The conference was asked to confine its attention to three groups of people who might need asylum: adults with persistent major mental health problems including those problems specific to age and dementia; those with mental health problems and behavioural problems; people with aggressive or challenging behaviour. Having listened to evidence ...
The Task Force was established in 1986 to help health authorities to implement equal opportunities policies for all racial groups in the health service. This 'model' policy has been created from a number of policies sent to the Task Force by health authorities, using those sections which seem most suitable ...
`Taking a break' has been written drawing on the advice of carers themselves. Part one looks at carers' concerns and feelings. The second part describes the various kinds of breaks that are available and points to some of their advantages and disadvantages. Part three gives information about arranging breaks. The ...
This volume is the programme and abstracts of the consensus conference on screening for foetal and genetic abnormality and is for use by the panel and the audience as a reference guide to the deliberations of the conference. With the decline of infectious diseases as the major cause of perinatal ...
This book describes the first appointment of the Medical Officer of Health, and sets out the development of the office and its increasing responsibilities and achievements. An epilogue outlines the influences which led to the abolition of the post in 1974. This collection provides a timely opportunity to reconsider the ...
This report is derived from a memorandum submitted to the Griffiths review of community care. It endorses the Audit Commission's diagnosis of the problems besetting community care while expressing reservations over its proposed solutions. The report recommends the adoption of a set of measures designed to build upon what is ...
This report was commissioned from the King's Fund by the chairman of the twelve District Health Authorities. It was felt that there was a lack of a factual basis against which to assess the London-wide implications of the plans of the four Thames Regional Health Authorities. This report, which is ...
This is the first in the annual series of volumes on medical law and ethics based on lectures given at King's College London. The contributors, who came from a wide a range of disciplines and represent diverse interests, review important issues in the forefront of recent controversy, relating particularly to ...
The law relating to the Court of Protection is complicated and there are few useful books and articles about it that are readily available. Also the Court is changing. It was decided to invite a number of people to produce, brief, clear outlines of the law on a number of ...