Full Description
This important text explores the development and current context of primary care in the UK. Taking a policy perspective it discusses the management and organisation of primary care and analyses contemporary issues and debates such as incorporation and fragmentation, inter-professional working, patient involvement and public health. It is key reading for students on health policy, social policy, nursing, medical and management courses as well as practitioners and managers working in primary care, and other health and social care services.
Contents
Preface.- PART ONE Primary Care in the UKPerspectives on Primary Care.- Primary Care: Definitions and Applications in UK Policy.- The Development of Primary Care Policy in the UK.- The Organisation of Primary Care in the UK.- PART TWO Primary Care in Action.- Primary Care Commissioning.- Inter-Professional Working in Primary Care.- Health and Social Care Partnership at the Primary Care Level.- Patients, the Public and Primary Care.- Primary Care and Public Health.- PART THREE Conclusions: Directions for Primary Care.
