Social policy for nurses and the helping professions / Stephen Peckham and Liz Meerabeau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peckham, Stephen.

Contributor:

Meerabeau, Liz.

Ackers, Louise, 1960-

Series:

Social science for nurses and the caring professions.

Social science for nurses and the caring professions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine--Great Britain.

Social medicine.

Medical social work--Great Britain.

Medical social work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Open University Press 2007

Summary:

Examines the relationship between welfare and health and includes discussion of policy issues, including changes in health care delivery and the tackling of health and social inequalities. This book also emphasises the significance of social policy in preventing ill health and disability, as well as supporting the sick and disabled people.

Contents:

Front cover; Half title; Title; Copy right; Contents; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1 What is social policy?; Chapter 2 The development of the welfare state; Chapter 3 Health policy in the post-war period; Chapter 4 Poverty, inequality and social policy; Chapter 5 Public health and health inequalities; Chapter 6 Welfare pluralism; Chapter 7 The mixed economy of community care; Chapter 8 The changing role of the voluntary sector in the provision of social welfare; Chapter 9 Lay perspectives and the role of informal care; Chapter 10 The role of health and social care professionals

Chapter 11 Social policy and health in the twenty-first centuryGlossary; Bibliography; Index; Back cover

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Social policy for nurses and the caring professions / Louise Ackers and Pamela Abbott. 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-314) and index.

Related Work:

Ackers, Louise, 1960- Social policy for nurses and the caring professions.

ISBN:

1-281-12963-1

9786611129637

0-335-23013-X

OCLC:

244952716