A Handbook for Interprofessional Practice in the Human Services: Learning to Work Together

by Brian Littlechild (Editor), Roger Smith (Editor)

Overview

A Handbook for Inter-professional Practice in the Human Services: Learning to Work Together is an essential text for all students of inter-professional education, and for practitioners looking to understand and develop better inter-agency working.

With an emphasis on working collaboratively with fellow professionals, service users and the community, and developing an holistic approach to working, this is an essential resource for anyone studying on courses in social work, nursing, education, health, medicine, social policy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and dentistry, and for all those with an interest in the human services.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317862420
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/08/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	350
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Brian Littlechild

Table of Contents

Introduction, Brian Littlechild, Roger Smith; Part 1 Key Issues in Interprofessional and Interagency Working in Health and Social Care; Chapter 1 Working together: why it’s important and why it’s difficult, Roger Smith; Chapter 2 The drivers and dynamics of interprofessional working in policy and practice, Roger Smith; Chapter 3 Change and challenge in interprofessional education, Hugh Barr; Chapter 4 Keeping interprofessional practice honest: fads and critical reflections, Hugh McLaughlin; Chapter 5 Working in partnership to develop local arrangements for interagency and interprofessional services: a case study, John Hughes, Sue Urwin; Chapter 6 Information-sharing agreements between agencies and professionals: making use of law, policy and professional codes, Sue Urwin, Stephanie Sadler; Part 2 Interprofessional and Interagency Working with Different Service-User Groups; Chapter 7 Mental health, Di Bailey; Chapter 8 Learning disabilities, Michelle Culwick, Carolyn Wallace; Chapter 9 Safeguarding children and child protection, Mary McColgan, Anne Campbell, James Marshall; Chapter 10 Children in need, looked-after children and interprofessional working, Nick Frost; Chapter 11 Older people, Michelle Cornes; Chapter 12 End-of-life care, Suzy Croft; Chapter 13 Rehabilitation and disabled people, Glenis Donaldson, Bob Sapey; Part 3 Interprofessional and Interagency Working: Service Users, Carers and Different Professional Groups; Chapter 14 Service-user issues: Rights, needs and expectations, Peter Beresford; Chapter 15 Member of the team? Carers’ experience of interprofessional working: key issues in current policy and practice, Carmel Byers, Creating Links; Chapter 16 The barriers presented by power, control and agency agendas on carer participation in interprofessional working: promoting inclusionary practice1‘Creating Links’ is a service users and carers group involved in all aspects of social work education at the University of Hertfordshire., Carmel Byers, Creating Links; Chapter 17 Teachers and education, Mary Rees; Chapter 18 Medicine and teamworking, Liz Anderson, Angela Lennox; Chapter 19 Occupational therapists, Chris McKenna, Cath Wright; Chapter 20 Social workers, Steve J. Hothersall; Chapter 21 Physiotherapists, Patricia White; Chapter 22 Nursing interprofessionally, Paul Illingworth; Chapter 23 Learning to work together: Experience from pharmacy, Neena Lakhani, Brian Simon; Chapter 24 Working together in dentistry: the key issues and challenges, Pamela Ward;