Paul Barber: 19 books

Lecturers, click here to request your electronic inspection copy. This is a complete guide to the Mental Health Act 1983, and is a comprehensive and up-to-date reference guide for any mental health professional – from social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists, to doctors and...

Originally published in 1988 Applied Cognitive Psychology draws on the psychology of perception, attention, and cognition to give an understanding of some everyday activities and skills. Paul Barber focuses on processes involved in selecting simple actions, face perception, reading, and tasks requiring...

Employing a Gestalt approach that places investigators in the center of their own practice, this is an indispensable guide for anyone undertaking inquiries in complex or changing organizational settings. Aiming to build a picture of awareness by prioritizing how people perceive, feel, and act, this...

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its accompanying Codes of Practice continue to have a huge impact on mental health professionals working with some of the most vulnerable people throughout England and Wales. Whether you are a Social Worker, Best Interest Assessor, Mental Health Nurse, Doctor, Psychiatrist...

This accessible book follows on from Essentials of Pharmacology for Nurses by looking at the next logical set of drugs that nurses need to know such as cancer drugs, cardiovascular drugs and vaccines.

This essential case book is aimed at nurses studying pharmacology/medicine management at pre-registration level as well as qualified nurses studying Non Medical Prescribing. The cases cover a variety of conditions helping students to learn what to do in many types of scenarios.

This ideal pharmacology starter text for nurses focuses on the drug knowledge needed in order to practice as a newly qualified nurse.

Nature has provided us with an array of birds, insects and animals, all laying claim to our big backyard environment. Everytime I see a butterfly flutter by, or a cardinal sitting so boldly in the old oak, I look for my camera to see how I could capture the excitement of the moment. At times these...

IN THIS BLOCKBUSTER NOVEL, READERS WILL RECOIL WHEN THEY SEE THE UNITED STATES BROUGHT TO ITS KNEESWHEN THEY SEE: ~~~DEATH GRIPPING AMERICA~~~ The threat hung over America for years, then it happens: terrorists explode an EMP nuclear weapon high over the United States. Gamma rays destroy the nations...

David Bowie: Rockstar, Free Spirit, Goblin King. Cancer victim. Alan Rickman: Angel, Alien, Potions Master. Cancer victim. Lost to us early in 2016, the shock of learning of their private battles--as well as personal experiences with cancer--galvanized a group of authors, editors, publicists and artists...

A step-by-step approach to delivering results Michael Barber, former chief advisor on delivery to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and his colleagues thoroughly describe his proven reform delivery processes in this practical field guide. Citing education reform case studies from more than...

Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks? What was the Golden Calf? Why are mirrors believed to carry bad luck? How could anyone think that mortals like Perseus, Beowulf, and St. George actually fought dragons, since dragons don't exist? Strange though they sound, however, these...

This unique collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative preservice and inservice teacher education practices from many regions of the United States, Canada and the world. Each of the chapters offers an authentic, documentary account of successful initiatives that break...

What are the limits of justified retaliation against aggression? What actions are morally permissible in preventing future aggression? Against whom may retaliation be aimed? These questions have long been part of the debate over the ethics of warfare. They all took on new meaning after terrorists...