Understanding Health and Social Care
An Introductory Reader
- Julia Johnson - The Open University
- Corinne De Souza - The Open University
This Second Edition is organised into four new sections, each with a part introduction pulling together the main themes:
- People focuses on those who use and provide health and social care services.
- Places looks at where care is given
- Approaches considers different ways through which care takes places
- Ideas focuses on the ideas and policies that underpin care provision
Full of real practice scenarios and examples, the book successfully makes the links between theory and practice, and will be an essential resource for all students studying at undergraduate level across the wide spectrum of health and social care.
a good overall guide to the nature of health and social care
Well laid out and comfortably readable
A helpful and informative background text.
Excellent accessible background
Great intro reader with lots of useful service user side narratives
This book is well structured and well presented; it will be most useful for any student new to the realm of Health & Social Care
Excellent introductory text for health and social care
Particularly useful with regard to service user experiences in relation to the social work degree. Also useful for level 6 learners as it will extend their understanding of other professions.