Social welfare and social value : the role of the caring professions

Changes in ideas about social welfare have required caring professions to adapt their practices in ways which have challenged their underlying values and their relationships with service users. Focusing on nursing, remedial therapy and social work, this book examines core social values expressed through policy. The implications of these ideas for the caring professions in social welfare are explored, as are important questions about the use of industrial and commercial metaphors in health and human services. Front Matter....Pages i-x Front Matter....Pages 1-4 Values in Policy and Practice....Pages 5-29 Values Revisited: Need, Responsibility and Citizenship....Pages 30-53 The Role of Professional Values....Pages 54-79 Front Matter....Pages 81-84 Producing Social Welfare....Pages 85-108 Professionals as Producers....Pages 109-134 Service Users as Consumers....Pages 135-160 Front Matter....Pages 161-164 Reshaping Relations in Social Welfare....Pages 165-187 The Future of Professionalism....Pages 188-210 Back Matter....Pages 211-246 Changes in ideas about welfare have required caring professions to adapt their practices in ways which challenge their underlying values and their relationships with service users. This book examines the implications of such changes Richard Hugman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 211-234) And Index.