Main description:

Essential underpinning knowledge for tutors and students at Level 3. * Perfect wider reading for students on Access to Health Studies, Nursing, and related courses. * Learning features place theory in context and provide a platform for further research. * Fully in line with latest curriculum change, so tutors and students can be sure they have access to the very latest information. * A study skills section helps students make more effective use of time and resources. * Includes defintions of key terms to clarify information and make the text more accessible.

Contents:

1 Interpersonal skills in Health and Social Care; 2 Promoting equality of opportunity within Health and Social Care settings; 3 Human physiology, health and disease; 4 Psychology and health; 5 Health and safety at work (including basic principles of first aid); 6 Research methods in Health and Social Care; 7 Promoting good health and well-being.