Risk, health and welfare : policies, strategies and practice

Author(s)

• Alaszewski, Andy
• Harrison, Larry
• Manthorpe, Jill

Bibliographic Information

Risk, health and welfare : policies, strategies and practice

edited by Andy Alaszewski, Larry Harrison and Jill Manthorpe

Open University Press, 1998

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [154]-163

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

*How can professionals manage the dilemma of protecting vulnerable individuals without curtailing choice and quality of life? *How can employing agencies support professionals who take decisions that may not turn out to have the desired outcome? Risk is a central concept in welfare services and yet our understanding of professional activities when assessing or managing risk is limited. The very word 'risk' evokes anxiety and suspicion but dealing with uncertainty is an essential element of professional practice. This book sets the practice of health and welfare professionals within a broad context. It examines the alternative ways in which risk can be defined, the influence of risk on the development of social policy, its impact on welfare agency activities and on professional decision making. Risk, Health and Welfare provides a unique perspective on the definition, assessment and management of risk. It explores how students learn about risk, how education providers equip future professionals to deal with risk issues in practice and whether employing agencies provide a supportive or blaming structure. This book responds to the needs of practitioners, educationalists and managers for a text that accurately reflects the day-to-day challenges of professional practice in health and social care.

Table of Contents

Preface Part one: Definitions and policies: setting the scene Risk in modern society Risk and vulnerable people the development of policy Part two: Agencies and risk Formal agency structures and strategies for managing risk The influence of informal relations on the management of risk Part three: Professionals, practice and risk Professionals, accountability and risk Professionals and practice decision-making and risk Part four: Conclusion Health and welfare managing risk in late modern society

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA39885464
• ISBN:
  • 0335198708
  • 0335198694
• LCCN: 98014539
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Buckingham ; Philadelphia, Pa.
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 166 p.
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV248
  • DC21 : 361.941
  • NDLC : EG5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Public welfare -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Public health -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Risk
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Social policy
  • LCSH : Medical policy -- Great Britain