Knowledge-in-Practice in the Caring Professions: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Struan Jacobs, Heather D'Cruz

ISBN 10: 0754672824 / ISBN 13: 9780754672821

Published by Routledge 2009-12-18, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge-in-Practice in the Caring Professions: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
• Publisher: Routledge 2009-12-18
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754672824
• ISBN 13: 9780754672821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Knowledge-in-Practice in the Caring Professions explores the nature and role of knowledge in the practical work of the caring professions. It focuses on knowledge of the practical over the theoretical, looking at the application of theory and the implementation of skill, judgment and discretion. Containing contributions from experts in a variety of fields, the research within this book offers a unique perspective on professional practice as multi-disciplinary, illustrating shared and overlapping understandings in knowledge-in-practice between the different professions as well as understandings that are distinctive to each discipline. It underlines that in order to effectively address the range of social, psychological and health problems facing contemporary societies, professionals need to engage in cooperative models of practice.

About the Author

Heather Marion D'Cruz is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Deakin University, Australia. She is the author of Constructing Meanings and Identities in Child Protection Practice (2004) and the co-author (with M. Jones) of Social Work Reserarch: Ethical and Political Contexts (2004). Struan Jacobs is the author of Science and British LIberalism (1994) and the co-editor (with R.T.Allen) of Emotion, Reason and Tradition (2005). Adrian Schoo is the co-author (with M.E. Morris) of Optimizing Exercise and Physical Activity in Older People (2004).