Objectives To assess the demand for, and likely impact of, increasing patient choice in
health care. The study examined whether patients would like to exercise choice of hospital …

Background In keeping with worldwide demographic changes and an ageing population,
people with intellectual disabilities are living longer and all the evidence suggest that this …

Disabled people experience profound discrimination and social disadvantage, but this has
not generated substantial interest among mainstream sociologists. Barnes, Mercer and …

Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism
of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and …

The authors draw on their own experiences and those of practitioners, service users and
carers to understand issues of power and oppression, demonstrating how the law can be …

This new edition has been updated to reflect recent shifts in community and social care
whilst still providing the authoritative account of its historical development. Particular …

Direct payments and personal budgets are two of the most exciting and important
developments in adult social care since the Second World War. From very small-scale …

Background: Planning for the future care of adults with an intellectual disability after the main
family carer ceases their care, continues to be a sensitive and difficult time posing …

Sponsored both by governments intent upon fiscal restraint and user movements keen to
extend choice and control,'cash-for-care'schemes are replacing direct services across …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Published titles Social Work and Power Roger Smith Social Work
Research for Social Justice Beth Humphries Forthcoming titles Anti-Racist Practice in Social …