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Micro-Enterprise and Personalisation: What Size Is Good Care?
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Micro-Enterprise and Personalisation: What Size Is Good Care?
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Catherine Needham
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By (author) Kerry Allen
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By (author) Kelly Hall
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:232 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781447319238
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| Classifications | Dewey:361.25 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
7 Tables, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
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Publishing Details |
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Bristol University Press
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| Imprint |
Policy Press
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| Publication Date |
7 December 2016 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
What size is 'just right' for a care provider? This book explores size as an independent variable in care services. Using interviews and surveys with 108 people using services and carers in 27 case-study organisations it focuses on the contribution micro-enterprise can make to the care sector.
Author Biography
Catherine Needham is Reader in Public Policy and Public Management at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. She has written extensively on social care. Kerry Allen is a lecturer at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. Her research interests include participatory research and the design and delivery of social care services. Kelly Hall is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests include health and social care social enterprises and micro-enterprises.
Reviews"A well-researched contribution by leading experts in this subject. Essential reading for policy professionals, providers of social care and the growing social and micro-enterprise community." Alex Murdock, Professor Emeritus, London South Bank University
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