Psychology for Nurses and Health Visitors (Psychology for Professional Groups)

How do you know? Psychology and scientific method D. Legge \* 83.6 per cent administered medicines; \* 58.9 per cent obtained health histories; \* 31.6 per cent performed some part of physical examinations; \* 5.6 per cent had primary responsibility for management and delivery of normal mothers. Apart from the information yielded by the study, the report gives interesting information on the way in which the 20,000 subjects of the survey were selected. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-4 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 Psychology and nursing....Pages 7-17 How do you know? Psychology and scientific method....Pages 18-30 Biological bases of behaviour....Pages 31-47 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Understanding people....Pages 51-59 Knowledge of self....Pages 60-71 Psychopathology....Pages 72-86 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Assessing people and patients....Pages 89-97 Interviewing....Pages 98-109 Personality and individual assessment....Pages 110-126 Other approaches to assessment....Pages 127-141 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Early life....Pages 145-153 Abilities and behaviour in childhood and adolescence....Pages 154-164 Social development in early childhood....Pages 165-178 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 The family and later life....Pages 181-189 The family....Pages 190-203 Ageing and social problems....Pages 204-216 Dying and bereavement....Pages 217-238 Front Matter....Pages 239-239 People, patients and change....Pages 241-249 Counselling and helping....Pages 250-266 Front Matter....Pages 239-239 Creating change....Pages 267-283 Learning and teaching....Pages 284-298 Front Matter....Pages 299-299 People and illness....Pages 301-311 Institutional climates....Pages 312-331 Pain....Pages 332-345 Communicating with the patient....Pages 346-358 Back Matter....Pages 359-374