Outputs (15)

The future care plans of older adults with learning disabilities living at home with family carers (1997)
Journal Article
Prosser, H. (1997). The future care plans of older adults with learning disabilities living at home with family carers. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(1), 15-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3148.1997.tb00002.x

This article describes the future residential and financial provision planned for a group of people with intellectual disability over the age of 40 years living with relatives in the family home and investigates the factors which influence carers' de... Read More about The future care plans of older adults with learning disabilities living at home with family carers.

Patients' perceptions of pre-operative preparation for day surgery (1997)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (1997). Patients' perceptions of pre-operative preparation for day surgery. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 26(2), 356-363. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997026356.x

While the quality of medical intervention associated with day surgery has greatly improved, the position of psychological preparation has remained virtually unchanged. Recent evidence, however, has suggested that anxiety levels can be significantly r... Read More about Patients' perceptions of pre-operative preparation for day surgery.

Taking the risk? Assessing lesbian and gay carers (1997)
Book Chapter
Hicks, S. (1997). Taking the risk? Assessing lesbian and gay carers. In H. Kemshall, & J. Pritchard (Eds.), Good Practice in Risk Assessment & Risk Management 2: Protection, Rights & Responsibilities (27-39). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

This book chapter assesses notions of 'risk' as they are used in relation to lesbian and gay foster carers and adopters, making use of other research to argue that the suggested risks to children are unfounded, or - rather - about attempts to maintai... Read More about Taking the risk? Assessing lesbian and gay carers.

The Smuts Hall windows: University of Cape Town (1997)
Book
Hall, M. (1997). The Smuts Hall windows: University of Cape Town. Rondebosch: University of Cape Town

Patriarchal facades: the ambivalences of gender in the archaeology of colonialism (1997)
Book Chapter
Hall, M. (1997). Patriarchal facades: the ambivalences of gender in the archaeology of colonialism. In L. Wadley (Ed.), Our gendered past : archaeological studies of gender in Southern Africa (221-236). Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press

Snakes and crocodiles: power and symbolism in ancient Zimbabwe (1997)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (1997). Snakes and crocodiles: power and symbolism in ancient Zimbabwe. South African archaeological bulletin, 52(166), 129-132

Time to get moving; A guide to regaining mobility after stroke (1997)
Other
Tyson, S., Ashburn, A., & Jackson, J. (1997). Time to get moving; A guide to regaining mobility after stroke. London, UK

Joint protection education: what are we doing? (1997)
Journal Article
Hammond, A. (1997). Joint protection education: what are we doing?. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60(9), 401-406

Performing social work : an ethnographic study of talk and text in a metropolitan social services department (1997)
Thesis
White, S. Performing social work : an ethnographic study of talk and text in a metropolitan social services department. (Thesis). University of Salford

The central theme of this ethnographic study is captured in the word play in the title. It is, essentially, an analysis of the social work in social work. With a primary focus on the collegial discourse taking place between 'child care' social work... Read More about Performing social work : an ethnographic study of talk and text in a metropolitan social services department.

Defining gastrocnemius length in ambulant children (1997)
Journal Article
Eames, N., Baker, R., & Cosgrove, A. (1997). Defining gastrocnemius length in ambulant children. Gait & Posture, 6(1), 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0966-6362%2896%2901105-8

This paper describes a system to calculate gastrocnemius muscle length from three dimensional kinematic gait data and anthropometric measurements of children taken from MRI scans. As well as describing the simple model that may be applied to existing... Read More about Defining gastrocnemius length in ambulant children.