Rights, Risks and Responsibilities : Interprofessional Working in Health and Social Care

Georgina Koubel

ISBN 10: 0230282881 / ISBN 13: 9780230282889

Published by Red Globe Press, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2012

About this Item

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Taking an interprofessional focus to reflect modern practice, this book introduces the complexity of balancing rights and risks. It helps readers to understand and evaluate their own values, knowledge and power in order to provide safer, more effective care for those they work with, including vulnerable adults and children.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rights, Risks and Responsibilities : Interprofessional Working in Health and Social Care
• Publisher: Red Globe Press, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230282881
• ISBN 13: 9780230282889
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 13D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 360 grams

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Synopsis

This text offers discussion, challenges, and case studies that enable reflection upon the complexities of working with vulnerable people. It helps students and practitioners to be aware of their own values, knowledge and power, in order to manage the balance between rights and risks while maintaining a focus on their responsibilities.

About the Author

GEORGINA KOUBEL is senior lecturer in Social Work at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Following several years undertaking generic social work in London, she moved to Kent where she has specialized in developing her interest in the area of adult services. In addition to working as a care manager, Georgina has been a practice teacher, and an Adult Services training manager/consultant, developing new training programs for practitioners in Kent Adult Social Services. Since taking up the role of Senior Lecturer in 2003, she has built on her experience within interprofessional education, currently taking on the lead for the Post Qualifying Specialist Social Work pathway for practitioners in Adult Services.She hasparticular interests and expertise in the areas of adult safeguarding, equalities and diversity, disability discourses, and person-centered approaches to working with vulnerable adults and their networks.

HILARY BUNGAY, PhD, is senior lecturer in Radiography, with a part-time secondment as a Senior Research Fellow at the Sidney de Haan Research Center for Arts and Health at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Her research interests are diverse and include the health of older people, the potential role of the arts in health and well-being, and the organization of cancer services. Hilary has also conducted research into the role of personal tutors in supporting students. Her Publications include The Challenge of Person-centred Care: An Interprofessional Perspective (2008), co-edited with Georgina Koubel.