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Foundations for 21st-Century Health and Social Care: Theory and Practice for Nursing Associates, Assistant Practitioners, Support Workers and Beyond [Paperback / softback]

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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 238 pages, height x width: 246x174 mm, weight: 453 g, 4 Tables, black and white; 19 Line drawings, black and white; 23 Halftones, black and white; 42 Illustrations, black and white
  • Pub. Date: 16-Nov-2023
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032056002
  • ISBN-13: 9781032056005
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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 238 pages, height x width: 246x174 mm, weight: 453 g, 4 Tables, black and white; 19 Line drawings, black and white; 23 Halftones, black and white; 42 Illustrations, black and white
  • Pub. Date: 16-Nov-2023
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032056002
  • ISBN-13: 9781032056005
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This comprehensive text introduces health and social care theory and practice for students studying at foundation degree level, including those on nursing associate and assistant practitioner pathways.

Keeping themes of professionalism and patient-centred care at its core, this text equips readers to deliver effective, safe and responsive care in a wide range of settings. It anticipates future directions for practice and provides readers with skills they will need throughout their careers. Divided into four parts, it explores the foundations of academic study, becoming and being a professional, working with patients and service users and improving services and improving health.

Clearly presented and reader-friendly, this textbook is an essential companion for health and social care students.



This comprehensive text introduces health and social care theory and practice for students studying at foundation degree level, including those on nursing associate and assistant practitioner pathways.

1.Introduction.
2. The essential study skills for health and social care
students. 3.Research, the research basics and evidence-based practice.
4.The policy and legislative backdrop to health and social care practice in
the United Kingdom. 5.Becoming a health and social care professional.
6.Working with others: Supervision and mentoring. 7.The nuts and bolts of the
human body. 8.Caring for people with long-term conditions and multimorbidity:
A health and social care perspective. 9.Person-centred care: A paramount
concept in health and social care. 10.Power, creativity and service user
involvement in social work and health and social care education. 11.Ethics
and ethical dilemmas in health and social care. 12.Introduction to public
health and health promotion. 13.The theory and practice of service
improvement in health and social care.
Dr Lisa Arai is a social and public health scientist with 25 years research and teaching experience. Her research interests are in the health of children and young people. She is based at Solent University and the University of Northampton in the United Kingdom. Lisa has published widely and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health.