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This engaging and accessible text, now in its third edition, provides a comprehensive introduction to health and social care. This new edition has been updated to cover recent developments, including the integrated care agenda, potential regional devolution and austerity.

Trade Review
"'This welcome third edition updates a most useful textbook for UK social science and social policy students. Its policy analysis is also particularly relevant to professional readers seeking to know how we arrived at the state we're in.'" Jill Manthorpe, Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London?
"Great addition to the previous editions of Glasby's work. Contextualises Health and Social Care in a relevant and insightful format. Fantastic read for students being introduced to the field." Vanessa McNulty, University of Huddersfield
?"This book stands out because it cogently explores how the NHS and social care systems work together - where they succeed and where they fail?.? Indispensable." Professor Sir Julian Le Grand, London School of Economics
"This comprehensive, insightful and fully updated introduction offers social policy, health and social care professionals and students a thorough and accessible grounding in today’s pressing issues." Dr David Orr, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex

Table of Contents
Introduction; Origins of community health and social care; Current services; Partnership working in health and social care; Independent living and the social model of disability; Anti-discriminatory practice and social inclusion; User involvement and citizenship; Support for carers; Postscript: what happens next.

Understanding Health and Social Care

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 1/18/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781447331216, 978-1447331216
      ISBN10: 1447331214

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This engaging and accessible text, now in its third edition, provides a comprehensive introduction to health and social care. This new edition has been updated to cover recent developments, including the integrated care agenda, potential regional devolution and austerity.

      Trade Review
      "'This welcome third edition updates a most useful textbook for UK social science and social policy students. Its policy analysis is also particularly relevant to professional readers seeking to know how we arrived at the state we're in.'" Jill Manthorpe, Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London?
      "Great addition to the previous editions of Glasby's work. Contextualises Health and Social Care in a relevant and insightful format. Fantastic read for students being introduced to the field." Vanessa McNulty, University of Huddersfield
      ?"This book stands out because it cogently explores how the NHS and social care systems work together - where they succeed and where they fail?.? Indispensable." Professor Sir Julian Le Grand, London School of Economics
      "This comprehensive, insightful and fully updated introduction offers social policy, health and social care professionals and students a thorough and accessible grounding in today’s pressing issues." Dr David Orr, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Origins of community health and social care; Current services; Partnership working in health and social care; Independent living and the social model of disability; Anti-discriminatory practice and social inclusion; User involvement and citizenship; Support for carers; Postscript: what happens next.

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