Karen M. Allen's Books

Normalizing Challenging or Complex Childbirth

By: Karen Jackson,Helen Wightman

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Normalizing Challenging or Complex Childbirth

By: Karen Jackson,Helen Wightman

Complexity in childbirth is growing significantly due to several factors that include increasing maternal age, rising levels of obesity and related diabetes. Women labelled as moderate or high risk are often excluded from useful strategies that low risk women enjoy, such as using water immersion for labour, aromatherapy or mobilisation. They then can immediately follow a pathway of increased surveillance and interventions that may or may not be clinically indicated. This text offers expert guidance and specialist knowledge on the evidence for normalizing and humanizing complicated or challenging pregnancies, labours and birth. It covers a range of practice issues from multiple births to breech presentations, gestational diabetes to VBAC. Comprehensively written for midwifery students and those already in practice, it’s also useful for obstetricians and medical students who wish to provide more holistic maternity care and promote optimum childbirth. With case studies and helpful summaries of points for practice, this is the go-to text for those looking for up-to-date guidance on maximizing normal physiology and also normalizing or humanizing challenging or complex childbirth in midwifery practice. An essential read for today’s midwife. Includes a Foreword by Professor Soo Downe, University of Central Lancashire, UK. "Normalizing Challenging or Complex Childbirth, edited by Karen Jackson and Helen Wightman, provides an insightful and informative perspective on an array of midwifery issues pertinent to today’s society, including: obesity, VBAC and diabetes. Karen Jackson’s first chapter 'The concept of normality in the context of challenging or complex childbirth' sets the standard for additional eminent contributing authors; and they follow with an engaging exploration and explanation of the issues which is seamless in terms of application to practice and is supported by real life case studies and key practice points. This is a must read resource for midwives, students and educators." Janet Israel, Midwifery Lecturer, Cardiff University, UK "Normalizing Challenging or Complex Childbirth provides midwives and students with a refreshingly practical and sensitive approach to caring for women when pregnancy and birth bring additional physiological challenges. New and emerging evidence on important clinical scenarios is presented with great compassion in the context of contemporary midwifery care. This book will be an important resource to midwives wishing to provide individualised sensitive care to women facing the challenge of an unexpected, or complex, pregnancy path.” Julia Sanders, PhD Consultant Midwife and Reader in Midwifery, Cardiff University, UK

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335264336

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9780335264339

Social Work Practice in Healthcare

Advanced Approaches and Emerging Trends

By: Karen M. Allen,William J. Spitzer

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Social Work Practice in Healthcare

Advanced Approaches and Emerging Trends

By: Karen M. Allen,William J. Spitzer

This pragmatic and comprehensive book helps readers develop the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for effective health care social work practice, as well as an understanding of the technological, social, political, ethical, and financial factors affecting contemporary patient care. Packed with case studies and exercises, the book emphasizes the importance of being attentive to both patient and organizational needs, covers emerging trends in health care policy and delivery, provides extensive discussion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and addresses social work practice across the continuum of care.

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SAGE Publications

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1483384535

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Measuring Wellbeing: Towards Sustainability?

By: Karen Scott

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Measuring Wellbeing: Towards Sustainability?

By: Karen Scott

Improving wellbeing and sustainability are central goals of government, but are they in conflict? This engaging new book reviews that question and its implications for public policy through a focus on indicators. It highlights tensions on the one hand between various constructs of wellbeing and sustainable development, and on the other between current individual and societal notions of wellbeing. It recommends a clearer conceptual framework for policy makers regarding different wellbeing constructs which would facilitate more transparent discussions. Arguing against a win-win scenario of wellbeing and sustainability, it advocates an approach based on recognising and valuing conflicting views where notions of participation and power are central to discussions. Measuring Wellbeing is divided into two parts. The first part provides a critical review of the field, drawing widely on international research but contextualised within recent UK wellbeing policy discourses. The second part embeds the theory in a case study based on the author’s own experience of trying to develop quality of life indicators within a local authority, against the backdrop of increasing national policy interest in measuring ‘happiness’. This accessible and informative book, covering uniquely both practice and theory, will be of great appeal to students, academics and policy makers interested in wellbeing, sustainable development, indicators, public policy, community participation, power and discourse.

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Routledge

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113628754X

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Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults

Promoting Quality of Life through Collaborative Practice

By: Karen Frank Barney,Margaret Perkinson

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Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults

Promoting Quality of Life through Collaborative Practice

By: Karen Frank Barney,Margaret Perkinson

Look no further for the book that provides the information essential for successful practice in the rapidly growing field of gerontological occupational therapy! Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults is a new, comprehensive text edited by OT and gerontological experts Karen Frank Barney and Margaret Perkinson that takes a unique interdisciplinary and collaborative approach in covering every major aspects of geriatric gerontological occupational therapy practice. With 30 chapters written by 70 eminent leaders in gerontology and OT, this book covers the entire continuum of care for the aging population along with special considerations for this rapidly growing demographic. This innovative text also covers topical issues spanning the areas of ethical approaches to treatment; nutrition and oral health concerns; pharmacological issues; low vision interventions; assistive technology supports; and more to ensure readers are well versed in every aspect of this key practice area. UNIQUE! Intraprofessional and interprofessional approach to intervention emphasizes working holistically and collaboratively in serving older adults. Case examples help you learn to apply new information to actual patient situations. Questions at the end of each chapter can be used for discussion or other learning applications. Chapter on evidence-based practice discusses how to incorporate evidence into the clinical setting. Chapter on ethics provides a deeper understanding of how to address challenging ethical dilemmas. UNIQUE! Chapter on the wide range of physiological changes among the aging patient population highlights related occupational performance issues. UNIQUE! Chapter on oral health explores the challenges faced by older adults.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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032306776X

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9780323067768

Theorising in Everyday Nursing Practice

A Critical Analysis

By: Helen Allan,Karen Evans

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Theorising in Everyday Nursing Practice

A Critical Analysis

By: Helen Allan,Karen Evans

This original and thought-provoking book provides new insight into the role of theory within nursing practice. It is rooted in the real-world of practice and explores how theory and learning manifest in the nursing workplace. The book takes a fresh look at the major issues of concern in nursing and innovatively contextualises these within nursing theory. It serves to move the conversation forward leading to a better appreciation of how nurses constantly learn, theorise and develop. Key Features: Takes practice as the starting point and explores how theory, learning and practice relate to each other Based on the authors′ primary research exploring how nurses theorise and learn in the practice environment A fully original contribution offering fresh perspectives that advance the nursing theory discourse It is an ideal book for nursing students wanting to better understand how theory can help them to learn and develop, practicing nurses looking to enhance their ongoing professional development as well as anyone involved with nursing education and research.

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SAGE

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1529765374

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The Biology of Mediterranean-type Ecosystems

By: Karen J. Esler,Anna L. Jacobsen,R. Brandon Pratt

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The Biology of Mediterranean-type Ecosystems

By: Karen J. Esler,Anna L. Jacobsen,R. Brandon Pratt

This book provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to Mediterranean-type ecosystems with the emphasis being on the organisms that dominate these regions although their management, conservation, and restoration will also be considered.

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Oxford University Press

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0198739133

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9780198739135

Criminology Research Focus

By: Karen T. Froeling

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Criminology Research Focus

By: Karen T. Froeling

Criminology is the scientific study of crime as an individual and social phenomenon. Criminological research areas include the incidence and forms of crime as well as its causes and consequences. They also include social and governmental regulations and reactions to crime. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in the behavioural sciences, drawing especially on the research of sociologists and psychologists, as well as on writings in law. This book presents leading research from around the world.

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Nova Publishers

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1600218822

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Social Psychology

Individuals, Interaction, and Inequality

By: Karen A. Hegtvedt,Cathryn Johnson

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Social Psychology

Individuals, Interaction, and Inequality

By: Karen A. Hegtvedt,Cathryn Johnson

Social Psychology is a comprehensive exploration of how individual behaviors and interactions shape societal dynamics and contribute to social inequalities. The Second Edition provides a unique, sociological perspective on social psychology that is both academically rigorous and accessible to undergraduates.

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SAGE Publications

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1544368771

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A.C. Pigou and the 'Marshallian' Thought Style

A Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics

By: Karen Lovejoy Knight

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A.C. Pigou and the 'Marshallian' Thought Style

A Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics

By: Karen Lovejoy Knight

This book provides a study of the forces underlying the development of economic thought at Cambridge University during the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. The primary lens it uses to do so is an examination of how Arthur Cecil Pigou’s thinking, heavily influenced by his predecessor, Alfred Marshall, evolved. Aspects of Pigou’s context, biography and philosophical grounding are reconstructed and then situated within the framework of Ludwik Fleck’s philosophy of scientific knowledge, most notably by drawing on the notions of ‘thought styles’ and ‘thought collectives’. In this way, Knight provides a novel contribution to the history of Pigou's economic thought.

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Springer

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303001018X

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SoTL Research Methodologies

A Guide to Conceptualizing and Conducting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

By: Michelle Yeo,Janice Miller-Young,Karen Manarin

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SoTL Research Methodologies

A Guide to Conceptualizing and Conducting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

By: Michelle Yeo,Janice Miller-Young,Karen Manarin

Combining real examples with a roadmap of how to construct studies, analyze results, and share work, this book serves as a primary research methodology text for the field of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). The volume seeks to explore key aspects of SoTL that are often missing in past frameworks: research-based ontologies, epistemologies, and ethical axiologies. Chapters map out the expansive continuum of SoTL by detailing its history and key work while incorporating Indigenous perspectives on pedagogy and research methodologies. The text also features methods of qualitative and quantitative data generation essential for SoTL such as conducting interviews and focus groups, procuring data through questionnaires and artifact observation, and sharing results for dissemination in traditional and public scholarship. A comprehensive guide for conducting SoTL research, this book illustrates a broad array of contexts and a spectrum of research methodologies to expand, enrich, and support both novice and experienced SoTL practitioners and researchers in answering the contexts and questions at the heart of teaching and learning.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000993841

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9781000993844

Stop & Shift

The Mindset Reset that Changes Everything

By: Karen Allen

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Stop & Shift

The Mindset Reset that Changes Everything

By: Karen Allen

Let go of negative thoughts, renew your perspective, and create a strong, healthy mindset. Whether you have encountered tragedy or have been worn down over time from experiences that have left you feeling overwhelmed, fearful, angry, or sad, this is your invitation to recognize that You are NOT defined by what’s happened to you. You are defined by what you do. You hold the power to shape your reality when you consciously choose your responses to what life throws your way. In her groundbreaking book, Karen Allen shares her highly acclaimed Stop & Shift system, a mental strength training exercise that will help you trade your default state of negativity and discontent for a resilient mindset grounded in purpose and passion. By practicing this mindset conditioning technique, you will be able to own your choices and navigate life’s ups and downs—in the moment—with empathy and intentionality. You will make better decisions that are not driven by your emotions or ego, but instead shaped by quality thoughts. As you retrain your brain to respond productively to challenges, loss, chaos, and the everyday annoyances that erode your composure and steal your joy, you will overcome stress, self-doubt, and anxiety and break free from dwelling on the past and neglecting your needs. With dynamic exercises, action items, and journaling opportunities, you’ll learn to Silence Thoughts On Purpose so that you can cultivate a mindset that is Strong, Healthy, Intentional, Focused, and Transformed. If you’re ready to let go of everything that’s holding you back from living a better life, this is your moment to Stop & Shift.

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Sound Wisdom

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1640953833

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Unleashing Kids' Potential

What Parents, Grandparents, and Teachers Need to Know

By: Karen A. Waldron Ph. D.,Karen A. Waldron

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Unleashing Kids' Potential

What Parents, Grandparents, and Teachers Need to Know

By: Karen A. Waldron Ph. D.,Karen A. Waldron

Unleashing Kids' Potential turns research into reality. Dr. Waldron shows parents, grandparents, step-parents, and other adults how to have more fun with children and teens, solve family problems, and develop a lifetime of open communication. Dr. Waldron (who teaches children, young adults, and graduate students) shares practical lessons on ways teachers and parents can work together so children become Winners.The author of this beneficial book is a talented storyteller, weaving humorous and poignant anecdotes about real people's successes at home and school.

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Robert Reed Publishers

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1885003897

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9781885003898

Classroom Discussions in Education

By: P. Karen Murphy

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Classroom Discussions in Education

By: P. Karen Murphy

Classroom discussion is a concept familiar across the field of education and is often employed to support students’ comprehension of text. Edited by a leading expert on classroom discussion, this book situates the topic within the broader context of educational psychology research and theory and brings it to a wider audience. Five chapters describe in detail the different approaches to discussion and provide recommendations for best practices and curricular materials for student success. This concise volume is designed for any education course that includes discussion in the curriculum and is indispensible for student researchers and both pre- and in-service teachers alike.

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135170429X

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Book's by Karen M. Allen

Normalizing Challenging or Complex Childbirth

Normalizing Challenging or Complex Childbirth

Social Work Practice in Healthcare

Social Work Practice in Healthcare

Measuring Wellbeing: Towards Sustainability?

Measuring Wellbeing: Towards Sustainability?

Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults

Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults

Theorising in Everyday Nursing Practice

Theorising in Everyday Nursing Practice

The Biology of Mediterranean-type Ecosystems

The Biology of Mediterranean-type Ecosystems

Criminology Research Focus

Criminology Research Focus

Social Psychology

Social Psychology

A.C. Pigou and the 'Marshallian' Thought Style

A.C. Pigou and the 'Marshallian' Thought Style

SoTL Research Methodologies

SoTL Research Methodologies

Stop & Shift

Stop & Shift

Unleashing Kids' Potential

Unleashing Kids' Potential

Classroom Discussions in Education

Classroom Discussions in Education

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