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Reconceptualising work with "carers" : new directions for policy and practice / edited by Kristen Stalker.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research highlights in social work ; 43.
- Research highlights in social work ; 43
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caregivers--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.
- Caregivers.
- Caregivers--Services for--Great Britain.
- Caregivers--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Demonstrating the scope and diversity of 'caring', the contributors highlight the positive aspects of caring and the interdependence of many caring relationships but also broach the sensitive and complex subject of 'poor' care and the importance of identifying and meeting the needs of 'hidden carers'.
- Contents:
- Reconceptualising Work with 'Carers'; Contents; Introduction; 1. Carers: An Overview of Concepts, Developments and Debates; 2. Caring Relationships: Looking Beyond Welfare Categories of 'Carers' and 'Service Users'; 3. Diversity among Carers; 4. Carers and Assessment; 5. Caring Families: Their Support or Empowerment?; 6. Caring Voices: Carers' Participation in Policy and Practice; 7. Carers and Employment; 8. Getting to Grips with Poor Care; 9. The Legal Framework of Caring; The Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283904124
- 1283904128
- 9781417501984
- 1417501987
- 9781846423666
- 184642366X
- OCLC:
- 437178129
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