Prioritisation exists throughout healthcare. Difficult and controversial decisions are frequently made at national, local and service level, as well as on an individual basis. However, attention has generally been focused away from the practitioners and service managers who make day-to-day prioritising decisions in order to manage their workloads and deliver front-line services.
Focusing on child health contexts, Prioritising Child Health opens up the debate on prioritisation by individuals and explores the issues surrounding their decisions. Grounded in the reality of everyday life, it...
Prioritisation exists throughout healthcare. Difficult and controversial decisions are frequently made at national, local and service level, as wel...
This book targets professionals working in child health, particularly those in non-acute settings such as allied health professionals (speech & language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists) and nurses (particularly health visitors). The target audience is for both front-line practitioners who are facing workload management decisions and also therapy/nursing managers who must make service level decisions about priorities within their service. Although aimed primarily at the UK market, it will be of interest to countries such as Australia and New Zealand that have similar...
This book targets professionals working in child health, particularly those in non-acute settings such as allied health professionals (speech & langua...
