The health and social care divide - Couverture souple

Glasby, Jon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1861345259 ISBN 13 : 9781861345257

Editeur : Policy Press, 2004

Synopsis

Drawing on key research, government policies and real-life case studies, the book assists health and social care professionals to work more effectively together in order to improve services for users and carers.

The health and social care divide:

explains why partnerships are important and what helps/hinders partnership working;

reviews the legal and policy framework, providing a chronological overview and placing current initiatives in their historical and social policy context;

summarises existing research findings with regard to key health and social care policy debates;

uses case studies to explore the implications of this research for health and social care practitioners;

provides good practice guidance for both students and front-line practitioners.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jon Glasby is Professor of Health and Social Care and Head of the School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham. A qualified social worker by background, he has been a board member of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, is NHS Non-Executive Director and sits on the Board of Birmingham Children's Trust.

Rosemary Littlechild is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Birmingham. She is a qualified social worker and her research and publication interests are in work with older people, community care, partnership working between social care and health services, and service user and carer involvement.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1861345259
• ISBN 13: 9781861345257
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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