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Partnership Working in Health and Social Care: What is Integrated Care and How Can We Deliver It?

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Partnership Working in Health and Social Care: What is Integrated Care and How Can We Deliver It?
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jon Glasby
By (author) Helen Dickinson
SeriesBetter Partnership Working
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781447312819
ClassificationsDewey:362.1
Audience
Undergraduate
Professional & Vocational
Edition Second Edition
Illustrations 31 Tables, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Bristol University Press
Imprint Policy Press
Publication Date 9 January 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

UK health and social care are increasingly being asked to work together across traditional agency boundaries. Although this sounds easy in theory, doing it in practice is complicated and difficult. In many cases, moreover, current training programmes, research and textbooks are even more divided than front-line services, and practitioners and managers are often being given the task of making partnerships work without the necessary support. Against this background, the second edition of this bestselling book provides a concise 'warts and all' introduction to partnership and integration, summarising updated references to current policy and research, setting out useful frameworks and approaches, and helping policy makers and practitioners to work more effectively together, with greater emphasis on 'integrated care'. Written by the leading authors in the field and fully updated since the Health and Social Care Act 2012, the book is also fully evidence- and research-based, while still being accessible and applicable to everyday practice. Aimed at students, practitioners, managers and policy makers in health and social care, and including new reflective exercises and boxed examples, this is still the one book that everyone in the field should read.

Author Biography

Jon Glasby is Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. As a qualified social worker in an NHS setting, he leads a national programme of work to support the integration of adult health and social care. Helen Dickinson is Associate Professor of Public Governance at the School of Government, University of Melbourne. Helen has written extensively on integration and is editor of the Journal of Health Organization and Management and the Journal of Integrated Care

Reviews

'This book helps piece together the jigsaw of partnerships. Clearly written with a light touch, it provides a timely update on partnership working for practitioners and students.'--- Prof. Jill Manthorpe, King's College London. "This book provides a practical and concise introduction to the literature on partnership working in health and social care for students, practitioners, policy makers and managers. It provides the reader with quick and easy access to a breadth of literature."---International Journal of Integrated Care. "A timely and engaging read that will appeal to everone involved in partnerships, those working across traditional demarcation boundaries, and managers, policymakers and students in health and social care." Nursing Standard