Health and Exclusion: Policy and Practice in Health Provision - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415180163 ISBN 13: 9780415180160

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Health and Exclusion is a pioneering examination of those policies and practices of exclusion currently experienced by health 'customers' in the UK.
Chapters document examples of exclusion in a number of controversial areas, including:
*the impact of poverty on the health of children
*exclusion in maternity care
*exclusion of those with mental health problems
*exclusion of the elderly in health care
*the silenced voice of the patient
*barriers to recruitment and advancement within the health professions.
The authors challenge whether New Labour policies sufficiently address the inequalities in health experienced by some sectors of society. Moreover they suggest that health professionals at times actively contribute to exclusion and suggest strategies and practices to combat marginalisation and resist exclusion.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Purdy is Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Sheffield,
David Banks is Senior Lecturer at the School of Health, University of Teesside.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415180163
• ISBN 13: 9780415180160
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Banks David, Purdy Michael