| Again, a wide range of health and social care contexts are considered. Most of the research described in the book used qualitative methods and focus on comparisons of user and professional perspectives on health and social care. ISBN 0 340 66201 8 Price UKP18.99 Paperback 384 pages. |  |
and manage health risks. Again, a wide range of health and social care contexts
are considered. Most of the research described in the book used qualitative methods.
The chapter headings, showing the content of this book, are listed below:
Introduction ~ Bob Heyman Part One ~ Risk Rationality Values and Health Risks. Bob Heyman and Mette Henriksen Probability and Health Risks. Bob Heyman and Mette Henriksen 'Race', Health and Risk. Mick Hill and Tony Machin The Symbolic Representation of Risk: Risk Imagery and the AIDS Epidemic. Mike Kingham Reasoning about Probabilities. Chris Dracup Part Two~ Researching Risk Rationality in Health and Social Care Risk, sex and the very young mother. Joan Aarvold Being Old and Pregnancy. Mette Henriksen and Bob Heyman Risk Perception and Coping with Diabetes. Bill Watson and Bob Heyman How People with Learning Difficulties and their Carers Manage Freedom of the Locality. Bob Heyman, Sarah Huckle and Liz Handyside Risk Management in the Resettlement of Adults with Severe Learning Disabilities. Chris Corkish and Bob Heyman How Family and Professional Carers Appraise Risks for People with Dementia. Charlotte L. Clarke and Bob Heyman Care and Protection for Older People: Their Choice, Not the Professionals'. Jan Reed Risk as an Integral Part of Nursing. Jacqui Russell and Ann Smith Blood Pressure Measurement. Risk and Certainty in Clinical Nursing and Midwifery Contexts. David O'Brien and Maria Davison Part Three ~ Dilemmas in Health Risk Management Risk: A Nursing Dilemma. Glenda Cook and Sue Procter Child Protection and the Management of Risk. Margaret Moran and Richard W. Barker Risk Management in Community Care: The Care of Mental Illness. Heather Scott Reconceptualising Risk in Health Promotion Practice. Sue Milner
Note that the
English term "learning disabilities" and the American "intellectual disabilities"
are synonymous.