Exploring how practitioners make use of play’s developmental benefits and therapeutic healing properties to aid the child’s health care journey, this reflective book expands and enhances the knowledge base underlying the practice of play in hospitals.

The Rise and Decline of Modern Democracy assesses the rise of, subsequent political challenges to, and decline of, contemporary liberal democratic processes, in particular since the ‘third wave’ of democratisation from the 1990s.

This third edition of a popular text introduces healthcare students and professionals to an insider’s view on the religion’s historical development, key beliefs and practices, including ideas of health, sickness, death, and dying. The chapters include case studies, advice on what to do and what to avoid when caring for patients.

This practical, evidence-based guide details how professional practitioners and change facilitators can integrate a solution-focused approach into their daily work and practice.

This international best-selling textbook provides an interdisciplinary review of the theories and research in cross-cultural psychology. These dynamic authors bring a diverse set of experiences in writing this text that provides cross-cultural perspectives on a wide range of applied topics.

The Adam Smith Review is a rigorously refereed annual review that provides a unique forum for interdisciplinary debate on all aspects of Adam Smith’s works, his place in history, and the significance of his writings to the modern world.

This book is designed as a treatment manual for using family-based treatments with children struggling with mental illness, supporting both family therapists and the families they are helping.

In this collection of essays, experts in the field of consciousness research shed light on the intricate relationship between conscious and unconscious states of mind.

This practical, thought-provoking guide provides the unemotional, clear, and accurate advice necessary for communicating with patients in a palliative care setting - a pivotal aspect of being a palliative care expert that is so difficult to quantify and teach.

This important book introduces the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach to health promotion, detailing how policy making at all levels can foster the right conditions for better public health, but also examining the inherent challenges to such an overarching approach.