Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreward; Preface; List of Illustrations; Section 1: Theoretical Overview; 1 --;Thinking critically about critical thinking; 2 --;The authenticity of knowledge; 3 --;Assumptions; 4 --;The nature of evidence; Section 2 --;Key Theoretical Tools of Critical Thinking; 5 --;Political ideologies; 6 --;Moral Reasoning; 7 Feminism and Post-Feminism; 8 --;Critical Realism; 9 --;Chaos and complexity theories; 10 --;Postmodernism and Post-Structuralism; Section 3 --;Application to health and social care practice; 11 --;Case studies in health and social care.
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Designed to equip practitioners with the knowledge and tools they need to critically examine practice in their own workplace. This book presents a range of different approaches, which have particular relevance in the context of health and social care. It explains each approach using case studies, problem-solving scenarios and workplace examples.