Community care for nurses and the caring professions
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Bibliographic Information
Community care for nurses and the caring professions
（Social science for nurses and the caring professions）
Open Unviersity Press, 1999
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 24 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780335196708
Description
This textbook provides a concise introduction to policy and practice issues in community care. It has been written for nurses and other health professionals in training, particularly those wishing to specialize in community care. It explains the concepts behind community care policy and demonstrates their relevance to work in healthcare settings.
In a clear, accessible way, the authors draw together a wide range of material on the changing nature of community care, assess current research evidence and examine the central issues relating to everyday practice. Each chapter has a similar structure, with an introductory and concluding section making it ideal for use as a teaching text. At the end of each chapter there are suggestions for further reading and follow-up work. Students will also find key points and concepts listed throughout the text which are explained in a helpful glossary at the end of the book.
Table of Contents
Series editor's preface
Section A: The policy context
Background developments 1957-88
The reforms and the mixed economy
Section B: Towards a conceptual framework
Values, assumptions and ideologies
Values, theories and realities
the case of learning disability services
Section C: Users' and carers' perceptions
Users' perspectives
do services empower users?
Carers' perspectives
do services support carers?
Section D: Professional directions
Professions in community care
Teams in community care
Glossary
Appendix
Index.
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9780335196715
Description
This textbook provides a concise introduction to policy and practice issues in community care. It has been written for nurses and other health professionals in training, particularly those wishing to specialize in community care. It explains the concepts behind community care policy and demonstrates their relevance to work in healthcare settings. The authors draw together a wide range of material on the changing nature of community care, assess current research evidence, and examine the central issues relating to everyday practice. At the end of each chapter there are suggestions for further reading and follow-up work.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The policy context: background developments 1957-88
- the reforms and the mixed economy. Part 2 Towards a conceptual framework: values, assumptions and ideologies
- values, theories and realities - the case of learning disability services. Part 3 Users' and carers' perceptions: users' perspectives - do services empower users?
- carers' perspectives - do services support carers?. Part 4 Professional directions: professions in community care
- teams in community care.
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