Theory and practice in health and social welfare
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Theory and practice in health and social welfare
Open University Press, 1995
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [126]-132) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text explores many of the key issues surrounding the integration of theory and practice. The author argues the case for making theory relevant to practice and ensuring that practice is informed by theory. The book is critical of approaches to theory which create a mystique and barriers to understanding. Equally, though, approaches to practice which ignore or neglect the underpinning knowledge base and values are presented as fundamentally flawed and dangerous. The book should be of interest to nurses and those in the caring professions, as well as students of social work.
Table of Contents
- Theory and practice - thinking and doing
- what is theory?
- science and research
- the philosophical basis
- narrowing the gap
- education and training - human resource development
- the adventure of theory.
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