Synopsis
Summarizes the latest research on relationships, focusing not only on their growth and development but also on their negative aspects, breakdown, and repair. Addresses the essential use of relationship issues within applied areas such as policing, health care, and the corporate world, and emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary studies and the integration of different frameworks and methods. This second edition is strongly grounded in a discussion of the contexts for relating, whether cultural, linguistic, or interpersonal. For students of psychology and social sciences. Duck is a research professor in the department of communication studies at the University of Iowa. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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About the Author
Steve Duck is Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor at the University of Iowa, Department of Communication Studies. He previously taught at Lancaster University and the University of Glasgow in the UK. He was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, is the Editor of the Handbook of Personal Relationships, and has written or edited over 30 books on personal relationships.
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"Essential reading, or even browsing, for clinical directors, and any professional willing to consider that improvement can be made." - British Journal of Health Care Management "Read Regulating Medical Work for additional clarification, for deepening the discussion of regulation, and as a prod to move beyond the cosmetic." - BMJ "An excellent resource from which to draw for analysis, teaching and research." - Social Legal Studies "...a well-rounded, thorough exploration of the complexities of control...the true value of this booklies in its contribution to our understanding ofpublic institutions, of decision-making, discretion and control, to the concept of 'policing', to the radiating effect of law, even to the concept of law itself." - Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law "...essential reading for anyone wanting to know about the reality of medical work in the NHS." - Journal of Nursing Management
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