This conference, held on 13 and 14 February 1986 was organised by the GLC with assistance from the King's Fund. This volume is a collection of edited conference speeches, workshop summaries and an information section. Nine key areas are identified:- prevention; medical practice; non-medical NHS workers; complementary alternative medicines; self-help; ...
The papers that comprise this collection are the proceedings of a workshop organised by the Department of Mental Health, University of Bristol, in May 1986. The workshop aimed to explore issues and strategies for ensuring quality in community services for people with mental handicap. The papers are organised and presented ...
The tour of North America on which this report is based gave health professionals from the UK an opportunity to study the ideas and practices of countries with different health care systems and an extensive experience of health promotion initiatives. The implications for this country contained in this book are ...
This report is the responsibility of a Steering Committee set up by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Association of University Teachers of Psychiatry and the Association of Psychiatrists in Training. The book explains how a future psychiatrist embarks on a professional education, and the pathway along which educational training ...
This meeting was called to bring together various professionals in the field, and to discuss good practice, the gaps and what might be done. The conference identified some of the ways in which improvement might be effected: 1) exchanging information on good and interesting practices which have been developed around ...
This publication contains four papers presented at the one-day conference - Curriculum development for health studies: a professional foundation for nurse teachers; Towards a climate of creativity: a strategy of innovation in one school of nursing (Bart's); Supporting curriculum change in nursing: trials of an educational facilitator; 8 case studies ...
The second King's Fund Forum, was held between 1-3 October 1986. A panel of twelve listened to evidence from experts in public sessions. After closed sessions, the panel discussed its report with the audience and an agreed consensus statement was then presented at a press conference. The four questions addressed ...
'Community Development in Health: Addressing the Confusions' was a one-day conference held at the King's Fund Centre on 13 June 1984, organised by the London Community Health Resource and the Community Health Initiatives Resource Unit, in collaboration with the King's Fund. This report is a collection of papers given during ...