Managing care in context
2003
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Addressing the various contexts in which care takes place, this student textbook considers the impact of policy, practice and organizational issues upon managers. It explores the complexity and diversity of managerial tasks that have to be undertaken when providing ethical care grounded in best practice.This major new textbook looks at the diversity and complexity of the manager's task in the changing context of care provision and argues for a practice-led approach. Informed by extensive consultation with managers, practitioners and users of services, the authors of this textbook: * examine the policy, legal and organisational contexts of care * highlight the impact for managers of the government's modernising agenda and initiatives for inter-professional working * discuss the role of the managers in providing ethical care grounded in good practice * tackle the task of translating competing views from service users and carers into high-quality service provision * review the position of the manager in relation to debates on the deprofessionalisation of care. Managing Care in Context is essential reading for students, practitioners and aspiring, new and experienced managers of care within the health and social services sector. It will help managers to understand what their role is, how it has developed and how to face the challenges of the future. This major new textbook looks at the diversity and complexity of the manager's task in the changing context of care provision and argues for a practice-led approach. Informed by extensive consultation with managers, practitioners and users of services, the authors of this textbook: * examine the policy, legal and organisational contexts of care * highlight the impact for managers of the government's modernising agenda and initiatives for inter-professional working * discuss the role of the managers in providing ethical care grounded in good practice * tackle the task of translating competing views from service users and carers into high-quality service provision * review the position of the manager in relation to debates on the deprofessionalisation of care. Managing Care in Context is essential reading for students, practitioners and aspiring, new and experienced managers of care within the health and social services sector. It will help managers to understand what their role is, how it has developed and how to face the challenges of the future.
Main title:
Managing care in context / edited by Jeanette Henderson and Dorothy Atkinson.
Imprint:
London : Routledge, 2003.
Collation:
xviii, 345 p. : ill., plan, port. ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Published in association with the Open University.Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and index.
Contents:
1. Managing to Care 2. What Service Users Say About Services and the Implications for Managers 3. Managers, Managing and Managerialism 4. Managers and the Law 5. Managers and their Organisations 6. Managing Environments 7. Quality Matters 8. Workers, Professions and Identities 9. Theories for Understanding People 10. The Morally Active Manager 11. Managing for Outcomes 12. Taking Account of History
ISBN:
9780415298681 (pbk)
Dewey class:
361.3068362.1068361.30680941
Local class:
Work Collection
Language:
English
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BRN:
2063155