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

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

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $5.80

  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.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  This new edition has been updated to reflect recent shifts in community and social care whilst still providing the authoritative account of its historical development. Particular attention is paid to partnerships between health and social care, the regulation of social care, direct payments and individual budgets and user/carer empowerment.