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The Age of the Inquiry: Learning and Blaming in Health and Social Care - Softcover

 
9780415283168: The Age of the Inquiry: Learning and Blaming in Health and Social Care
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415283167 ISBN 13: 9780415283168
Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

The plethora of inquiry reports published in the fields of health and welfare in the 1990s covered the full range of user groups, individuals and institutions. What similarities or differences were there between these inquiries? How effective were they in bringing about change? Whose interest did they best serve? These are some of the questions The Age of the Inquiry explores in detail, bringing together distinguished contributors with personal experience of chairing or providing evidence to inquiries to consider: the participant's view of inquiries the purpose of inquiries the impact of inquiries on health and social policy inquiries into: child abuse and death; homicides by mental health service users; the abuse of adults with learning disabilities; the abuse of older people. Wide-ranging in scope, The Age of the Inquiry focuses on service and policy development. It provides an invaluable text for students, teachers and professionals from a wide range of disciplines and professional groups.

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Jill Manthorpe, Nicky Stanley

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415283167
ISBN 13 
9780415283168
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304
Editor
Manthorpe Jill, Stanley Nicky