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SOCIAL WELFARE AND SOCIETY
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| By: |
Mark Walsh, Paul Stephens |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£22.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0340941545 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780340941546 |
| Publisher: |
HODDER EDUCATION |
| Pub. date: |
25 April, 2008 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
The most concise, up-to-date and comprehensive textbook on social welfare provision in the UK. Social Welfare & Society provides full coverage of key welfare strategies, structures and services, explains the significance and historical context of social welfare, and is accessible to students following a wide range of health, social care and welfare courses. |
| Synopsis: |
The most concise, up-to-date and comprehensive textbook on social welfare provision in the UK. Social Welfare & Society provides full coverage of key welfare strategies, structures and services, explains the significance of social welfare for UK society, and places it in a clear historical context. Key topics include: * Principles and themes of British social welfare * Historical development and provision of services * Social and health inequalities - class, gender and ethnicity * Funding health and welfare provision * Health and social care services * Housing and welfare * Education, work and welfare issues * Poverty and social exclusion * Children, families and communities * Disability issues and struggles * Mental health and learning disability issues * Supporting older people Social Welfare & Society is the ideal introduction to students following a wide range of courses in Health & Social Care, Sociology, Social Work, Social Policy, Health Studies, Nursing and Occupational Therapy. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Hodder Arnold |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |