Routledge

The unmanaged heart of nursingDo nurses still care? In today's inflexible, fast-paced and more accountable workplace where biomedical and clinical models dominate health care practice, is there room for emotional labour?Based on original empirical research, this book delves into personal accounts of nurses' emotion expressions and...

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the International Society for the Advancement of KinanthropometryThis is an edited collection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the Ninth International Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry. Defined as the relationship between human body structure and function,...

What are We Really Doing to Patients?Written by a leading proponent of the philosophy and ethics of healthcare, this volume is filled with thought-provoking and frequently controversial ideas and arguments. Accessibly written, it provides readers with a timely contribution to the current literature on medical ethics, in which the concept of...

Current Developments and ResearchPublished in 1999, Herbal Medicines for Neuropsychiatric Diseases is a valuable contribution to the field of Psychiatry/Clinical Psychology....

To what extent can we have truly universal, comprehensive and timely health services, equally available to all? Access to Health Care considers the meaning of &'access&' in health care and examines the theoretical issues that underpin these questions. Contributors draw on a range of disciplinary perspectives to investigate key aspects of access,...

A Psychologist's Proactive Guide to Managed Mental Health Care offers a concise overview of the evolution of managed mental health care and its impact on the working lives of clinical and counseling psychologists. Although many books explore the ramifications of managed care for psychotherapy, this is the first to take a broad perspective and...