Social policy for nurses and the helping professions /
Stephen Peckham and Liz Meerabeau.
- Second edition.
- viii, 330 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Social science for nurses and the caring professions .
- Social science for nurses and the caring professions. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-314) and index.
Ch. 1. What is social policy? -- Ch. 2. The development of the welfare state -- Ch. 3. Health policy in the post-war period -- Ch. 4. Poverty, inequality and social policy -- Ch. 5. Public health and health inequalities -- Ch. 6. Welfare pluralism -- Ch. 7. The mixed economy of community care -- Ch. 8. The changing role of the voluntary sector in the provision of social welfare -- Ch. 9. Lay perspectives and the role of informal care -- Ch. 10. The role of health and social care professionals -- Ch. 11. Social policy and health in the twenty-first century.