At some point in their lives virtually everyone has community care needs whether it is as an individual or as a carer. At its heart community care concerns the provision of assistance to allow vulnerable people with special needs to live independently either in their own or in residential care homes. Consequently community care law impacts on healthcare education social services housing support for asylum-seekers & fundamentally human rights. This is a notoriously complicated field with overlapping legislation guidance & an ever-expanding body of case-law: for every general rule there is at least one exception. The authors of Community Care & the Law skilfully present this complex area of law with clarity but without over-simplification. They provide a detailed route map through the law & offer practical guidance on how it impacts on procedure & services. The text is usefully illustrated with flow-charts tables & extracts from legislation. ...

Containing concise but detailed summaries on a comprehensive range of clinical scenarios & conditions likely to be encountered by trainees paediatricians therapists nurses & allied professionals in their day-to-day practice Community Paediatrics is the ideal companion for anyone working with children in the community. The handbook is organized according to the different sub-specialities of community paediatrics such as child development neurodevelopmental disorders & child protection & incorporates the latest recommendations from current practice consensus statements & good practice guidelines. Written by a vast range of contributors from various disciplines who are local regional national or international experts in their field it also contains sections on support organizations sources of further information/reading & useful appendices such as developmental milestones growth & BMI centile charts. If you are a health professional working or aspiring to work in the community then this practical easy-to-carry quick-reference handbook is a must-have title enabling the reader to deliver the highest quality holistic child-centred care. ...

Community Performance: A Reader" is the first book to provide comprehensive teaching materials for this significant part of the theatre studies curriculum. It brings together core writings & critical approaches to community performance work presenting practices in the UK US Australia & beyond. Offering a comprehensive anthology of key writings in the vibrant field of community performance spanning dance theatre & visual practices the " Reader" uniquely combines classic writings from major theorists & practitioners such as Augusto Boal Paolo Freire Dwight Conquergood & Jan Cohen Cruz with newly commissioned essays that bring the anthology right up to date with current practice. This book can be used as a st&-alone text or together with its companion volume " Community Performance: An Introduction " to offer an accessible & classroom-friendly introduction to the field of community performance." ...

Thoroughly updated & revised this book is a clearly structured & colourfully illustrated guide to the differential diagnosis of symptoms commonly seen by community pharmacists. Organised by body system each chapter begins with a system overview & a brief guide to history-taking. Each symptom or condition examined according to background; prevalence; aetiology; arriving at a differential diagnosis; questions to ask the patient & conditions to eliminate. From reviews of the first edition Paul Rutters timely book provides a well-structured guide to making differential diagnoses.. . The comprehensive text is easy to read & there are many excellent illustrations.. . All community pharmacists
- whatever their experience
- will find this book an excellent continuing professional development resource. I recommend it
- The Pharmaceutical Journal"."


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This fourth edition of the acclaimed Community Work" provides readers with an invaluable how to guide to community work. It is a classic bestselling text which has been substantially revised. It

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