Books in the Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy series

Developing a multi-disciplinary theory of compassionate care, and underpinned by empirical examples of good practice, this volume is a valuable resource for all those interesting in understanding and supporting compassion in health care, including advanced students, academics and practitioners within medicine, nursing, psychology, allied health, sociology and philosophy.

Medicine and healthcare have become central elements in planning later life which can turn into a series of individual and political decision-making regarding various medical and healthcare policy scenarios. Planning Later Life examines the relevance of modern medicine and healthcare in shaping the lives of elderly persons and ageing societies. Combining the individual and social dimension, it discusses the ethical, social, and political consequences of increasing life expectancies and demographic change. By focusing on the field of medicine and healthcare, it engages authors and readers in a dialogue on the ethical and social implications of recent trends in dementia research and care, advance health care planning, or the rise of anti-ageing medicine and prevention. Bringing together the largely separated debates of individualist bioethics on the one hand, and public health ethics on the other, the volume deliberately considers the entanglements of envisioning, evaluating and controlling individual and societal futures.

This book provides a comprehensive knowledge base and a set of tools for conducting research and evaluation in a range of community settings. Designed for researchers and practitioners, it uses in-depth case studies and draws on international literature to support the practical guidance for conducting real-world research.

This innovative book provides a timely analysis addressing radical health care change in the context of post-Cold War, post financial crisis era, globalisation.

Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress in working with the problem has been rapid. This volume provides a much-needed international overview of the topic

More than half of children either in foster care, or adopted from care in the developed world, have a measurable need for mental health services, while up to one quarter present with complex disorders. This book outlines how services can effectively detect, prevent, and treat their mental health difficulties.

This innovative volume is designed to develop understanding about the role and contribution of social protection globally and to share innovative practice and policies from around the world.

This innovative volume is designed to develop understanding about the role and contribution of social protection globally and to share innovative practice and policies from around the world.

This book is the first comprehensive international overview of maternity services. Drawing on concepts of risk and social citizenship, it explores the relationship between welfare regimes and health policy by comparing and contrasting provision for childbearing women.