Better Health in Harder Times: Active Citizens and Innovation on the Frontline

ISBN-13: 9781447306948 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 208 str.

Jan Walmsley; Professor Celia Davies; Mike Hales

Opis

In the wake of current public services turmoil, this book reexamines the collective compact that created the UK s public health services in the 1940s. Drawing on testimony from service users and service providers, the contributors explore topics such as new ways of living and working with long-term health conditions, meaningful and effective approaches to service redesign, use of information technology, leadership, coproduction, and quality of service. "Better Health in Harder Times" is a book composed of short, accessible contributions that will be of interest to a wide range of social-policy readers."

Spis treści

Introduction: What business are we really in? Long-term illness and the self-management of wellbeing; The philosophy of quality - not just ticking boxes: enquiry, stakeholders, and enabling different choices; How can information technology work for wellbeing? Dialogue, data and digital media; How can we really work together? Governance arrangements to meet the challenges of active citizenship and co-production; What kind of leadership to support co creation? Education, learning and active citizenship: Afterword