Mental health nursing /
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Author / Creator: | Fontaine, Karen Lee, 1943- |
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Edition: | 6th ed. |
Imprint: | Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009. |
Description: | xxv, 727p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7297558 |
Summary: | Written in a student-friendly style, this comprehensive text, and leading resource in the field of mental health nursing, emphasizes effective communication skills, details cultural considerations, and presents mental health disorders within a systematic organizational framework using the nursing process. It reflects the diversity of its student readers, and the belief that the practice of mental health nursing is in direct response to the social, cultural, environmental, and biological components of mental illness. |
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Physical Description: | xxv, 727p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. + |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780135146552 0135146550 |