Partnership Working in Health and Social Care

摘要

This book sets out to describe the development andimplementation of integrated care and to debunk integratedcare suppositions by examples from policy andresearch. It is authored by Jon Glasby and Helen Dickinson,editors of the series Better Partnership Working. In fivechapters, the main characteristics of integrated care, fromdefinitions and its effectiveness, to evaluation tools, arepresented explicitly. The topics are discussed specifically inthe UK context and the term ‘partnership working’ is usedconsistently, as an alternative for integrated care. The bookmakes a clear contribution to integrated care by dissectingwhat policy intends it to be, what practice demonstratesit to be (or not to be), and offers different frameworks toimplement it. Boxes and tables are provided in each chapterin addition to examples from the literature. At theend of each chapter the authors offer reflective exercises,further readings to delve deeper into the topic, and otherresources such as websites of associations and professionalbodies either referenced in or relevant to the chapter.