
Managing Vulnerability
The Underlying Dynamics of Systems of Care
Tim Dartington(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. July 2019
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-367-32549-7 (ISBN)
Description
Clinicians, managers and researchers - as well as politicians and religious leaders - are worrying about a lack of compassion and humanity in the care of vulnerable people in society. In this book The author explores the dynamics of care. He argues that we know how to do it, but somehow we seem to keep getting it wrong. Poor care in hospitals and c
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
529 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-32549-7 (9780367325497)
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Dartington, Tim
Content
Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Individual Survival and Organizational Life -- Thinking about systems of care -- The gang in the organization -- Self and identity: defences against vulnerability -- The question of dependency -- The pursuit of common unhappiness -- The Survival of the Unfittest -- The management challenge -- The isolation of care services -- Mediating between systems -- The case for integration -- Human nature and organizational change -- True and false relationship in health and social care -- The costs of care -- The Personal and the Professional -- An Alzheimer's case study -- My unfaithful brain: a journey into Alzheimer's Disease -- Learning to live with dementia -- Two weeks in 2006 -- The realities of care -- Postscript-learning from experience -- Conclusions -- Reflections on partnership: can we allow systems to care?