Churchill Livingstone Australia imprint: 101 books
by John Daly, RN, BA
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2014
The new edition of this popular nursing text introduces students to the theory, language and scholarship of contemporary nursing. Contexts of Nursing, 4th edition continues to challenge and extend nursing students by exploring the key concepts underpinning contemporary nursing practice.
This...
Analysing Health Policy
A Problem-Oriented Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2007
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This introductory text explores Australian health policy through a novel, problem-orientated approach. It shows the problem-solving techniques that are used when developing policy and demonstrates the...
Clinical Risk Management
An introductory text for mental health professionals
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
An essential primer for mental health professionals, written with an emphasis on patient care
Straightforward and accessible, Clinical Risk Management: An introductory text for mental health clinicians is an essential resource for anyone working in the mental health field in Australia.
The...
by Gerard J. Byrne, BSC(Med), MBBS
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2010
Community Mental Health for Older People is the perfect resource for mental health workers as it discuses the ageing population, within the context of community mental health. It provides a comprehensive overview of the important issues and clinical practices that influence mental health care for...
Midwifery Continuity of Care - E-Book
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008
The many pressures on maternity services such as escalating intervention rates, rising costs, and midwife and doctor shortages has resulted in a growing interest in how midwifery continuity of care can be provided. Midwifery Continuity of Care provides a robust and well structured ‘how to’ guide...
Older People - E-Book
Issues and Innovations in Care
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2014
Now in its fourth edition trusted textbook Older People: Issues and Innovations in Care provides a unique collection of conversations and commentaries by leading international and local experts on a range of contemporary issues around the care of older people.
Featuring six new chapters, current...
Diabetes
General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Diabetes - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. Diabetes mellitus is classified into several types: type 1 diabetes, LADA (latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood) or ‘type 1.5 diabetes’, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. The role of the general practitioner is in identifying those...
by Mary Louise Fleming, PhD, MA
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
This text introduces students to the core concepts and principles of public health: the nature and scope of public health; its history; an introduction to health determinants and epidemiology; evidence-based practice in public health and understanding public health data plus more.
by Roslyn Sorensen, Rick Iedema
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
This book will provide clinicians, clinical managers and corporate managers with a practical guide to managing clinical processes and managing change in health services. It also provides the theory behind the practice.
Managing Health Services - E-Book
Concepts and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2005
Managing Health Service: Concepts and Practice 2nd edition E-book provides a valuable practice resource for the health service management students and managers. While new concepts and strategies of multidisciplinary health service management and leadership have been added, the focus remains on providing...
Transitions in Nursing - E-Book
Preparing for Professional Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Chang and Daly’s highly respected text assists students when preparing for their first nursing role by addressing key issues such as:
Team work
Organisational culture
Stress management
Communication skills
Professional development strategies
Self-care.
NEW...
Promoting Health
The Primary Health Care Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The new edition will provide readily accessible material for public health educators and practitioners, in a number of professions, who are increasingly being required to address the challenges emerging from the inter-related impacts of the social and environmental factors impacting on health in an era of globalisation.
Communication
Core Interpersonal Skills for Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
This text introduces health sciences students to the various interpersonal communication skills that are commonly used within health settings to establish relationships with clients and fellow professionals, and improve therapeutic outcomes. It focuses on developing self awareness and skills for use...
Becoming a Doctor
Surviving and Thriving in the Early Postgraduate Years
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Becoming A Doctor: Surviving and thriving in the early years covers a range of professional, psychosocial and training issues that new graduates of medicine encounter during the first 2-4 postgraduate...