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  • From Western Medicine to Global Medicine

    The Hospital Beyond the West (1 Edition)

    by Margaret Jones, Helen Sweet ...
    Series series NPSAH
    The hospital has for many years been the symbol of modern, scientific medicine. Indeed, it was in the hospital that modern Western medicine was born. But until recently we had little idea of how or why these iconic medical institutions developed outside the Western World. From Western Medicine to Global Medicine provides the first book-length account of the hospital’s emergence in Asia, Africa and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Community Nursing and Primary Healthcare in Twentieth-Century Britain

    by Helen M. Sweet, with Rona Dougall ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine
    This book takes a fresh look at community nursing history in Great Britain, examining the essentially generalist and low profile, domiciliary end of the professional nursing spectrum throughout the twentieth century. It charts the most significant changes affecting the nurse’s work on the district including compulsory registration for general nursing, changes in organization, training, conditions ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Colonial caring

    A history of colonial and post-colonial nursing

    Edited by Helen Sweet, Sue Hawkins ...
    From the height of colonialism in the mid-nineteenth century, through to the aftermath of the Second World War, nurses have been at the heart of colonial projects. They were ideally placed to insinuate the ‘improving’ culture of their employers into the local communities they served, and travelled in droves to far-flung parts of the globe to serve their country. Issues of gender, class and race ... Read more

    $135.99 CAD

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    Cholera to the Coalition

    by Dorling, Danny ...
    The first digital-only ebook taster of Unequal health: The scandal of our times by Danny Dorling. Competitively priced, it gives a flavour of one of the major themes: public health and contains three chapters from the book, preceded by an all-new introduction specially written by Danny Dorling. This ‘must-read’ will introduce an even wider readership to his work. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Welfare State We're In

    by James Bartholomew ...
    The welfare state is one of Britain's crowning achievements. Or is it? In this seminal book, now studied in universities in Britain and elsewhere, James Bartholomew advances the sacrilegious argument that, however well meaning its founders, the welfare state has done more harm than good. He argues that far from being the socialist utopia the post-war generation dreamed of, the welfare state has ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fundamental Aspects of Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues in Nursing 2nd Edition

    by Sally Carvalho ...
    Series Book 19 - Fundamental Aspects of Nursing
    This popular title from the Fundamental Aspects of Nursing series has been revised and updated to reflect the advances in the field. Vital reading for all student nurses to help them develop an understanding of the myriad of dilemmas in professional practice and ensure they meet professional standards. This book will outline the implications and application of the relevant recent legislation that ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • God Bless the NHS

    by Roger Taylor ...
    The National Health Service, described by Nigel Lawson as Britain's only 'national religion', has never been more popular. So why is the government so desperate to reform it?Last year, the Office of National Statistics reported higher public satisfaction with the NHS than at any time since its foundation. In a 2012 survey of developed countries, the UK showed the highest public support of its ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Law for Nurses and Midwives - E-Book

    by Patricia J Staunton, Mary Chiarella ...
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Nursing & the Law is the best known and most established health law textbook in Australia. The only law text written specifically for nurses, the 6th edition has been fully revised and updated, and includes and discusses current statutes and legislation for every state and territory. It retains many of ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

  • Savita: The Tragedy that shook a nation

    by Kitty Holland ...
    Seventeen weeks pregnant and facing a miscarriage, Savita Halappanavar and her husband Praveen walked into an Irish maternity ward in October 2012. Unwittingly, the couple also walked into that deeply controversial arena in which Ireland’s legislative position on abortion remained unresolved.A week later, Savita was dead from septicaemia. Reports of her death and of the refusal to allow Savita a ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Adult Social Care

    Edited by Iain Ferguson, Michael Lavalette ...
    Series series Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
    Adult social care in Britain has been at the centre of much media and public attention in recent years. Revelations of horrific abuse in learning disability settings, the collapse of major private care home providers, abject failures of inspection and regulation, and uncertainty over how long-term care of older people should be funded have all given rise to serious public concern. In this short ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Developing Early Childhood Services: Past, Present And Future

    by Peter Baldock ...
    Assisting readers to understand how early years services have been transformed and to evaluate that process and to prepare for the future. ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Social Work, the Media and Public Relations (Routledge Revivals)

    Edited by Bob Franklin, Nigel Parton ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Over the past few decades, relationships between social workers and the media have become increasingly challenging. Social workers feel aggrieved by media reporting of their profession and believe that journalists lack sufficient knowledge and experience of the social services to report matters adequately and sensitively, whilst some journalists have urged social workers to adopt a more proactive ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD