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Contents: Introduction: Bleddyn Davies, Martin Knapp, Jos uis Fernández, David Challis and Ann Netten. Long-term care in the United Kingdom: Long-term care for older people in the United Kingdom: structure and challenges, Adelina Comas-Herrera, Raphael Wittenberg and Linda Pickard; Deficiencies in British social care services and the (efficiency) consequences of an administrative rather than a democratic politics of community care, John Baldock; Long-term care, politics and resources, Elaine Murphy; The art and science of implementation: some reflections of a practitioner, David Plank; The reason why: a view from local government, Roger Hampson. International Perspectives: Home and community-based services in the United States, Joshua Wiener; Beyond care management: the logic and promise of vertically integrated systems of care for the frail elderly, Dennis L. Kodner; The Swedish model: current trends and challenges for the future, Mats Thorslund; Opening Pandora's box: making long-term care an entitlement in Japan, Naoki lkegami; Old verities and new possibilities: shifting configuration and funding of long-term care for the aged in Australia, Elizabeth Ozanne; Developments in long-term care for frail elderly people in Hong Kong, Iris Chi. Conceptual Frameworks And Care Developments: Production relations in social care, Jos uis Fernández and Martin Knapp; The social production of welfare, Ann Netten; Geographical variations in health and welfare and their significance for equity and efficiency in resource allocation, Sarah Curtis and Andrew Bebbington; The medical/social boundary and the rival discourses of the body, Julia Twigg; Care management in long-term care of older people, David Challis; Learning about complex community-based social interventions: the practical value of theory-based approaches, Ken Judge and Linda Bauld; How and why some of it began, Bleddyn Davies; Appendix: books and monographs by Bleddyn Davies; Name Index; Subject Index.
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David Challis
Summary
Improving equity and efficiency in the long-term care of older people is an international concern, with governments attempting to ensure that policies and practice develop so that resources are used to best effect
