Tilley Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

The Field of Knowledge
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77743-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The Field ofKnowledge provides an analytical and critical introduction tothe current state of knowledge in psychiatric and mental healthnursing in the UK.
The first section of the book explores current professional,disciplinary and educational contexts. In the second sectionleading UK authors from diverse academic settings provide casestudies of the knowledge and scientific traditions they draw on toinform their practice, understand patient needs, and fosterdifferent aspects of nursing practice.
In the final section the UK authors comment on eachother's accounts. Those chapters and comments are thendiscussed by leading overseas academics to provide an invaluableinternational perspective. The final stage is asociologically-informed analysis which identifies sociopoliticaltrends in order to make sense of the UK and international views.The editor then assesses the potential for intellectual integrationand collective advance in psychiatric and mental healthnursing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tilley, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Background and stance on the problem of knowledge in thefield.
1. Introduction.
Section 2: Looking across the field: case studies ofinstitutionalisation of knowledge of PMHN.
2. The Institute of Psychiatry: Nursing within the HealthServices Research Department.
3. Fragile Tradition: Institutionalisation of knowledge ofpsychiatric and mental health nursing in the Department of NursingStudies, The University of Edinburgh.
4. Nursing mental health at the Tavistock.
5. Mental health nursing: Principles in practice.
6. Shaping pre-registration mental health nursing educationthrough user and carer involvement in curriculum design anddelivery.
7. Involving individuals in mental health nursing education.
8. Models of mental health nursing education.
Section 3: An analytic and critical commentary on the accountsin Section 2.
9. Reflective commentaries by the contributors to Section 2:each sees the field from within the field.
10. International perspectives on the state of knowledge of PMHNin Britain.
11. A sociologist looks at the field of knowledge.
12. Conclusion: From the towers to the piazza