Sleep - Multi-Professional Perspectives (Paperback)

This book brings together an unprecedented number and range of contributions from different disciplines relating to sleep in one comprehensive volume. The contributors explore the science of sleep - what it is, what makes it happen and why we do it - as well as the measurement of sleep, its importance for daytime performance and its sociological and cultural aspects. Sleep disorders, sleep quality and the importance of sleep for daytime performance are also explored, as are the ways in which sleep can be affected by medication and medical and psychiatric conditions. This groundbreaking and insightful book will be of great interest to students, academics and professionals in a wide range of disciplines, and anyone else who wishes to discover more about this fascinating topic.

General

Imprint:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	August 2012
Contributors:	Dietmar Hank • Helen Ball • Ved P. Varma • Lee Scrivner • Hazel O'Dowd • Nigel Hudson
Editors:	Alex Westcombe
Contributors:	Louise Paterson • Robert Meadows
Editors:	Andrew Green
Dimensions:	214 x 153 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-1-84905-062-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Specific disorders & therapies > Sleep disorders Promotions
LSN:	1-84905-062-7
Barcode:	9781849050623

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