Practice Knowledge & Expertise in the Health Professions - Softcover

Higgs, Pro Joy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750646888 ISBN 13: 9780750646888

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001

Synopsis

It provides the reader with a contemporary review examining the notion of practice knowledge gained from professional experience and its relationship to professional practice expertise.

It is divided into four sections: the first broadly examines the nature and forms of knowledge and the relationships between knowledge and practice; the second considers the nature of professional expertise; the third explores these principles in action and the fourth looks at future developments.

An essential purchase for all students, educators, researchers and practitioners of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing and indeed all those in the health sciences field.

An essential purchase for all students, educators, researchers and practitioners of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing and indeed all those in the health sciences field.

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From the Publisher

It provides the reader with a contemporary review examining the notion of practice knowledge gained from professional experience and its relationship to professional practice expertise.It is divided into four sections: a framework section which broadly examines the nature and forms of knowledge and the relationships between knowledge and practice; a section which examines the nature of professional craft knowledge and professional expertise; a section which explores these principles in action and a fourth section which looks at future developments.An essential purchase for all students, educators, researchers and practitioners of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing and indeed all those in the health sciences field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0750646888
• ISBN 13: 9780750646888
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 248