Social Policy for Nurses and the Helping Professions

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Peckham, Stephen	-
dc.contributor.author	Meerabeau, Liz	-
dc.date.accessioned	2019-01-10T15:13:44Z	-
dc.date.available	2019-01-10T15:13:44Z	-
dc.date.issued	2007	-
dc.identifier.isbn	978 0 335 219 629	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/34729	-
dc.description	The discipline of social policy is relatively new, at least in comparison with other social sciences. The study of social policy began at the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1950 and was mainly concerned with the training of welfare professionals during a period of expansion in the welfare state. This led to a focus, within the discipline, on the statutory sector – on what the welfare state itself provided. Close links, between the then Labour government and Fabian socialists such as Richard Titmuss (head of the social policy department at the LSE), led to a demand for information to guide the future expansion of the post-war welfare state. The scope of the discipline in these early years was, therefore, strongly influenced by the institutional structures of the welfare state	-
dc.language	en	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Open University	en_US
dc.subject	Social Policy for Nurses and the Helping Professions	en_US
dc.title	Social Policy for Nurses and the Helping Professions	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
Appears in Collections:	Social Work

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