Managing vulnerability : the underlying dynamics of systems of care /

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Clinicians, managers and researchers - as well as politicians and religious leaders - are worrying about a lack of compassion and humanity in the care of vulnerable people in society. In this book Tim Dartington explores the dynamics of care. He argues that we know how to do it, but somehow we seem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dartington, T. (Tim)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Karnac, ©2010.
Colección:Tavistock Clinic series.
Temas:
Medical care.
Medical ethics.
Social service > Moral and ethical aspects.
Social service.
National health services.
Social Work
Ethics, Medical
Health Services
Éthique médicale.
Service social > Aspect moral.
Service social.
Services de santé.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Clinicians, managers and researchers - as well as politicians and religious leaders - are worrying about a lack of compassion and humanity in the care of vulnerable people in society. In this book Tim Dartington explores the dynamics of care. He argues that we know how to do it, but somehow we seem to keep getting it wrong. Poor care in hospitals and care homes is well documented, and yet it continues. Care for people in their own homes is seen as an ideal, but the reality can be cruel and isolating. Tim describes research over forty years in thinking why institutional and community care are bo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 234 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index.
ISBN:9781849407304
1849407304
9781780492360
1780492367

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