'An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing' - Journal of Advanced Nursing

The fifth edition of Community and Public Health Nursing is an essential source of information for all those working in primary and community healthcare. Comprehensive and accessible, it draws on the knowledge of a wide range of experts and conveys all the information and skills nurses working in modern primary care settings require. It includes material on policy developments, research perspectives, health visiting, practice and district nursing, team working, advanced nursing practice, non-medical prescribing, inter-professional practice, and user involvement.

• New edition of the definitive textbook on community healthcare nursing
• Covers learning disability nursing, caring for patients with mental health conditions, and community children’s nursing and school nursing
• Written by experts in the field – providing authority and insight
• Thorough, comprehensive, and up-to-date with the latest policy guidelines

Community and Public Health Nursing is an invaluable resource for novice and experienced practitioners, and for all healthcare professionals who work in the primary care and community setting, including practice nurses, nurse practitioners, district nurses, community staff nurses, health visitors, school nurses, walk-in centre nurses and sexual health nurses.

The therapeutic uses of music can vary greatly from one part of a country to the next, from one therapist to the next and across national and continental lines. This groundbreaking work is the first to bring together the expertise of an international array of contributors into one resource.

The International Dictionary of Music Therapy offers models, methods and interventions that range from regional to international, including several terms that have never been published before. Essential for both the seasoned and novice music therapists and those working closely with the field, it offers a comprehensive guide to key terms, explained from multiple perspectives and with reference to clinical literature. Each entry contains detailed definitions for the reader, to develop practice, to generate discussion, and to establish more of a global common music therapy language. Covering more than 450 carefully selected terms, this comprehensive reference tool is a foundational text for defining and exploring the therapeutic value of music.

The ultimate companion to understanding the science and art of music therapy on an international level, the International Dictionary of Music Therapy is ideal for music therapists, theorists, educators, researchers, and students.

Provides communication strategies and distress management techniques for supporting individuals who have attempted suicide and those who are coping with a loss, as well as providing information on myths, major risk factors and warning signs that someone may be considering suicide. Original.

Recent studies show that music can reach the parts of the human brain that are linked to addiction, and can function as an integral part of recovery. This research-based, practical book demonstrates how music and music therapy can be applied in a variety of treatment settings to bring about therapeutic change.

Addictions to alcohol, gambling and drugs are all covered in this interdisciplinary text, and chapters explore everything from the meaning of music in the lives of addicts, to devising music therapy programmes, enhancing coping strategies and preventing relapse. Lifestyle issues are also considered, along with the role of therapeutic communities and connections in the brain between addiction, music, memory and emotion. The strategies outlined are relevant to addicts and recovering addicts of all ages.

This book will be of great interest to music therapists, substance abuse counsellors and anybody else interested in the relationship between music and addiction and the therapeutic use of music.

Gilbertson (music therapy, U. of Limerick, Ireland) and Aldridge (creative arts therapies, U. of Bradford, England) explain both principles and procedures in using music to attend to the personal needs and wishes of a person who has experience traumatic brain injury, especially improvisational aspects of music. They begin by discussing traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation, what the literature says, and therapeutic narrative analysis. Then they turn to case studies to illustrate such elements as identifying and realizing communicative potential in early isolated states, from distress and agitation to humor and joy, and physical dependency and creative partnership. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Chengjiang biota is one of the most remarkable fossil discoveries ever made. The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang is the first book in English to provide fossil enthusiasts with an overview of the fauna.

• 100 superb full color plates.
  
• First English language illustrated guide to this important fauna.
  
• A must-have for all palaeontologists worldwide.

To see a collection of images from the book, click on the following link: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/chengjiang

Aldridge (qualitative research in medicine, U. of Witten-Herdecke), who has written several other books on music therapy, compiles 11 essays by European contributors for music therapists and scholars in the field. Essays center on the use of music therapy for neurological rehabilitation in cases of dementia, dialogic-degenerative diseases, traumatic brain injury, those in persistent vegetative states, multiple sclerosis, and chronic aphasia. Other chapters discuss traditional Oriental music therapy, art therapy for paraplegics, and music therapy in gesture and dialogue. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Presents contemporary work by music therapists in various countries and using various approaches, mainly with patients who have life threatening illnesses and with those who are dying. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)