Biomedical subjects
D Sines
Publications and source records attributed to D Sines.
The mentally handicapped: a group at risk.
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Specialist practitioners for people with learning disabilities.
Recent developments occurring within the nursing profession have signalled the need for an introspective review of the role and function of nursing practice in each speciality. Learning disabilities is no exception.
Nursing people with learning disabilities: new directions.
Since the suggestion that the mental handicap branch of nursing be disbanded 21 years ago, these nurses have refocused their vision and emerged as a new and exciting specialism. This article relates their experiences to the key issues now confronting nursing in general, in a changing social and political context.
Empowering consumers: the caring challenge.
This article considers current issues relating to power relationships that exist between learning disability nurses and their clients. It examines the changing role of learning disability nurses and considers their influence on enhancing the quality of life for people with learning disabilities, whose autonomy and right to decision making has been consistently challenged throughout society.
Future directions for learning disability nursing.
Over the past decade learning disability nurses have had to make many changes in the way they practice. Changes in attitude towards the way in which people with learning disabilities are cared for has meant that nurses have had to adjust their practice to address different expectations in the way these services are delivered. Nursing now provides opportunities for people with learning disabilities to express themselves and become involved in decision-making that affects their lives. For nurses this is a totally new way of working with this client group. Learning disability nurses have risen to the challenge that has resulted from moving into community care and forming links with primary healthcare teams.
The specialist nurse in mental handicap.
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Learning disabilities nursing. Contracting for care.
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Caring for people with learning disabilities (continuing education credit).
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Residential care for people with mental handicap: an historical perspective 1830-1978.
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Valuing the carers.
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Mental handicap nursing. Change of scene.
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Mental handicap. The case for reform.
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Towards integration.
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