Key Concepts and Debates in Health and Social Policy

by Wilmot Malin, Stephen Wilmot, Nigel Malin

Book Overview

This book identifies key social concepts and explores their relevance for health and welfare policy, and for the practice of professionals such as nurses and social workers who are involved in the delivery of services and provision. The text adopts an ideologies of welfare approach using examples of recent policy shifts to illustrate theoretical and political tensions. This shift in emphasis away from the traditional approach of documenting policy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335199054
• ISBN13: 9780335199051
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher