Challenging Ideas in Psychiatric Nursing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Liam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatric nursing.

Local Subjects:

Psychiatric nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2003.

Summary:

Challenging Practice in Mental Health Nursing questions theories and practices which have become central in mental health care today.The book is inspired by the growing concerns of both the public and professionals about accepted methods of practice and their effects on patients and clients. Liam Clarke argues that while many different theories and models exist their validity and effectiveness in caring for patients has yet to be proved.Chapters examine:* holism * Rogerian and other counselling theories * forensic psychiatry * rational emotive therapy.This

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Psychiatric nursing: illusion and reality; The whole truth?; Carl's world; Flowers in their mouths; Nursing and postmodernity: a logical alliance?; The socialisation of ideas in psychiatric nursing; Ordinary miseries: extraordinary remedies; Rational emotive therapy; 1999: a nursing odyssey?; The search for conclusions; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780203272234

1-134-66272-6

0-203-27223-4

1-280-01836-4

0-203-00375-6

0-9519013-3-8

1-134-66273-4

9786610018369

9780203003756

OCLC:

70738338