Successive government policies have created a situation where most residential and nursing care is provided by the independent sector. It is in the nature of a marketized and privatized care system that homes will periodically close or change ownership. The…

This paper describes an evaluation of a child and adolescent mental health project located in a large County in Eastern England. The project was one of eight developed in the voluntary sector and supported by the UK Mental Health Foundation…

While the concept of mixed-methods research is more usually associated with combining
quantitative and qualitative approaches, this paper outlines a study that mixed methods by
undertaking qualitative theory testing and derivation when examining the relationship between
health promotion theory and…

Colette Paul's story explores, in a humorous way, how the stuff of `real life' is transformed by the writer into `material' for fiction. It also address some anxieties about teaching Creative Writing. However, while these concerns frame `Real life' as…

This paper is based on a research project which has, on the demand side, investigated how entrepreneurs at the head of small and medium sized, domestically owned private enterprises are coping with the problem of internationalising their business operations within…

The ending of the war with France in 1815 brought a severe recession to Britain as orders for war goods were cancelled and 200 000 demobilized service personnel rejoined the labor market. Unemployment and even starvation were a part of…

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This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in British Journal of Social Work following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version, Beckett, C. & McKeigue, B., 2010. Objects of concern: caring for children during care proceedings.…

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in British Journal of Social Work following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: McKeigue, B. & Beckett, C., 2010. Squeezing the toothpaste tube: will tackling court delay result…

In the past, as in the present, older people constituted the
largest single group of recipients of nursing care in both
hospital and community settings. However, the practical
realities associated with providing that nursing care and the
changing organisational frameworks…