Social Policy For Nurses And The Helping Professions.

By: Peckham, StephenContributor(s): Meerabeau, ElizabethMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Social Science for Nurses and the Caring ProfessionsPublisher: Buckingham : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (340 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780335230136Subject(s): Medical social work -- Great Britain | Social medicine -- Great BritainGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social Policy For Nurses And The Helping ProfessionsDDC classification: 361.61 LOC classification: RA418.3.G7 -- P42 2007ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copy right -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1 What is social policy? -- Chapter 2 The development of the welfare state -- Chapter 3 Health policy in the post-war period -- Chapter 4 Poverty, inequality and social policy -- Chapter 5 Public health and health inequalities -- Chapter 6 Welfare pluralism -- Chapter 7 The mixed economy of community care -- Chapter 8 The changing role of the voluntary sector in the provision of social welfare -- Chapter 9 Lay perspectives and the role of informal care -- Chapter 10 The role of health and social care professionals -- Chapter 11 Social policy and health in the twenty-first century -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
Summary: Examines the relationship between welfare and health and includes discussion of policy issues, including changes in health care delivery and the tackling of health and social inequalities. This book also emphasises the significance of social policy in preventing ill health and disability, as well as supporting the sick and disabled people.
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Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copy right -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1 What is social policy? -- Chapter 2 The development of the welfare state -- Chapter 3 Health policy in the post-war period -- Chapter 4 Poverty, inequality and social policy -- Chapter 5 Public health and health inequalities -- Chapter 6 Welfare pluralism -- Chapter 7 The mixed economy of community care -- Chapter 8 The changing role of the voluntary sector in the provision of social welfare -- Chapter 9 Lay perspectives and the role of informal care -- Chapter 10 The role of health and social care professionals -- Chapter 11 Social policy and health in the twenty-first century -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.

Examines the relationship between welfare and health and includes discussion of policy issues, including changes in health care delivery and the tackling of health and social inequalities. This book also emphasises the significance of social policy in preventing ill health and disability, as well as supporting the sick and disabled people.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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