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Good Practice with Vulnerable Adults.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice SeriesPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (321 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781846422720
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Good Practice with Vulnerable AdultsDDC classification:
  • 361.3/2
LOC classification:
  • HV40 -- .G66 2001eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Good Practice with Vulnerable Adults -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Comment on No Secrets: Guidance on Developing Multi-Agency Policies and Procedures to Protect Vulnerable Adults from Abuse -- 2 Hard Care: The Role of an Adult Protection Unit and Co-ordinator -- 3 What is Good Interviewing in Adult Abuse Work?: A Police View -- 4 The Role of the General Practitioner -- 5 The Role of the Medical Practitioner: A View from Australia -- 6 The Role of the Registration and Inspection Officer -- 7 'Wish We Weren't Here': A Conversation between a Registration and Inspection Officer and a Social Worker About Abuse in Res -- 8 Abuse in Earlier Life: Older Women Speak Out -- 9 Domestic Violence - Domestic Terrorism -- 10 Is it a Domestic? Or is it Adult Abuse? -- 11 Neglect: Not Grasping the Nettle and Hiding Behind Choice -- 12 Abuse Issues Relating to People with Mental Health Problems -- 13 Afore Ye Go! - Alcohol and Older People -- 14 The Role of Citizen Advocacy in Adult Abuse Work -- The contributors -- Subject index -- Name index.
Summary: This is a practical and trans-disciplinary guide for professionals working with vulnerable adults, who include the frail elderly, those with mental health problems or physical disabilities, learning disabilities or serious physical illness. The contributors address key problems and dilemmas in working to protect these groups from abuse.
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Intro -- Good Practice with Vulnerable Adults -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Comment on No Secrets: Guidance on Developing Multi-Agency Policies and Procedures to Protect Vulnerable Adults from Abuse -- 2 Hard Care: The Role of an Adult Protection Unit and Co-ordinator -- 3 What is Good Interviewing in Adult Abuse Work?: A Police View -- 4 The Role of the General Practitioner -- 5 The Role of the Medical Practitioner: A View from Australia -- 6 The Role of the Registration and Inspection Officer -- 7 'Wish We Weren't Here': A Conversation between a Registration and Inspection Officer and a Social Worker About Abuse in Res -- 8 Abuse in Earlier Life: Older Women Speak Out -- 9 Domestic Violence - Domestic Terrorism -- 10 Is it a Domestic? Or is it Adult Abuse? -- 11 Neglect: Not Grasping the Nettle and Hiding Behind Choice -- 12 Abuse Issues Relating to People with Mental Health Problems -- 13 Afore Ye Go! - Alcohol and Older People -- 14 The Role of Citizen Advocacy in Adult Abuse Work -- The contributors -- Subject index -- Name index.

This is a practical and trans-disciplinary guide for professionals working with vulnerable adults, who include the frail elderly, those with mental health problems or physical disabilities, learning disabilities or serious physical illness. The contributors address key problems and dilemmas in working to protect these groups from abuse.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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