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Knowledge-in-practice in the caring professions : multidisciplinary perspectives /

Contributor(s): D'Cruz, Heather | Jacobs, Struan | Schoo, Adrian M. M.
Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009Description: x, 256 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780754672821 (hardback : alk. paper); 9780754672821:; 0754672824 (hardback : alk. paper); 9780754672845 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0754672840 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780754690634 (ebk.); 0754690636 (ebk.).Subject(s): Clinical competence | Medical personnel -- PsychologyDDC classification: 610.69
Contents:
Ideas of knowledge in practice / Struan Jacobs -- Information, knowledge, and wisdom in medical practice / P.B. Greenberg -- The practice of the psychiatrist / Alex Holmes -- Social work knowledge-in-practice / Heather D'Cruz -- Disability : a personal approach / Lisa Chaffey -- Knowledge in the making : an analytical psychology perspective / Joy Norton -- Knowledge to action in the practice of nursing / Alison Hutchinson, Tracey Bucknall -- The risky business of birth / Frances Sheean and Jennifer M. Cameron -- Skills for person-centred care : health professionals supporting chronic condition prevention and self-management / Sharon Lawn and Malcolm Battersby -- Knowledge and reasoning in practice : an example from physiotherapy and occupational therapy / Megan Smith ... [et al.] -- Using knowledge in the practice of dealing with addiction : an ideal worth aiming for / Peter Miller.
Summary: This volume explores the nature and role of knowledge in the practical work of the caring professions. It is concerned with practical over theoretical knowledge ('knowing how' over 'knowing that'), looking at the way that theory is applied and skill, judgement and discretion are exercised in the trained practice of professionals.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ideas of knowledge in practice / Struan Jacobs -- Information, knowledge, and wisdom in medical practice / P.B. Greenberg -- The practice of the psychiatrist / Alex Holmes -- Social work knowledge-in-practice / Heather D'Cruz -- Disability : a personal approach / Lisa Chaffey -- Knowledge in the making : an analytical psychology perspective / Joy Norton -- Knowledge to action in the practice of nursing / Alison Hutchinson, Tracey Bucknall -- The risky business of birth / Frances Sheean and Jennifer M. Cameron -- Skills for person-centred care : health professionals supporting chronic condition prevention and self-management / Sharon Lawn and Malcolm Battersby -- Knowledge and reasoning in practice : an example from physiotherapy and occupational therapy / Megan Smith ... [et al.] -- Using knowledge in the practice of dealing with addiction : an ideal worth aiming for / Peter Miller.

This volume explores the nature and role of knowledge in the practical work of the caring professions. It is concerned with practical over theoretical knowledge ('knowing how' over 'knowing that'), looking at the way that theory is applied and skill, judgement and discretion are exercised in the trained practice of professionals.

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