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Informationen zum Autor Stephen Peckham is Reader in Health Policy and Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at Oxford Brookes University. He has published widely on primary care and health policy including Managing Public Involvement published by the Open University Press in 1998 and more recently Primary Care in the UK: Policy, Organisation and Management published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2003. Klappentext What is social policy and why is it relevant to nursing and other caring professions? How has the welfare state changed in response to new social problems? What roles do professionals and lay people play in providing welfare services?This fully revised text is one of a series of books providing coherent and multi-disciplinary support for all client groups involved in the provision of health and social care. The book examines the relationship between welfare and health and includes discussion of key policy issues such as; changes in health care delivery, regulation of professionals, privatisation, welfare pluralism and the tackling of health and social inequalities. The significance of social policy in preventing ill health and disability, as well as supporting the sick and disabled people, is emphasised throughout the book. This new edition is updated throughout and includes new chapters on:Health policy in the post-war periodThe role of health and social care professionals The future of social policy and health in the 21st century Social Policy for Nurses and the Helping Professions equips students with a lively, readable and well-illustrated introduction to social policy. The reader is guided through the material with the help of chapter summaries, further reading and a glossary, as well as new examples and case studies to reflect the different client groups within nursing. This book examines the relationship between welfare and health and includes discussion of key policy issues such as; changes in health care delivery, regulation of professionals, privatisation, welfare pluralism and the tackling of health and social inequalities. Inhaltsverzeichnis What is social policy? The development of the welfare state Health policy in the post war period Poverty, inequality and social policy Public health and health inequalities Welfare pluralism The mixed economy of community care The changing role of the voluntary sector in the provision of social welfare Lay perspectives and the role of informal care The role of health and social care professionals Social policy and health in the 21st Century...
