This Reader includes material relevant to everyone involved in developing new relationships in health and social care. Alongside articles on social care as traditionally conceived, it offers articles from a wide variety of settings, including those in health and education. It brings together classic management texts and material with a management focus, providing a stimulating range of perspectives on the manager's role. In the management of something as complex as care, this must involve:
* listening to service users
* maintaining professional values
* enabling participation
*...

Practitioners across the caring professions need to know where evidence can be found and to evaluate different forms of evidence effectively. This book includes a range of research techniques and provides a commentary for each, highlighting the compromises that need to be made in real world research designs.

Explains and critically evaluates a range of research techniques for the caring professions.

Contains articles exploring the challenges facing professionals across the spectrum of health and social care. This book examines topics including: accountability to service users, funders and communities; the skills needed for teamwork and collaboration; and ethical dilemmas of working in conditions of resource constraint.