This thought-provoking book examines breakdowns in the quality of
health and social care over the past decade, exploring governance
failures and the challenges of achieving lasting change. Failures
in care have been manifest across many different settings. Drawing
on examples from care of older people and end-of-life care, as well
as from learning disabilities, mental health, maternity care and
services for vulnerable children, Neil Small shows that the same
sorts of problems are evident across these settings and that they
are occurring up to the present day. Discussing culture change
alongside levels of funding and the impact of prevailing political
and economic orthodoxies, and through the lens of shifts of trust
in society, this book argues that the concept of culture must be
cast much wider than organisational and professional cultures if
change is to be secured. This book engages with how to improve
quality of care in the NHS and welfare systems more generally. Its
case examples are from the UK but the issues of governance, culture
change and shifts in the social contract that failures illuminate
have an international relevance. It is important reading for those
with an interest in health, social care, political science, and
sociology.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Neil Small
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-236517-6 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-03-236517-X |
Barcode: |
9781032365176 |
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