Contemporary Primary Care : The Challenges of Change

by Tovey, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780335204526
• ISBN10: 033520452X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS

Summary

(Open University Press) Univ. of Leeds, UK. This book has been produced in order to bring together critical and thought-provoking pieces on the challenges of primary care. Covers organization and delivery of primary health care and research issues. Of interest to those involved in the study or development of primary health care.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
List of abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
Part 1 Challenges of context and organization
Vision and change in primary care: past, present and future	9	(17)
Tony Dowell
Richard Neal
The changing character of service provision	26	(17)
Phil Heywood
The changing nature of primary health care teams and interprofessional relationships	43	(20)
Alison E. Wilson
Part 2 Challenges of practice
Commissioning services for older people: make haste slowly?	63	(19)
Steve Iliffe
Disability: from medical needs to social rights	82	(15)
Geoffrey Mercer
Colin Barnes
The new genetics and general practice: revolution or continuity?	97	(11)
Satinder Kumar
Socio-economic inequality: beyond the inverse care law	108	(23)
Lorna Arblaster
Adrian Hastings
Part 3 Challenges of research
Locality planning and research evidence: using primary care data	131	(21)
Joanne Jordan
Counselling: researching an evidence base for practice	152	(15)
John Mellor-Clark
Complementary medicine and primary care: towards a grassroots focus	167	(16)
Jon Adams
Philip Tovey
Postscript	183	(2)
Index	185