Challenging Professional Roles: Lay Carers' Involvement in Health Care in the Community
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Challenging Professional Roles: Lay Carers’ Involvement in Health Care in the Community
The bulk of care in the community is carried out by lay carers. Recent policy initiatives to support them in the United Kingdom are outlined. There remains evidence of significant gaps in support from professional health and social-care workers including community nurses. This paper reports three studies of lay carers: those caring for older people, carers of technology-dependent children, and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Policy & Administration
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0144-5596,1467-9515
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00325