Contributors
Introduction Mark Jukes
Origins
Mental deficiency institutions: Have the obituaries been fair and balanced? Peter Allen
Striving towards ordinariness within a regulatory system Mark Jukes
Mental deficiency nursing and the GNC: A square peg in a round hole Duncan Mitchell
Perspectives
From the workhouse to citizenship: Four ages of learning disability Tony Gilbert
Researching learning disability nursing Ruth Northway
Practices
Community learning disability nursing Mark Jukes and Simon Jones;
Health facilitation Susan Brady
Epilepsy and specialist learning disability practice Fiona Rich and Catherine Doherty
Nursing people with profound and multiple learning disabilities Colin Griffiths and Carmel Doyle
Mental health and learning disability Dave Ferguson
Challenging behaviour: The contribution of nurse specialists Tony Osgood
Forensic learning disability nursing practice Anne Kingdon
Autism spectrum conditions Jill Aylott
Development of services for children Owen Barr
Further perspectives
Challenges for the curriculum in learning disability nursing Bob Hallawell
Inter-professional education Martin Bollard
Continuing practice development in learning disability nursing Caron Thomas and Penny Pritchard
Index
