Community Care: A Reader

by etc. (Editor), David Pilgrim (Editor), Fiona Williams (Editor), David Pilgrim (Editor), Fiona Williams (Editor), Charmaine Pereira (Editor), Joanna Bornat (Editor), Charmaine Pereira (Editor)

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  Paperback
  1992

  $3.25

  This comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume on community care representing a range of perspectives and approaches, brings together leading writers and researchers in the field. It contains both extracts from old classics on the nature of community along with new work in areas such as familial obligations, social markets and case management. In addition the four parts of the book - Community, Care, Policy and Practice - each contain an anthology of short extracts from autobiographical and experiential accounts and contemporary and historical policy and political documents. 'As a source of up-to-date information on a breadth of related subjects, the book is a valuable reference for students. As a handy update for practitioners with an interest in some of the classic and latest thinking on community care issues, it offers endless stimulation for your grey matter.' - Nursing Times

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  Paperback
  1997

  $3.25

  This interdisciplinary volume on community care brings together leading writers and researchers in the field. It contains both extracts from classic texts on the nature of community care, and the new. The articles are divided into four sections: community; care; policy; and practice. They cover autobiographical and experiential accounts as well as writings drawn from sociology, psychology, social policy, history, social work and community activism.