Vulnerable Groups in Health and Social Care
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780857029508
Subjects: Health; Social Science
Description: The book makes it easy to dip into a topic and also gives good overviews of theories and applications. This will definitely help students'. Lesley Groom, University of Bolton. Carefully-researched and highly readable this textbook looks at the experiences and health and social needs of key 'vulnerable groups'. It presents an engaging social science perspective relevant to everyone exploring how we, and society, care for the vulnerable. Each chapter defines and explores a vulnerable social group, bringing together theoretical, policy and practice perspectives. The chapters explore contemporary.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introducing Vulnerable Groups; 1 Lone Parents; 2 People with Disabilities; 3 Older People; 4 Children; 5 Ethnic Minority Groups; 6 The Mentally Ill; 7 The Homeless; 8 Asylum Seekers and Refugees; 9 Concluding Comments: The Future for Vulnerable Groups in Health and Social Care; Glossary; References; Index.