Social policy for nurses and the caring professions
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Social policy for nurses and the caring professions
（Social science for nurses and the caring professions）
Open University Press, 1996
- : pbk
Available at 43 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780335193592
Description
* What is the relationship between social policy and health?
* Who provides social welfare?
* How has the provision of welfare developed?
Social Policy for Nurses and the Caring Professions is one of a series of texts which provide coherent and multi-disciplinary support for all professional groups involved in the provision of health and social care. It provides the student with a lively, readable and well-illustrated introduction to social policy. The authors take as a starting point the importance of the conceptual connection between health and illness. The stress throughout the book is on the significance of social policy in preventing ill health and disability as well as supporting the sick and disabled. A broad approach to social policy is taken, and the text is organized around the provision of welfare in the following contexts:
* public
* private
*voluntary
* informal
Consideration is given to competing ideologies of welfare and the development of welfare as well as contemporary provision.
Social Policy for Nurses and the Caring Professions is based on the authors' first-hand teaching and research experience. The text has been carefully designed with the student in mind: a comprehensive reference list is provided at the end of the book, together with a glossary of important terms. The text is illustrated with tables and graphs throughout, and there are suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter.
Social Policy for Nurses and the Caring Professions is a key textbook for all students undertaking diploma or degree level courses in nursing, health and social care.
Table of Contents
Preface
What is social policy?
The development of a welfare state
Health inequalities and state health policies
Poverty, inequality and social policy
State income maintenance and welfare benefits
Privatization and social welfare
The changing role of the voluntary sector in the provision of social care
The role of informal care
The mixed economy of care
welfare services for dependent people
Welfare pluralism in the 1990s
the changing role of the state
Glossary
References
Index.
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ISBN 9780335193608
Description
This is one of a series of texts which provide support for all professional groups involved in the provision of health and social care. This title provides the student with an introduction to social policy. The authors explore the importance of the conceptual connection between health and illness. The stress throughout the book is on the significance of social policy in preventing ill health and disability, as well as supporting the sick and disabled. A broad approach to social policy is taken and the text is organized around the provision of welfare in the following contexts: public, private, voluntary and informal. Consideration is given to competing ideologies of welfare and the development of welfare, as well as contemporary provision. Based on the authors' first-hand teaching and research experience, this text has been designed with the student in mind: a comprehensive reference list is provided at the end of the book, together with a glossary of important terms. The text is illustrated with tables and graphs throughout and there are suggestions for further reading at the end of the chapter.
This book is intended for all students undertaking a diploma or degree-level course in nursing, health and social care.
Table of Contents
- What is social policy?
- the development of a welfare state
- health inequalities and state health policies
- poverty, inequality and social policy
- state income maintenance and welfare benefits
- privatization and social welfare
- the changing role of the voluntary sector in the provision of social care
- the role of informal care
- the mixed economy of care - welfare services for dependent people
- welfare pluralism in the 1990s - the changing role of the state.
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