Understanding Health and Social Care: An Introductory Reader (Published in association with The Open University)

By Athena Dixon

Understanding Health and Social Care links policy to practice in a tangible way, juxtaposing the voices of care givers and service users with insights from academic debate and research. It is unusual in the way it cuts across the conventional divided between health care and social care. The text is divided into five sections, each of which includes a selection of readings on a particular topic or theme. Although the book is intended primarily as a resource, to be dipped into and used for reference, it can be read section by section, and the section introductions serve as a guide to the reader who wishes to do this. Understanding Health and Social Care has been designed to appeal to a wide range of readers, including students in other health and social care studies, and those interested in care matters, whether as paid workers, volunteers, informal careers, or users of services.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761956867
• ISBN13: 9780761956860
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"