Published May, 2013
By Karen-Leigh Edward and Chris Alderman
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Psychopharmacology: Practice and Contexts is a practical and accessible text to assist nursing and allied health students in their understanding of psychotropic medications. It covers treatment monitoring through a range of care plans and interventions and provides strategies for minimising risk.

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Published April, 2013
By Karen Stagnitti, Adrian Schoo and Dianne Welch
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Published September, 2012
By Joy Higgs, Rola Ajjawi, Lindy McAllister, Franziska Trede and Stephen Loftus
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Communicating in the Health Sciences, third edition is an accessible and engaging introduction to communication within the health sciences. It explores the nature of communication and the communication issues facing students and professionals in the health sciences.

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Published July, 2012
By Catherine Berglund and Catherine Anne Berglund
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Ethics for Health Care, fourth edition, assists students to develop their skills in ethical reasoning, and to deal with contemporary ethical issues faced by professionals in the everyday health care setting.

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Published February, 2012
By Susan Shaw, Ailsa Haxell and Terry Weblemoe
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Communication Across the Lifespan equates human communication with stages of human development. It helps prepare students entering health, disability and related fields to engage effectively with people, by showing them how to modify their communication approaches to suit a person's age and life experiences.

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Published January, 2012
By Pranee Liamputtong, Rebecca Fanany and Glenda Verrinder
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Health, Illness and Wellbeing: Perspectives and Social Determinants introduces students to the important ideas that underlie the field of public health today. Written for beginning students, it provides an overview of the forces and trends that combine to shape the health of individuals, communities, and populations, within a conceptual framework of determinants of health.

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Published June, 2011
By Karen Willis and Shandell Elmer
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Society, Culture and Health, 2nd Edition introduces sociology to students studying nursing, providing framework from which to consider issues such as chronic illness and disability, health in the media, and changing illness patterns in Australian society.

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Published October, 2008
By David Moore and Paul Dietze
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Drugs and Public Health focuses on two key areas: an overview of existing practice responses to alcohol and other drug use, and the identification of emerging innovations in practice. It covers a range of drug types, populations and areas of intervention, and draws on psychological, sociological and environmental perspectives.

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Published February, 2007
By Helen Keleher, Berni Murphy and Colin MacDougall
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Focuses on strategic approaches to health promotion practice. This title considers health promotion from the perspective of different sectors of society, and reviews the expertise required of health promotion practitioners in the context of healthy public policy and strategic health promotion program planning and evaluation.

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Published November, 2006
By Anne Johnson and Kevin Paton
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
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Health Promotion and Health Services provides an innovative new framework for reorientating health services to become more health promoting. It outlines the tools necessary for health care managers and practitioners to implement organisational change.

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