Vulnerable Groups in Health and Social Care
eBook - ePub

Vulnerable Groups in Health and Social Care

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Vulnerable Groups in Health and Social Care

About this book

?The book makes it easy to dip into a topic and also gives good overviews of theories and applications. This will definitely help students?

Lesley Groom, University of Bolton

Carefully-researched and highly readable this textbook looks at the experiences and health and social needs of key ?vulnerable groups?. It presents an engaging social science perspective relevant to everyone exploring how we, and society, care for the vulnerable.

Each chapter defines and explores a vulnerable social group, bringing together theoretical, policy and practice perspectives. The chapters explore contemporary debates and offer a number of differing and thought provoking viewpoints. The lively and engaging style enables the reader to engage with the client group and to reflect upon their own learning and practice in a more meaningful way.

Groups covered include:

- Disabled People

- Children

- Older People

- Those Living with Mental Illness

- Ethnic Minorities

- The Homeless.

Suggestions about further study, chapter activities and a glossary of key concepts support students? learning and develop understanding across the social sciences. The book will be invaluable for all those taking courses across health and social care. It will also be a great reference book for practitioners.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of illustrations
  6. Introducing vulnerable groups
  7. 1 Lone parents
  8. 2 People with disabilities
  9. 3 Older people
  10. 4 Children
  11. 5 Ethnic minority groups
  12. 6 The mentally ill
  13. 7 The homeless
  14. 8 Asylum seekers and refugees
  15. 9 Concluding comments: the future for vulnerable groups in health and social care
  16. Glossary
  17. References
  18. Index