Beschreibung:
`This book will serve well a diverse audience - in policy formulation and practice determination at all levels - who are committed to the nation's health and well-being' - Dianne Willcocks, Vice Chancellor, York St John University
PART ONE: A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking - Stella Jones-Devitt and Liz SmithThe Authenticity of Knowledge - Stella Jones-Devitt and Liz SmithAssumptions - Stella Jones-Devitt and Liz SmithThe Nature of Evidence - Peter Draper and Liz SmithPART TWO: KEY THEORETICAL TOOLS OF CRITICAL THINKINGPolitical Ideologies - Stella Jones-Devitt and Liz SmithMoral Reasoning - Liz Smith and Stella Jones-DevittFeminism and Post-Feminism - Stella Jones-Devitt and Julie DickinsonCritical Realism - Stella Jones-Devitt and Liz SmithChaos and Complexity Theories - Liz Smith and Stella Jones-DevittPost-modernism and Post-structuralism - Peter Draper and Stella Jones-DevittPART THREE: APPLICATION TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICECase Studies in Health and Social Care - Liz Smith and Julie DickinsonThe Implications for Practice - Liz Smith and Julie Dickinson