Peckham, Stephen,

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.

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Medical social work--Great Britain


Great Britain--Social policy

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