Being interprofessional / Marilyn Hammick ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hammick, Marilyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services administration.

Social work administration.

Interagency coordination.

Teams in the workplace.

Interprofessional Relations.

Interdisciplinary Communication.

Community Health Services--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Interprofessional Relations.

Interdisciplinary Communication.

Community Health Services--methods.

Physical Description:

ix, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, UK ;] [Malden, MA] : Polity Press, [2009]

Summary:

Working interprofessionally is essential for twenty-first-century health and social care provision. This engaging and easy-to-follow new text offers practitioners from all branches of health and social care an indispensable guide to learning and working better together. Its clear emphasis on theory, policy and practice helps students to understand what collaborative practice really means.

Chapter by chapter, the book covers the most important and relevant issues in contemporary health and social care, including working in teams, learning from others, policy issues, working with children and adults, and specialist practice. Through student-friendly case studies and thoughtful learning exercises, it considers ways of applying these ideas to the real world. It covers work across the statutory, voluntary and community sectors, drawing on the insights and experiences of a wide range of service users, carers and a variety of practitioners.

Being Interprofessional is essential reading for all branches of health and social care, such as midwifery, nursing, social work and youth work. Whatever their background, it will inspire readers to find new ways of working together to meet the needs of patients and clients.

Contents:

Part I Setting the Scene

1 Being Interprofessional: Models and Meaning 7

2 Being Interprofessional: Imperatives and Key Principles 25

3 Learning and Working in Teams 38

4 Being Interprofessional in Complex Situations 61

Part II About, From and With ...

5 Learning About, From and With Other Practitioners 85

6 Learning About, From and With Service Users 104

7 Learning About, From and With Carers 125

8 The Statutory, Community, Voluntary and Private Sectors: Learning About, From and With Each Other 138

Part III Drawing Together the Threads

9 Sharing Information: The Continuing Challenge 167

10 Being Interprofessional: A Twenty-first-century Career 186.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-219) and index.

ISBN:

0745643051

074564306X

9780745643052

9780745643069

OCLC:

291391563