Critical Thinking in Health and Social Care.

This book will serve well a diverse audience - in policy formulation and practice determination at all levels - who are committed to the nation's health and well-being' - Dianne Willcocks, Vice Chancellor, York St John University. Critical Thinking in Health & Social Care is designed t...

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Main Author: Jones-Devitt, Stella
Other Authors: Smith, Liz
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Sage Publications, 2007.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781849202503
1849202508
9781446213438
1446213439
9781446225691
1446225690
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Illustrations; Section 1: Theoretical Overview; 1
  • Thinking critically about critical thinking; 2
  • The authenticity of knowledge; 3
  • Assumptions; 4
  • The nature of evidence; Section 2
  • Key Theoretical Tools of Critical Thinking; 5
  • Political ideologies; 6
  • Moral Reasoning; 7 Feminism and Post-Feminism; 8
  • Critical Realism; 9
  • Chaos and complexity theories; 10
  • Postmodernism and Post-Structuralism; Section 3
  • Application to health and social care practice; 11
  • Case studies in health and social care.