Contemporary Primary Care

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-335-20009-2
Verlag: OPEN UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Primary care is currently going through a period of substantial change. The high profile alteration of structures is occurring at a time when many issues of practice are presenting new or renewed challenges. These are issues grounded in the complexities and dissatisfactions of contemporary society as well as in the changing policy context.

This book has been produced in order to bring together critical and thought-provoking pieces on these wide-ranging challenges, by authors from an equally wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, clinical psychology, disability studies, public health, sociology, as well as general practice.

Beginning with a think piece on the nature of primary care and what an emerging vision for it might look like, the book continues with contributions on the changing form, organization and delivery of primary health care, before going on to examine specific areas of provision and some significant research issues. The book will be of interest to all those involved in the study or development of primary health care services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tovey

Tovey, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part one: Challenges of context and organization
Vision and change in primary care
past, present and future
Primary health care
the changing character of service provision
The changing nature of primary health care teams and inter-professional relationships
Part two: Challenges of practice
Commissioning services for older people
make haste slowly?
Disability
from medical needs to social rights
The new genetics and general practice
revolution or continuity
Socio-economic inequality
beyond the inverse care law
Part three: Challenges of research
Locality planning and research evidence
using primary care data
Counselling
researching an evidence base for practice
Complementary medicine and primary care
towards a grassroots focus
Postscript
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Philip Tovey is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Primary Care, University of Leeds. He has published widely in the sociological study of education and health. His current research interests include the psychological consequences of interventions and the re-configuration of primary care.