Critical Practice in Health and Social Care

Klappentext This major textbook will take a fresh look at professions and professionalism - what these terms mean and what they need to mean in the future in the health and social care field. This a course text for The Open University course Critical Practice in Health and Social Care (K302). Zusammenfassung This major textbook will take a fresh look at professions and professionalism - what these terms mean and what they need to mean in the future in the health and social care field. This a course text for The Open University course Critical Practice in Health and Social Care (K302). Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CONTEXTS AND PROCESSES Exploring Continuity and Change - Linda Jones and Stan Tucker Introducing Critical Good Practice - Ann Brechin Understanding Professional Development - Maureen A Eby PART TWO: CHALLENGING PRACTICE The Challenge of Professionalism - Linda Finlay Challenges from Service Users - Hilary Brown The Challenge of Values and Ethics within Practice - Maureen A Eby The Challenge of Caring Relationships - Ann Brechin The Challenge of Working in Teams - Linda Finlay Challenges of Being Accountable - Maureen A Eby PART THREE: WORKING WITH CHANGING STRUCTURES Understanding the Policy Process - Celia Davies Counting the Costs - Colin Guest and Phil Scarff Interagency Collaboration - A Sceptical View - Bob Hudson Improving the Quality of Services - Celia Davies Frameworks for Regulation and Accountability - Celia Davies Threat or Opportunity?

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• Authors: Ann Brown Brechin, Open University
• Assisted by: Ann Brechin (Editor), Brechin Ann (Editor), Hilary Brown (Editor), Maureen Eby (Editor), Maureen A. Eby (Editor), Eby Maureen (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2000
• EAN: 9780761964933
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-6493-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Published in association with the Open University
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / General, Social Work, Health systems & services, Nursing and ancillary services, Nursing & ancillary services, Health systems and services, MEDICAL / Nursing / Care Plans, Nursing;Social Work Practice