Substance Use and Misuse: Nature, Context, and Clinical Interventions - Brossura

Rassool, Rassool

 
9780632048847: Substance Use and Misuse: Nature, Context, and Clinical Interventions
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0632048840 ISBN 13: 9780632048847
Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Sinossi

Substance Use and Misuse is a comprehensive and practical text that covers the core elements of substance use and misuse in both acute and community settings. The text reflects those areas in which health-care professionals are assuming greater responsibility for those people misusing psychoactive substances. It adopts a skills-orientated approach, providing a framework of good clinical practice and is written by a group of clinicians and academics. This book is an invaluable tool for undergraduate and postgraduate students, educators and clinical practitioners in all branches of nursing, midwifery and health visiting. It is also relevant to others in the healing professions as well as generic and specialist health-care professionals.

* emphasis placed on prevention
* an up-to-date, practical and comprehensive text for students and practitioners in health care
* adopts a skills-orientated approach, supported by the latest research and case vignettes
* written by experts in clinical practice, management, education and research

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Informazioni sull?autore

G. Hussein Rassool is Professor of Psychology and Islamic Psychology, Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Head of the Department of Psychology, Islamic Online University.

Dalla quarta di copertina

With the dramatic rise in the use and misuse of psychoactive drugs, prescribed medications, illicit and social drugs, many health, social and economic problems have resulted. Government and health educational establishments now recognise this as a major theme to be included within undergraduate and postgraduate education. This comprehensive book provides essential information on substance misuse in both the acute and community settings. It will assist student and practising nurses, and health care practitioners, to understand the extent and nature of substance misuse, and the knowledge and skills required in its management to provide effective care. The book looks at preventative health education, early

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Editore
John Wiley & Sons
Data di pubblicazione
1998
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0632048840
ISBN 13 
9780632048847
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
308
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile