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Learning Disability Week 16th to 22nd June 2025

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  The theme for Learning Disability Week this year is “Do you see me?” – aiming to celebrate what people with a learning disability bring to society and ensuring that they are seen, heard and valued in all aspects of life.   RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES     The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.  This document covers the following resources – books , journals , journal articles and patient information . BOOKS Learning and intellectual disability nursing practice ; Mafuba, Kay; 2023; (Routledge); 2 nd edition, ebook. Learning disability nursing: developing professional practice ; Northway, Ruth; Hopes, Paula; 2022; (Critical Publishing) Intellectual disabilities: toward inclusion ; Atherton, Helen; Crickmore, Debbie J; 2022; (C...
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Dying Matters Week - Related Health Library resources

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Dying Matters Week 13th - 19th May 2013 Dying Matters Awareness Week is a campaign by the Dying Matters Coalition. This year’s theme is:   ‘Be ready for it’, and is aimed at encouraging members of the public to take five steps to ‘make their end of life experience better, both for them and for their loved ones. The five steps are: 1. Make a will • 2. Record your funeral wishes • 3. Plan your future care and support • 4. Register as an organ donor • 5. Tell your loved ones your wishes.’                                                                                   ...
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Never Stop Learning From Your Patients

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  Do you listen to your patients? Do you get the complete view? Can you learn something new from their experiences?  This Libraries Week try something different. We’ve developed our Patient Voices collection to give you a different perspective. How have patients coped with covid? What is the impact of disability on a family? How do people react to a cancer diagnosis? Read patient stories to learn more.   Access the Patient Voices collection   You can browse through the collection online via the Library Search catalogue . See something you like? Just request it and you can pick it up later. Or just pop along to the Health Library and browse the shelves – this collection is to the right as you enter through the glass doors.   What books are available? Here is a selection (from the images above):   Type 1 Diabetes: the good, the bad and the sportsman (Ian J Cuthbert)   One Tiny Fault (Abigail Halstead)   Drifting into Darkness (Paul Gilmour)  ...
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