Community Care Foundations for Practice

This book provides information for all students throughout their community modules and on clinical placement. It takes the reader through the various aspects of community care and sets it within a social and health care context. The text brings together the issues on sociology, social policy and nursing which must be addressed, and encourages the reader to relate the theory into practice. Chapters follow a set format, offering a uniform approach for course use, starting with key objectives followed by boxed information to highlight particular points within the text. Each chapter concludes with references and further reading.