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Understanding Health and Social Care: An Introductory Reader (Published in association with The Open University)
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Product Description
This introductory text provides a wide-ranging collection of key readings in the field of health and social care.
The book features classic readings alongside articles reflecting the most recent theoretical and empirical work. Cutting across the conventional divide between health care and social care, the Reader sets out to link policy to practice in a tangible way, juxtaposing the voices of a range of carers and service users with insights from academic debate and research.
The Reader is divided into five sections focusing on: the experience of caring or being cared for; the environment in which care takes place; the ways in which care has been conceptualized; issues of abuse in care settings; and the political context of care.
Understanding Health and Social Care is the course reader for The Open University's level one undergraduate course in health and social care (K100).
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #194751 in Books
- Published on: 1997-12-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 336 pages
Editorial Reviews
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`[This book] attempts to address an area often under-represented in the literature and to "connect the day to day experience of caring and being cared for, with new ideas and ways of thinking about health and social care. To this end, it sets out to bring together the voices of services users with reflections from academic research and debate; and to link policy to practice and theory to experience in a tangible way' - Community Care
Customer Reviews
OU study
this is a set book for the OU K100 course - it is a very good introduction into this field of study. the books keeps you wanting to know more and to keep looking for more information. i would recommend this book to anyone wanting to get into this field of work either with the OU or just for pure enjoyment - it is not full of uneedy big long words you will fail to understand - it is has life stories in it from people which makes it enjoyable and interesting to read.
good resourse
book was meant to be used for a specific course but I have continued to use it for my ongoing studies
