These papers were first presented at a seminar on the management of chronic illness, in a series supported by the King's Fund as a contribution to the study of priorities in medical care and the performance of management in relation to medical services. This publication comprises the papers which were ...
Since 1975, a series of study days have been held at the King's Fund Centre to explore the problems of life in residential units for young disabled people. A common theme at these meetings was the isolation felt by both residents and staff. The report covers the type of care ...
The major aim of this directory has been to concentrate on organisations working in the health area. Several of the social welfare type of organisations have been included for two reasons. Firstly, because many organisations, although not set up to deal specifically with problems of illness or handicap, nevertheless operate ...
This review, which continues the series begun many years ago, is the first to relate to a complete calendar year. It follows the layout established a year ago and it describes the activities of a particularly busy year. In the first section, the interest areas of the Centre are described; ...
In recent years there has been considerable discussion about how the National Training Scheme (NTS) has been run and how it might evolve in the future. Over the past eighteen months, Regional Supervisors responsible for organising the NTS in the four Thames and Wessex regions have met regularly at the ...
This conference was the second of two designed to examine the ways in which care for the elderly in Denmark, is provided, and to compare those ways with the provision of similar services in the United Kingdom. Members of the study team who visited Denmark each gave their impressions of ...
In June 1978, a small multi-disciplinary group consisting of two doctors, a nurse and a social worker spent a week in Denmark studying the Danish approach to care of the elderly. The conference was held to examine the Danish experience of long-term care for the elderly. Discussion focussed on what ...
The aim of the conference was to ascertain the support for setting up a working party to consider a central system of processing applications for nurse training. The conference was organised by the South East Thames Regional Nurse Training Committee following meetings with the North East and North West Thames ...