262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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Care for the elderly, disabled and mentally-ill within and by the community forms a vital part of current social policy. Martin Bulmer argues that this policy is inadequately thought out and rests on a series of poorly founded sociological assumptions. As a result there is a vacuum at the heart of government’s social care policy which is likely to lead to ineffective or deteriorating provision... Read more
Preface; 1. The Policy Context 2. The Sociological Context 3. Personal Ties in the Provision of Social Care 4. Personal Ties and Social Networks of Care 5. The Philosophical and Sociological Bases of Caring 6. Interweaving Formal and Informal Care 7. The Future of Informal Care; References; Index
Biography
Martin Bulmer
