Community care : policy and practice
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Community care : policy and practice
（Public policy and politics）
Macmillan, 1994
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-262) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This important text provides an overview of community care policy in Britain outlining the recent reforms and their implications for users and carers and situating them in relation to historical and contemporary debates and developments in other European countries. The authors assess the changing roles of social services, health care professionals and housing agencies, and the growing importance of the European Community. The final chapter considers policy achievements and failures to date and the main challenges which remain to be addressed.
Table of Contents
Guide to Reading the Book - Introducing Community Care - From Institutions to Care in the Community: The History of Neglect - Community Care and the Restructuring of Welfare - Towards User and Carer Empowerment? - Leaders at Last?: The Changing Role of Social Services - The Health Dimension of Community Care:Towards Collaborative Working? - Housing and Community Care - European Perspectives on Community Care - Community Care in the 1990s: Achievements, Failures and Challenges for the Future
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