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Mobile professional voluntarism and international development : killing me softly? (2016)
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Ackers, H., & Ackers-Johnson, J. (2017). Mobile professional voluntarism and international development : killing me softly?. UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55833-6

This book explores the impact that professional volunteers have on the low resource countries they choose to spend time in. Whilst individual volunteering may be of immediate benefit to individual patients, this intervention may have detrimental effe... Read More about Mobile professional voluntarism and international development : killing me softly?.

Children's nursing case book (2016)
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(2016). T. Long (Ed.), Children's nursing case book. London: Open University Press

Nursing children and young people is increasingly complex requiring nurses to apply their knowledge and skills to a wide scope of illnesses and situations. The challenges to nurses to analyse, reflect on different perspectives and then adapt practice... Read More about Children's nursing case book.

Social work with sex offenders : making a difference (2016)
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Cowburn, M., & Myers, J. (2016). Social work with sex offenders : making a difference. Bristol: UK: Policy Press

This topical book explores social work practice with people who have sexually offended. It addresses the emotional impacts of ‘facing the sex offender’, the importance of values and ethics in practice, it reviews popular and academic understandings o... Read More about Social work with sex offenders : making a difference.