The Policy Press imprint: 3 books
Credit crunch health care
How economics can save our publicly funded health services
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The credit crunch is a threat to publicly funded health care. World-leading health economist Cam Donaldson defends our systems on the same basis as those who seek to erode public services, namely, that of economic efficiency. However, protecting government funding of health care is not enough. Donaldson...
Rethinking community practice
Developing transformative neighbourhoods
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
As local communities and public services reel under the impact of global economic turmoil, it is vital to find more creative ways for the services to work together with those who depend on them and who also, as citizens, ultimately govern them. Community practice is the name for that growing part...
Social work in the community
Making a difference
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Social work in the community offers practice guidance to students, practice assessors and practitioners within a political, theoretical, methodological and ethical framework. The book is written from an experiential learning perspective, enabling the reader not only to understand the ideas and methods...