International Perspectives on Health and Social Care Partnership Working in Action

by Glasby, Jon; Dickinson, Helen

• ISBN13: 9781405167437
• ISBN10: 1405167432
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-09
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Partnership Working in Health and Social Care adopts a thematic approach to health and social care partnerships. With chapters by leading international commentators, the book covers key topics in partnership with a dual focus on both policy and practice.

Author Biography

Jon Glasby is Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. A board member of the UK’s Social Care Institute for Excellence, Jon also sits on the editorial boards of journals such as the Journal of Integrated Care and the International Journal of Integrated Care.

Helen Dickinson is a Lecturer in Health Care Policy and Management at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. Helen’s main research interest is in inter-agency collaboration and particularly evaluating collaboration in terms of service user outcomes.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vi
The Series	p. viii
Foreword	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Partnership working and organisational culture	p. 10
Interprofessional practice	p. 27
Partnership working: key concepts and approaches	p. 42
Key elements in effective partnership working	p. 56
Integrated service models: an exploration of North American models and lessons	p. 68
Working across the health and social care boundary	p. 81
Partnerships in the digital age	p. 95
The economics of integrated care	p. 107
Self-management with others: the role of partnerships in supporting self-management for people with long-term conditions	p. 121
Self-directed support as a framework for partnership working	p. 136
The outcomes of health and social care partnerships	p. 152
Index	p. 167
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