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The Churchill Livingstone guide to professional health care
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about violence in healthcare. Easily readable chapters have been written by experts in their fields and cover everything from the causes of violence, to suggestions on limiting violence via good building design and how individuals can de-escalate potentially violent incidents. Further chapters cover compensation for personal injuries, non-accidental injuries in children and domestic violence. The book discusses not only attacks to healthcare professionals and in healthcare settings, but also the results of violence seen by practitioners. The final chapter looks to the future and examines the contribution A&E departments can have on community violence prevention. Whether you are a manager in A&E with a responsibility for providing a safe working environment for staff, or a practitioner responsible for treating victims of violence, you will find this book a fascinating and insightful read. Mark A. Cooper BN, RGN, ENP Course Co-ordinator, Accident & Emergency Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK PhD Student University of Glasgow doi:10.1016/S0965-2302(02)00131-5, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on
The Churchill Livingstone guide to professional health care Maggy Wallace Harcourt Publishers ISBN 0 4430 6402 4 £12.95 PBK In our rapidly changing world it is often hard to keep up with accurate up to date information. This book has it all, as well as some very useful postal, e-mail and website addresses where relevant. This book is invaluable in the workplace for quick access to the available services for all health care workers and the public. It should have a place in all departments where nurses and doctors can have easy access to its source of policy issues and professional development. It also contains a very useful list of health service agencies and voluntary agencies that may be useful to the public.
In all, this book is a must for any place where a group of health professionals are working, especially when in close contact with the public. Jane Southwell RSCN, SRN, ENB, 998 & 970, Birmingham Childrens Hospital, A&E Department, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, UK doi:10.1016/S0965-2302(02)00129-7, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on
Research methods in health 2/e A. Bowling Open University Press ISBN 0 335 20643 3 £22.50 Research Methods in Health is a comprehensive book, the contents list reads like a masters in research modules list. In the research climate of today this is not a bad thing as when The Research Governance Framework is fully functioning this is the level any research in the health service will need to be on any way. The subject is vast but the book nicely builds the picture of research as a science before looking at the various tools used to carry it out. Dipping into these chapters as a reference source is just as relevant and as easy as reading the book as a whole. The many facets that make up he subject of ‘‘Research’’ can all have relevance in the varied environment that is A + E. This is an excellent text to aid any Nurse in getting to grips with the subject of research on an accessible but relevant level. Nursing Research as a whole has been the source of much criticism lately and research in A + E is rare considering the immense possibilities it has and tends to be completed by social scientists and academics rather than A + E staff. If you feel this is wrong and you want to be in the driving seat, this book is a good starting point. However, it needs to be in your hands not on the shelf. Richard Thompson RGN, RN Child, RN Mental, ENP Ilkeston Community Hospital Research Nurse, University of Nottingham, UK doi:10.1016/S0965-2302(02)00137-6, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on
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about violence in healthcare. Easily readable chapters have been written by experts in their fields and cover everything from the causes of violence, to suggestions on limiting violence via good building design and how individuals can de-escalate potentially violent incidents. Further chapters cover compensation for personal injuries, non-accidental injuries in children and domestic violence. The book discusses not only attacks to healthcare professionals and in healthcare settings, but also the results of violence seen by practitioners. The final chapter looks to the future and examines the contribution A&E departments can have on community violence prevention. Whether you are a manager in A&E with a responsibility for providing a safe working environment for staff, or a practitioner responsible for treating victims of violence, you will find this book a fascinating and insightful read. Mark A. Cooper BN, RGN, ENP Course Co-ordinator, Accident & Emergency Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK PhD Student University of Glasgow doi:10.1016/S0965-2302(02)00131-5, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on
The Churchill Livingstone guide to professional health care Maggy Wallace Harcourt Publishers ISBN 0 4430 6402 4 £12.95 PBK In our rapidly changing world it is often hard to keep up with accurate up to date information. This book has it all, as well as some very useful postal, e-mail and website addresses where relevant. This book is invaluable in the workplace for quick access to the available services for all health care workers and the public. It should have a place in all departments where nurses and doctors can have easy access to its source of policy issues and professional development. It also contains a very useful list of health service agencies and voluntary agencies that may be useful to the public.
In all, this book is a must for any place where a group of health professionals are working, especially when in close contact with the public. Jane Southwell RSCN, SRN, ENB, 998 & 970, Birmingham Childrens Hospital, A&E Department, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, UK doi:10.1016/S0965-2302(02)00129-7, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on
Research methods in health 2/e A. Bowling Open University Press ISBN 0 335 20643 3 £22.50 Research Methods in Health is a comprehensive book, the contents list reads like a masters in research modules list. In the research climate of today this is not a bad thing as when The Research Governance Framework is fully functioning this is the level any research in the health service will need to be on any way. The subject is vast but the book nicely builds the picture of research as a science before looking at the various tools used to carry it out. Dipping into these chapters as a reference source is just as relevant and as easy as reading the book as a whole. The many facets that make up he subject of ‘‘Research’’ can all have relevance in the varied environment that is A + E. This is an excellent text to aid any Nurse in getting to grips with the subject of research on an accessible but relevant level. Nursing Research as a whole has been the source of much criticism lately and research in A + E is rare considering the immense possibilities it has and tends to be completed by social scientists and academics rather than A + E staff. If you feel this is wrong and you want to be in the driving seat, this book is a good starting point. However, it needs to be in your hands not on the shelf. Richard Thompson RGN, RN Child, RN Mental, ENP Ilkeston Community Hospital Research Nurse, University of Nottingham, UK doi:10.1016/S0965-2302(02)00137-6, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on
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