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Alternatives to community care

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Mental Handicap

Part of the book series: The Essentials of Nursing ((TEON))

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Abstract

It may seem strange to begin considering the care of others through looking at one’s self, but knowledge of self is an essential prerequisite for establishing a positive caring practice.

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Further reading

  • Advocacy Alliance, Guidelines for One-to-one Advocacy in Mental Handicap Hospitals, published by themselves, 1984

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  • Aggieton, P. and Chalmers, H., Nursing Models and the Nursing Process, Nursing Times and Macmillan Education, 1986

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  • Goffman, E., Asylums, Penguin, 1974

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  • Mental Handicap: Patterns for Living, Open University, p. 555, 1986

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  • Schaeffer, N., Does She Know She’s There?, Harper and Row, 1978

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  1. Mary Birchenall
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Alan Parrish

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© 1987 Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Birchenall, M. (1987). Alternatives to community care. In: Parrish, A. (eds) Mental Handicap. The Essentials of Nursing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09635-0_6

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09635-0_6

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave, London

  • Print ISBN: 978-0-333-44467-2

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