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Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?

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Introductory Level Updated 21 May 2013
By Dr Jonathan Leach
May 2013 sees the publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. So, why all the fuss about revising a manual for...
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Order your free 'Working to save lives' booklet

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Introductory Level Updated 22 Mar 2013
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Order a free booklet exploring a day in the life of healthcare professionals. 
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Student nurses’ experiences of becoming a registered nurse

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Introductory Level Updated 19 Mar 2013
By Professor Jan Draper
How and why does pre-registration nurse education play a crucial role in ensuring patients and their families receive high-quality nursing care?
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The psychological aspects of sports injury

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Intermediate Level Duration 3 hours Updated 23 May 2013
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For many people, sport is a way of life, so imagine the emotional distress that a sports injury can bring when it restricts someone's participation...
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Public health in community settings: An introduction

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Intermediate Level Duration 5 hours Updated 23 May 2013
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This unit introduces you to some key aspects of community level engagement, in particular how to get to know the locality in which you want...
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Factors that influence health: An introduction

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Intermediate Level Duration 5 hours Updated 23 May 2013
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What factors influence our health? A lot of attention is focused on people's behaviour - their decisions to smoke, drink, over-eat and so on -...
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Signals and perception: the science of the senses

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Advanced Level Duration 300 hours Updated 17 May 2013 Register by 05 Sep 2013
By The Open University
Investigate how we interact with our environment through our senses – using concepts from biology, chemistry, physics and psychology to explore the process psychologists call...
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Understanding cancers

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Introductory Level Duration 150 hours Updated 17 May 2013 Register by 12 Dec 2013
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Gain a basic scientific understanding of cancer – how tumours are formed and spread, risk factors, diagnosis, pathology, prevention, treatment, and lifestyle management (including palliative...
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Understanding the autism spectrum

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Introductory Level Duration 150 hours Updated 17 May 2013 Register by 10 Oct 2013
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An accessible introduction to autism, this course explores principles and problems of diagnosis, possible underlying causes and issues of care, education and therapy.This is a...
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