Jo Hogan – författare

Introducing Health and Social Care provides a comprehensive overview of the Health and Social Care sector in the United Kingdom, with a discussion of key contemporary developments and challenges.Health and Social Care, while being in a state of turbulence, continues to offer exciting and worthwhile opportunities to work in human services that are vital for our society. This volume aims to provide a future workforce with a deep understanding of how people's needs arise, and the tools required to provide and lead essential services. Designed to enable students to develop creative and alternative ways of thinking, this textbook offers a unique perspective relating to distinctive fields of Health and Wellbeing and Social Care, before analysing the increasingly integrated nature of working in these sectors. All chapters are presented with essential pedagogical features for effective study, including listed objectives, boxed summaries, case studies, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading.Informed by theoretical and practical insights from a team of contributors with extensive experience both working in, and educating about, sectors relating to Health and Social Care, this book will be essential reading for students studying at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Introducing Health and Social Care provides a comprehensive overview of the Health and Social Care sector in the United Kingdom, with a discussion of key contemporary developments and challenges.Health and Social Care, while being in a state of turbulence, continues to offer exciting and worthwhile opportunities to work in human services that are vital for our society. This volume aims to provide a future workforce with a deep understanding of how people's needs arise, and the tools required to provide and lead essential services. Designed to enable students to develop creative and alternative ways of thinking, this textbook offers a unique perspective relating to distinctive fields of Health and Wellbeing and Social Care, before analysing the increasingly integrated nature of working in these sectors. All chapters are presented with essential pedagogical features for effective study, including listed objectives, boxed summaries, case studies, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading.Informed by theoretical and practical insights from a team of contributors with extensive experience both working in, and educating about, sectors relating to Health and Social Care, this book will be essential reading for students studying at undergraduate and postgraduate level.