Learning Disabilities: Towards Inclusion: With Pageburst access - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0702042854 ISBN 13: 9780702042850

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2011

Synopsis

This title is now available under ISBN 9780702051876.

Learning Disabilities: Toward Inclusion (formerly edited by Bob Gates) is one of the leading textbooks in this field. It offers real ways to improve quality of experience for people with learning disabilities in all areas of life.

This new edition brings together a comprehensive and coherent collection of material from eminent authors with a wealth of professional backgrounds and roles. Its contemporary focus reflects practice developments including the impact of changing policy and legislation on the nature and configuration of services.

Printed book plus Pageburst™ access – you will receive a printed book and access to the complete book content electronically. Pageburst™ enhances learning by not only bringing world class content to your fingertips but also letting you add to it, annotate it, and categorize it all in a way that suits you. Pageburst™ frees you to spend more time learning and less time searching.

The leading textbook for carers of people with learning disabilities

A comprehensive overview of the field of learning disabilities care

Well-written accessible content

Activities, case studies, diagrams and further resources including useful web links

• the embedding of key themes across chapters to draw diverse material into an integrated whole. These are: person-centredness, values, the reality of practice, the range of ability, the range of services and national and international perspectives.

• chapters on advocacy, personal narratives and life story, inclusive research, risk, safeguarding, sensory awareness, epilepsy and end-of-life care

• online case studies and activities with critical-thinking questions and ‘hot links’ to web resources to extend knowledge and understanding thereby facilitating learning

• a fully searchable, customisable electronic version of the text to enable easy access and quick reference

About this title

Review

No other text matches this edition for comprehensive coverage for student nurses

Nursing lecturer

..this is an extremely useful resource not only to nurses but anyone with an interest in this area

Practising nurse

“Each chapter begins with a list of its contents and ends with references, further reading and excellent additional resources. Navigation is straightforward. The book is excellent value for money for all professionals working in the field. Nursing Standard : August 29 : vol 21 no 51 : 2007

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0702042854
• ISBN 13: 9780702042850
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 592
• Editor: Atherton BSc(Hons) PhD RNLD Helen, Crickmore BSc(Hons) MSc RNLD Debbie