.Heyman & M.Shaw The Very LOUD Discourses of Risk in Pregnancy; K.MacKinnon & L. McCoy Exploring the Issues of Risk and Freedom for Parents of Children with Life Limiting, Life Threatening and Chronic Health Problems; D.Pontin The Tension Between Autonomy and Safety in Nursing Adults with Learning Disabilities; B.Heyman & J.Davies Balancing Risk and Independence in Nursing Older Adults; K.Horton Managing Risk The Case of Sexualities and Sexual Health; A.Pryce Final Thoughts; P.Godin.

PAUL GODIN is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the St. Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery at City University, UK. He teaches Sociology, Health and Social Policy to a range of pre-registration, post-registration, diploma, degree and post-graduate students. He has over ten years of experience in teaching Sociology to pre and post-registration nursing students and other health care professionals at diploma, degree and masters level. He currently runs MSc modules on the History of Mental Health Care and Community Care. He also teaches Risk Theory to students of a MSc module on the Sociology of Public Health.

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