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Informationen zum Autor Dartington, Tim Klappentext Argues that there are significant ways that the world has got tougher for the most vulnerable in our society. This book addresses the questions facing the survival of the vulnerable in society at a time of continuing uncertainties in local and global economic and political life. Zusammenfassung Argues that there are significant ways that the world has got tougher for the most vulnerable in our society. This book addresses the questions facing the survival of the vulnerable in society at a time of continuing uncertainties in local and global economic and political life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor’s Preface -- Preface -- Individual Survival and Organizational Life -- Thinking about systems of care -- The gang in the organization -- Self and identity: defences against vulnerability -- The question of dependency -- The pursuit of common unhappiness -- The Survival of the Unfittest -- The management challenge -- The isolation of care services -- Mediating between systems -- The case for integration -- Human nature and organizational change -- True and false relationship in health and social care -- The costs of care -- The Personal and the Professional -- An Alzheimer’s case study -- My unfaithful brain: a journey into Alzheimer’s Disease -- Learning to live with dementia -- Two weeks in 2006 -- The realities of care -- Postscript—learning from experience -- Conclusions -- Reflections on partnership: can we allow systems to care?