The philosophy and practice of psychiatric nursing / Philip J. Barker ; foreword by Annie T. Altschul.
Material type: TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 1999.Description: xv, 258p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780443060045 (pbk.) :
- 0443060045
- 616.890231 BAR
- RC440 .B37 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Part 1.The nature of nursing -- 1.Psychoanalysis and psychiatric nursing: a bridge too far? Commentary: Suzanne Lego -- 2.The philosophy of psychiatric nursing: the birth of the binding agent? Commentary: Hugh McKenna -- 3.The eye of the needles: research and the proper focus of nursing. Commentaries: Colin Holmes and Ian Beech -- 4.The last wave? Promoting growth and development in community psychiatric and mental health nursing. Commentary: Liam Clarke -- 5.Will psychiatric nurses ever offer mental health nursing? Commentary: Ann Benson -- Part 2.The propert focus of nursing -- 6.Patient participation and the multiple realities of empowerement. Commentary: Cheryl Waters -- 7.The logic of experience: developing appropriate care through effective collaboration. Commentary: Jon Chesterson -- 8.Rungs on the ladder: creativity and psychic distress. Commentary: Mark Radcliffe -- 9.Mental health in the new millenium: dreams of a new age of enlightenment. Commentaries: Cathy Conroy and Daivd Brandon -- Part 3.Reflecting on practice -- 10.The nurse\'s psychotherapeutic role in caring for people in psychosis. Commentary: Gloria Novel -- 11.An overview of clinical supervision. Commentary: Richard Lakeman -- 13.Prejudice and sexuality. Commentary: Steve Jamieson -- 14.Postscript: the postcard from Gotham.
Taken as a whole, the papers in this collection address many of the most pressing issues in psychiatric nursing today. Each chapter is followed by an invited commentary from respected psychiatric nurses.