Understanding Care, Welfare and Community: A Reader

By: and and and and

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Synopsis

Care, welfare and community are three key concepts in contemporary social policy. This reader covers a wide range of topics associated with them and relevant to the delivery of care and support to adults. It includes a wide-ranging collection of articles by leading writers and researchers, some previously published, some newly commissioned. It also has first-hand accounts by users and providers of care and welfare in the community. Groups covered include people with mental health problems, homeless people, older people, people with learning difficulties and people with impairments. The focus throughout is on how policies and practice can be developed appropriately and sensitively through an understanding of current issues.

The 40 chapters are grouped into four sections, each with an introduction. Five of the chapters are made up of extracts from a wide range of documents and testimonies.

  • Power and inequality
  • Difference and identity
  • Rights and risk
  • Territories and boundaries

    Most of the material relates to a diverse turn-of-the-century Britain, but this is set in a wider context enabling the student to explore the alternative realities of other countries and other times.

    Understanding Care, Welfare and Community provides an integrated, multidisciplinary overview of the many different aspects of community care. It is appropriate for students and professionals following a wide range of courses in social work, nursing, care, health, social policy, medicine, voluntary work and welfare services. It will also be a valuable resource for carers and practitioners, teachers and policy makers.

    • Copyright:
    2002

    Book Details

    Book Quality:
    Publisher Quality
    Book Size:
    392 Pages
    ISBN-13:
    9781134575787
    Related ISBNs:
    9780415258593, 9780415258609, 9780203996201
    Publisher:
    Taylor and Francis
    Date of Addition:
    Copyrighted By:
    The Open University
    Adult content:
    No
    Language:
    English
    Has Image Descriptions:
    No
    Categories:
    Nonfiction, Social Studies, Medicine
    Submitted By:
    Bookshare Staff
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    This is a copyrighted book.
    Edited by:
    Vivien Bacigalupo
    Edited by:
    Joanna Bornat
    Edited by:
    Bill Bytheway
    Edited by:
    Julia Johnson
    Edited by:
    Susan Spurr

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