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Teamwork Sue Hutchings

Teamwork By Sue Hutchings

Teamwork by Sue Hutchings


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Summary

Health and social care policy and theories can evolve at an ever increasing speed, making the simple act of keeping up-to-date and informed difficult and exhausting. This book guides you through the key concepts, ideas, policy and politics that are involved in multi-professional teamworking, and aims to make sense of collaborative working.

Teamwork Summary

Teamwork: A Guide to Successful Collaboration in Health and Social Care by Sue Hutchings

In today's world, health and social care policy and theories can evolve and be disseminated at an ever increasing speed, making the simple act of keeping up-to-date and informed difficult and exhausting. This book: will guide you through the key concepts, ideas, policy and politics that are involved in multi-professional teamworking today; aims to make sense of collaborative working, and to help illuminate the implications this has for practice and professional development; is practically orientated, and based on the authors' own thoughts, research and experiences; will develop your understanding of the nature of collaboration and provide you with ideas on how to begin to nurture collaboration in your own workplace setting. Ultimately, the most important outcome of this way of working is better quality care for patients and more person centred, needs-led health and social services.

Teamwork Reviews

'Each chapter is clearly written...there is an extensive bibliography related to teamwork and additional resources including relevant websites.' - Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapists 'This is a remarkably accessible, no-nonsense guide...This potentially complicated subject is handled deftly, and above all, sanely. Managers, staff, and students alike should find this a useful resource.' - www.careandhealth.com 'This book provides plenty of ideas to take forward. It is easy to read and there are clear diagrams, action plans and probing questions...a 'must' for any therapist working in hospitals, community settings and social care. It would also be extremely helpful to managers setting up new services.' - Michelle Fowler, SLT Intensive neurorehabilitation team, Croydon Primary care Trust, Bulletin "The authors' extensive experience working as health-care professionals is evident when reading this book...well references...enhanced by clear print, explanatory illustrations and tables.' - Monica Lovatt, Care Home Owner and Manager, Abingdon, Oxon, Nursing & Residential Care 'First impressions of the book were the impressive font size and overall presentation. Overall the authors provide a relevant text appropriate for uni-professional or interprofessional pre-qualifying learning.' - Richard Pitt, Health Lecturer & Chair of Faculty Advisory Group for Interprofessional Learning, School of Nursing, Nottingham University, Learning in Healthcare 'It offers practical help.' - Working with Older People 'Overall, this book is a comprehensive resource for practitioners seeking solutions to difficulties when implementing true multi-professional team working.' - Marion Hodgson, Journal of Community Nursing 'Useful and engaging...the imperative for collaborative approaches to care is underpinned by useful references to UK legislation and the codes of practice of different professional bodies.' - Marjorie Talbot, Health Visitor, Oxford City NHS Primary care Trust, Community Practitioner 'This is a useful and practical reference for those embarking on multi-professional working.' - Judith Anderson, SLT Co-ordinator (mainstream services), Cotswold and Vale PCT, Speech & Language Therapy in Practice

About Sue Hutchings

Sue Hutchings is principal Lecturer in Occupational Therapy at Oxford Brookes University. She is the co-author of The Social Skills Handbook (Speechmark, 1991) and has worked as an occupational therapist in mental health, both in a psychiatric hospital and in the community. Judy Hall is Head of the Rehabilitation Studies Department at the School Care, Oxford Brookes University. Her clinical background is as a Physiotherapist working in a general hospital before setting up a Community Physiotherapy Service. After working as a Lecturer Practitioner at Oxford Brookes University,. After working as a Lecturer Practitioner at Oxford Brookes University, Barbara Lovelady went to the University of Chester where she worked as a Senior Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer Practitioner in Critical Care until 2008. She is currently working in Primary Care as a Practice Nurse in Chester.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Section A: Learning by doing - personal reflections on collaboration; Section B: Understanding the nature of collaboration; Section C: The benefits of collaboration; Section D: Preventing collaboration; Section E: Demonstrating collaboration

Additional information

GOR007937040
9780863882760
0863882765
Teamwork: A Guide to Successful Collaboration in Health and Social Care by Sue Hutchings
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2003-04-17
224
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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