The Process of Human Development: A Holistic Life-Span Approach

By Clara Shaw Schuster

Book Overview

Revised and updated, this book on human development, which is aimed at undergraduate nurses, covers the five domains of development - biophysical, cognitive, affective, social and spiritual - from conception through to old age. The multidisciplinary, integrated coverage enables the student to view the individual at all stages of the life span from different perspectives. Coverage in this edition includes historical factors contributing to the understanding of African-Americans, native Americans and women; issues of blended and single parent families; the contribution of fathers to early development; stresses faced by families with disabled members; and ethical questions faced in reproductive issues and technology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0397548818
• ISBN13: 9780397548811
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 958 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.5" x 8.5"