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 UK: The Context
Policy Perspectives 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.
