An essential guide to critical care nursing that includes all the key scientific knowledge and procedures that students will need to know when entering the critical care environment.

A complete, highly readable and student orientated introduction. Comprehensive coverage of all the key theories, debates and issues showing how sociology can answer complex questions about health and illness.

"A thoughtful, thorough and readable account of the history and current practice of qualitative research in health." - Louise Keogh, Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

This book introduces 13 foundational studies in health psychology, inviting you to consider the lasting, real-world impact of the most innovative studies in the field.

David Stanley introduces the bold, new leadership theory of Congruent Leadership, presenting it through a series of corporate and clinical case studies and examples, which guide the reader through the possibilities for using their own values to inform best practice.

This book presents, for the first time, a practical manual for psychodynamic-interpersonal therapy. This evidence-based conversational model places strong emphasis on the relational aspects of therapy, and provides a comprehensive approach to a wide variety of presenting issues.

Addiction Debates explores the tumultuous landscape of addiction research, policy and practice. Covering all the 'hot topics' of the day in a balanced and informative manner, Comiskey provides international perspectives on each topic, stimulating debate and discussion via the different approaches taken globally.

Mapped to the 2018 NMC standards and using insightful examples, scenarios and case studies, the fifth edition of this popular and bestselling book shows students what reflection is, why it is so important and how it can be used to improve nursing practice.

This seminal book takes Gestalt theory and practice back to its European roots, refreshing and clarifying the original concepts of Gestalt Therapy for counselling and psychotherapy trainees.