Community Care: Policy and Practice (Public Policy and Politics)

by Randall Smith (Author), Robin Means (Author)

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  Paperback
  1994

  $3.25

  This important text provides an overview of community care policy in Britain outlining the recent reforms and their implications for users and carers and situating them in relation to historical and contemporary debates and developments in other European countries. The authors assess the changing roles of social services, health care professionals and housing agencies, and the growing importance of the European Community. The final chapter considers policy achievements and failures to date and the main challenges which remain to be addressed.

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  Paperback
  1998

  $3.25

  This new edition of the textbook on care in the community assesses the impact of community care on users and carers, and the changing roles of social services, health care and other professionals. Strong emphasis is placed on the historical and international context, especially the importance of the European Union, and on providing a balanced assessment of achievements and failures to date, the policy agenda of New Labour and the main challenges for the future.