ABSTRACT

Interprofessional collaboration in the health and social care services has become a commanding force, spear-headed by the Government's modernisation programme to improve partnership.
Interprofessional Collaboration highlights the benefits and factors arising from working together for patients, service users and carers through a review of theoretical models illustrated by relevant examples. Discussion of topical problems being faced by practitioners, managers, and policy-makers in the health and social care sector covers:
*Policy issues from various interprofessional angles, including the place of management, ethical issues and technology
*The application of policy to practice in working together across professions, sectors and communities, giving an overview of teamwork, new primary care policies, interprofessional agendas for family support and mental health, and users' and carers' perspectives on collaboration in practice
*Policy and practice in learning together, including theoretical challenges and developments internationally.
Relevant for all those that have an interest in matters of health, social care, welfare and caring, Interprofessional Collaboration provides comprehensive coverage on interprofessional education and policy in the UK and abroad.

part I|117 pages

Policy and interprofessional issues

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|32 pages

Policy overview

chapter 4|13 pages

Going round in circles?

Identifying interprofessional dynamics in Australian health and social welfare

part II|143 pages

From policy to practice

chapter 8|12 pages

Clinical teamwork

The impact of policy on collaborative practice

chapter 9|13 pages

New primary care policies

From professions to professionalism

chapter 10|12 pages

Journeys into thirdspace?

Health alliances and the challenge of border crossing

chapter 11|14 pages

Supporting families

An interprofessional approach?

chapter 12|14 pages

Safeguarding children together

Addressing the interprofessional agenda

chapter 13|14 pages

Collaboration between primary health and social care

From policy to practice in developing services for older people

chapter 16|14 pages

Under One Roof

An experimental interagency service for homeless people in south London

chapter 18|13 pages

Master and servant

The myth of equal partnership between the voluntary and statutory sectors

part III|95 pages

From policy to practice

chapter 19|15 pages

Unpacking interprofessional education

chapter 20|17 pages

Canada – interprofessional education and collaboration

Theoretical challenges, practical solutions

chapter 22|14 pages

Interprofessional work and education

Developments in Hong Kong

chapter 23|11 pages

Multiprofessional education

Global perspectives

chapter 24|23 pages

Conclusion