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Professional and Public Values in Health and Social Care (2024)
Book Chapter
Samuriwo, R. (2024). Professional and Public Values in Health and Social Care. In G. Smith, & A. Todd (Eds.), Future Faith: Public and Practical Theologies for the Contemporary World. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003389743

Health and social care are laden with a plethora of professional and public values. However, few have sought to consider how these values are formed, surface and are enacted in health and social care. Fewer have consistently sought to elicit, underst... Read More about Professional and Public Values in Health and Social Care.

Safe Prescribing and Monitoring in the Older Person (2024)
Book Chapter
Mair, A. R., Mair, A. R., Hilmer, S., & Kouladjian O’Donnell, L. (2024). Safe Prescribing and Monitoring in the Older Person. In J. Jose, A. R. Cox, & V. Paudyal (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety (459-482). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51089-2_20

This chapter will consider the main factors that increase the risk of adverse drug reactions and events in older people. This will include changes in physiology that affect the older person. It will also outline how older people should be prioritized... Read More about Safe Prescribing and Monitoring in the Older Person.

Polypharmacy and Deprescribing (2024)
Book Chapter
Mair, A. R., Jordon, M., & Mullan, J. (2024). Polypharmacy and Deprescribing. In J. Jose, A. R. Cox, & V. Paudyal (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety (405-435). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51089-2_18

Polypharmacy contributes to medication-related harm. Medication-related harm accounts for approximately 9% of hospital admissions worldwide, and it is estimated that many of these hospitalisations are preventable. It is therefore important to conside... Read More about Polypharmacy and Deprescribing.

Scotland: CRPD and Mental Health Legislation (2024)
Book Chapter
Stavert, J. (2024). Scotland: CRPD and Mental Health Legislation. In N. Gill, & N. Sartorius (Eds.), Mental Health and Human Rights: The Challenges of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Mental Health Care (153-165). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52179-9_11

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) challenges the foundations of mental health legislation. The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has stated that non-consensual psychiatric measures reinforce inequalit... Read More about Scotland: CRPD and Mental Health Legislation.

The Puerperium (2024)
Book Chapter
Greig, Y., & Rankin, J. (2024). The Puerperium. In J. Rankin (Ed.), Physiology in Childbearing: With anatomy and related biosciences (683-694). (5th). Elsevier

This chapter focuses on both the normal physiology during the early postpartum period and the pathophysiology that can occur including emotional distress and more serious mental health complications.
A significant section of the chapter is given to... Read More about The Puerperium.

The Blood and Associated Disorders (2024)
Book Chapter
McEwan, T., & Crozier, S. (2024). The Blood and Associated Disorders. In C. Leader, & I. Peate (Eds.), Fundamentals of Maternal Pathophysiology (230-246). Wiley

Fundamentals of Maternal Pathophysiology
An introduction to pathophysiology specifically tailored to the needs of midwives

Professional standards of proficiency require that midwives develop a robust understanding of pathophysiology, the study of... Read More about The Blood and Associated Disorders.

General Embryology (2024)
Book Chapter
MacVicar, S. (2024). General Embryology. In J. Rankin (Ed.), Physiology in Childbearing With Anatomy and Related Biosciences. (5th). Elsevier

Respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal and neurological problems (2024)
Book Chapter
Crozier, S. (2024). Respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal and neurological problems. In J. Rankin (Ed.), Physiology in Childbearing With Anatomy and Related Biosciences. (5th). Elsevier

With its straightforward writing style and extraordinary breadth of content, Physiology in Childbearing is an ideal textbook for students of midwifery wanting to master the physiology of pregnancy, childbirth, the neonate and breastfeeding.

This p... Read More about Respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal and neurological problems.

Making Survey Research Accessible for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2024)
Book Chapter
Friedman, C., & Spassiani, N. A. (2024). Making Survey Research Accessible for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. In G. Bennett, & E. Goodall (Eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability (1-10). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40858-8_77-1

Historically, research about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has been conducted through proxies because of ableist assumptions about people with IDD’s abilities to contribute to research and methodological challenges to... Read More about Making Survey Research Accessible for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.