Social Policy for Nurses and the Helping Professions 2nd Edition by Stephen Peckham, Elizabeth Meerabeau 9780335219629 0335219624

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ISBN 10: 0335219624
ISBN 13: 9780335219629 
Author: Stephen Peckham, Elizabeth Meerabeau

What is social policy and why is it relevant to nursing and other caring professions? How has the welfare state changed in response to new social problems? What roles do professionals and lay people play in providing welfare services?This fully revised text is one of a series of books providing coherent and multi-disciplinary support for all client groups involved in the provision of health and social care. The book examines the relationship between welfare and health and includes discussion of key policy issues such as; changes in health care delivery, regulation of professionals, privatisation, welfare pluralism and the tackling of health and social inequalities. The significance of social policy in preventing ill health and disability, as well as supporting the sick and disabled people, is emphasised throughout the book. This new edition is updated throughout and includes new chapters on: Health policy in the post-war period The role of health and social care professionals The future of social policy and health in the 21st centurySocial Policy for Nurses and the Helping Professions equips students with a lively, readable and well-illustrated introduction to social policy. The reader is guided through the material with the help of chapter summaries, further reading and a glossary, as well as new examples and case studies to reflect the different client groups within nursing.

Social Policy for Nurses and the Helping Professions 2nd Table of contents:

Chapter 1 What is social policy?

Chapter 2 The development of the welfare state

Chapter 3 Health policy in the post-war period

Chapter 4 Poverty, inequality and social policy

Chapter 5 Public health and health inequalities

Chapter 6 Welfare pluralism

Chapter 7 The mixed economy of community care

Chapter 8 The changing role of the voluntary sector in the provision of social welfare

Chapter 9 Lay perspectives and the role of informal care

Chapter 10 The role of health and social care professionals

Chapter 11 Social policy and health in the twenty-first century

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