Understanding Inter-professional Working in Health and Social Care Theory and Practice Free

Understanding Inter-professional Working in Health and Social Care Theory and Practice

Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 3

Edited by Katherine Pollard, Judith Thomas and Margaret MiersPalgrave MacmillanISBN 9 780 230216792

Keywords: Inter-professional working practices, Shared care delivery, Health and social care management

A companion volume to the best-selling book by Barrett et al., this exciting text shows how the different professions work together in practice. Beginning with a series of illuminating case studies, it explores the dynamics underpinning shared care delivery and analyses how principles can best be applied within health and social care settings.

Contents include:

• 1.

  Background and overview of the book.

• 2.

  Part I: different places, different voices.

  • “Introduction”.

  • “Care in the community”.

  • “Care in acute settings”.

  • “Service users, carers and the voluntary sector”.

  • “Maternity and infant care”.

  • “Mental health care”.

• 3.

  Part II: analysing the issues.

  • “Introduction”.

  • “Learning for new ways of working”.

  • “Individual and professional identity”.

  • “Professional boundaries and inter-professional working”.

  • “The medicalization thesis”.

  • “Organisational issues”.

  • “Values and ethics in inter-professional working”.

  • “Service users, carers and issues for collaborative practice”.

  • “Conclusions and future directions”.

• 4.

  Index.