Care Matters: Concepts, Practice, and Research in Health and Social Care - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0761955658 ISBN 13: 9780761955658

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 1998

Riassunto

How can we make sense of the varying concepts of care and of the many forms care takes in practice? How can `good' care be defined and evaluated?

This book draws upon a range of academic disciplines including sociology, social policy, psychology, history, geography, social work and nursing to address these questions. The authors consider whether shared meanings in the concept of care can still be found across differences of: family and paid care; health and social care; perspectives `carer' and `cared for'; and the experiences of different `client' groups. Commonalities are identified in the form of concerns about personal empowerment, about choice and self-esteem and about the balance needed between independence, interdep

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Recensione:

'The impact of [the] opening chapters, all of which include the recipient's perspective, is to raise awareness of issues to be discussed later in the book. The remaining chapters take a much more theoretical approach, but again raise improtant and current issues about the nature and context of caring. Each chapter provides a clear analysis of the debate from a particular theoretical perspective.

Overall, I found the book interesting and challenging. [I]t does address very relevant and important issues and leaves the reader with a broader understanding of the nature of care and current debates about how that care should be provided. [T]he editors are able to draw out common issues and conceptualisations across a wide range of caring experiences and contexts - making the text relevant for all involved in care regardless of the context of client group. This is probably the book's main strength.

By taking this approach the editors are able to relate theory and practice in a way that will have meaning for readers from different disciplines working in a variety of different caring contexts' - Quality in Ageing - Policy, Practice and Research

Contenuti:

Introduction - Ann Brechin
Living in Residential Care - Dorothy Atkinson
Discovering the Present in Stories about the Past - John Adams, Joanna Bornat and Mary Prickett
Terminal Care or Terminal Carelessness - Jeanne Katz
Young Carers - Stan Tucker and Penny Liddiard
Care, Support or Something Else? - Jill Reynolds and Jan Walmsley
Normality and Disabling Care - John Swain and Sally French
Treatment or Tender Loving Care - Moyra Sidell
Caring in Place - Sheila M Peace
Caregiving,Carework and Professional Care - Celia Davies
The Emergence of Care as a Policy - Julia Johnson
Changing Health Care - Linda J Jones
What Makes for Good Care - Ann Brechin

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• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0761955658
• ISBN 13: 9780761955658
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 193
• Redattore: Brechin Ann, Walmsley Jan, Katz Jeanne, Peace Sheila