Working with Adults at Risk from Harm.

This book discusses adult vulnerability in a range of health social care and community contexts through a series of 'thematic' approaches. Acknowledging the overlap between different states of vulnerability, the book demonstrates how vulnerable states can follow on from each other in a seq...

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Author / Creator: Greenfields, Margaret.
Other Authors / Creators:Dalrymple, Roger.
Fanning, Agnes.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Education, 2011.
Series:UK Higher Education OUP Humanities and Social Sciences Health and Social Welfare Ser.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Half title
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributor biographies
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • PART 1 - Explorations in Theory and Practice
  • Introduction
  • 1 Parenthood
  • 2 Physical disability
  • 3 Sensory impairments
  • 4 Mental health
  • 5 Learning disability
  • 6 Insecure accommodation
  • 7 Substance abuse
  • 8 The older person
  • Linking theory with practice examples
  • PART 2 - Case Studies and Practice Examples
  • 9 Culture, identity, disability, addiction - multiple domains of risk
  • 10 Sexual orientation
  • 11 What makes a Gypsy orTraveller vulnerable?
  • 12 Vulnerable adult migrantsin East Anglia
  • 13 Conclusion
  • Index
  • Advert
  • Back cover.