by Ken Wright, Alan Haycox, Ian Leedham (1994)
The aim of this book is to describe and discuss the principles of evaluating community care services for people with learning difficulties and to explore how they have been applied in the development of policy in the last ten years. Although the contents are based heavily upon the theory and practice of micro-economic appraisal of health and social care, other social science disciplines are exploited wherever relevant. No prior knowledge of any of these disciplines is expected. The coverage of the book follows the logical steps in policy evaluation including an explanation of different approaches to evaluation, a discussion of recent policy objectives, the measurement of outcomes and costs and the policy implications of recent evaluative studies. The book concludes with an examination of the relevance of evaluative studies to the new arrangements for community care of people with learning difficulties.
Marion Bower and Judith Trowell
Describes the ways psychoanalytic ideas can be adapted and used in a wide variety of community settings to help children who are emotionally disturbed or who have been physically or sexually abused.
Lesley Cotterill and Wally Barr
Mental health reforms continue the trend in targeting people with severe and enduring mental illness (SEMI) for specialist intervention. No book has focused exclusively on this topic - until now.
Gerard M. La Forgia, Bernard F. Couttolenc
"Drawing on an eclectic array of research and evaluative studies selected from a mix of sources. Hospital Performance in Brazil: The Search for Excellence analyzes Brazilian hospital performance along several policy dimensions, including resource allocation and use, payment mechanisms, organizational and governmental arrangements, management practices, and regulation and quality." "Although a few Brazilian hospitals are world-class centers of excellence, many hospitals, including those who serve Brazil's poorest people, are low performers. Yet the Brazilian hospital system is both dynamic and pluralistic, and herein lies it strength. As is shown throughout the book, the foundations for change - approaches, ideas, innovations, and initiatives for addressing the shortcomings of underperforming facilities - are already present throughout the country's hospital system. Building on these strengths, the authors propose a policy - and practice-based hospital reform agenda that should assist policy makers and practitioners in their "search for excellence.""--book jacket.
Nicole Johns
Purge is a beautifully crafted memoir that has a Girl, Interrupted feel. In this raw and engaging account of her months in rehab, Nicole Johns documents her stay in a residential treatment facility for eating disorders. Her prose is lucid and vivid, as she seamlessly switches verb tenses and moves through time. She unearths several important themes: body image and sexuality, sexual assault and relationships, and the struggle to piece together one's path in life. While other books about eating disorders and treatment may sugarcoat the harsh realities of living with and recovering from an eating.