Social Work

Prelims: Full Contents, Dedications and Acknowledgments, Foreword, Preface and About the authors
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Book Title:	Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients
Chapter:	0
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Let's Party Till We Drop. Adolescent boys tend to take excessive risks when they are actively involved in the persuasive party culture.
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CPD Listening Time:	26 Mins
Conference:	Teenagers and Risky Behaviours
Date Recorded:	23rd of August, 2008
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This chapter explores some of the background to relatives’ concerns and suggest strategies that can be used by nurse managers when dealing with a concerned relative...
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Book Title:	Nurse Managers 2nd Edition
Chapter:	21
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Dealing with cancer can often be an overwhelming experience, resulting in cancer patients struggling to focus their attention upon other things.
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This fact sheet shows a diagram of a human, labelling areas where anxiety-symptoms may arise...
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This chapter explores the phenomena of acute confusion and terminal restlessness. The current evidence regarding assessment and management is discussed and practical strategies are provided for nurses caring for confused patients...
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Book Title:	Palliative Care Nursing
Chapter:	15
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Denial, Depression and anxiety in chronic illness. Identifying the differences. - Part 1. When faced with a potentially life-changing diagnosis of a chronic condition, it can be easy for depression to set in as a complication.
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CPD Listening Time:	27 Mins
Conference:	Chronic Disease Management Conference
Date Recorded:	5 Sep 2008
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This chapter gives a general overview of the resources that are available to assist older people who are approaching the ends of their lives, and those who care for them...
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Book Title:	Palliative Care and Aged Care
Chapter:	12
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This session will look at what considerations should be taken into account when deciding what work to allocate to individual volunteers.
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CPD Listening Time:	33 Mins
Conference:	Setting-Up a Volunteer Program in Health Care Settings
Date Recorded:	04 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This fact sheet outlines some different types of mental health/psychiatric services; so that a patient displaying mental health issues can be directed to the most appropriate service...
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This chapter discusses the current status, role and function of men as fathers. It also presents the point of view of health professionals and fathers...
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Book Title:	Promoting Men’s Health
Chapter:	10
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter relates the story of a young man who suffered from testicular cancer...
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Book Title:	Promoting Men’s Health
Chapter:	15
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter explores the complexity of communal life, highlighting the opportunities and challenges for residents, their families and carers who find themselves in a community not necessarily of their own choosing...
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Book Title:	Living Dying Caring
Chapter:	3
This education is:	eligible for CPD

A snapshot of the job requirements needed for effectively managing volunteers in a vibrant health service.
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CPD Listening Time:	7 Mins
Conference:	Volunteers - Setting-Up a Volunteer Programs in Healthcare
Date Recorded:	05 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

Considering the tensions and relationship between a doctor and nurse is one of significant interest, this chapter explores the perspective of a class of people closely interacting with nurses...
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Book Title:	Why the World Needs Nursing
Chapter:	5
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter aims to shed light on the relationship between masculine cultures and health behaviour patterns as well as to identify social norms that have impeded improvements in men's health status...
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Book Title:	Promoting Men’s Health
Chapter:	4
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter wrestles with the complexity of documentation; the official record is discussed, both as a narrative and as a communication tool. Also explored is the issue of appropriate resources being provided to enhance the dying resident’s care...
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Book Title:	Living Dying Caring
Chapter:	9
This education is:	eligible for CPD

A review of how older people are cared for by society. The role of the nurse in caring for older people. How nursing can improve the well being of older people.
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CPD Listening Time:	54 Mins
Conference:	General Aged Care
Date Recorded:	8 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

The main focus of this session is the three pronged approach to helping people recover from addiction.
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CPD Listening Time:	56 Mins
Conference:	Alcohol and Drugs
Date Recorded:	10 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This chapter guides health professionals through how to support a patient who has just been diagnosed with cancer. It also defines the psychosocial impact of cancer, the concerns that are brought with this and how to deal with these various concerns...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients
Chapter:	1
This education is:	eligible for CPD