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Written by a nurse researcher and a philosopher team, who have team-taught this doctoral level philosophy of science in nursing course formore than seven years, the second edition of this text distils challenging content and delivers it in a highly accessible and understandable language for those having to teach a philosophy course who are not ......
A Patient-Centered Guide for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Related Health Professions
Underscores the complexity of prescribing drugs for older adults while providing state-of-the-art guidelines for safe patient care. An evidence-based, quick-access reference for adult gerontology nurse practitioners and related providers, this text describes a holistic, patient-centered approach to prescribing drugs to older adults.
Addresses how psychological aggression can be reliably measured, as well as the challenges inherent in alleging or proving that these non-physical violent acts have occurred. The authors - experts on these forms of abuse from a variety of social science disciplines - present research related to perpetrators of psychological and verbal abuse, ......
Teachers often assume that student performance levels are based on the student's intelligence, effort, and motivation. This book argues that the difference in students' knowledge of course material may be nothing more than differences in intellectual styles of learning or thinking.
Presents a collection of prominent articles published in the peer-reviewed journal Violence and Victims, written by experts on stalking from a variety of social science disciplines. Authors present research related to stalking victims and perpetrators, cyberstalking, how to identify stalking, and stalking in a variety of settings with a focus on ......
This collection of highly acclaimed research articles, published in the peer-reviewed journal Violence and Victims, disseminates state-of-the-art information about sexual violence on campus. Articles present research related to victims and perpetrators, predictive factors, efforts to promote awareness, and prevention programming.
Research on Childhood, Workplace, and Cyberbullying
Featuring acclaimed research articles on cyber, childhood, and workplace bullying from the peer-reviewed journal Violence and Victims, this book provides comprehensive coverage of bullying from expert researchers in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, sociology, criminology, counselling, and social work. It reflects our broadening perspectives ......
Moves beyond traditional definitions of patient-centred care to improve the experience of a "real person" as patient. This book applies "person-focused" principles to health management decision-making aimed at improving the personal experience of care within health care institutions to improve outcomes and cost savings.
In concise, reader-friendly chapters, this addresses various historical views of personality and compares and contrasts the Five factor Model with competing models of personality. It discusses techniques of assessing and measuring personality and examines the role of personality in life outcomes ranging from choice of career to health to ......
