Published July, 2021
By Ann Leahy
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Establishing a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue, this text engages with the typically disparate fields of social gerontology and disability studies. It investigates the experiences of two groups rarely considered together in research - people ageing with long-term disability and people first experiencing disability with ageing.

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Published July, 2021
By Natalie Darko
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This crucial contribution exposes the misconception that health research and health services are equally effective for all and highlights their failures in engaging with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups. It provides essential case study examples on recruitment, engagement and partnerships with BME groups in research and public engagement.

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Published June, 2021
By Clare Bambra, Katherine E. Smith and Julia Lynch
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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC- ND This accessible, yet authoritative book shows how the pandemic is a syndemic of disease and inequality. It argues that these inequalities are a political choice and we need to learn quickly to prevent growing inequality and to reduce health inequalities in the future.

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Published March, 2021
By Susan Nancarrow and Alan Borthwick
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Drawing on case studies from optometrists, physiotherapists, pedorthists and allied health assistants, this book offers an innovative comparison of allied health occupations in Australia and Britain. Adopting a theory of the sociology of health professions, it explores how the allied health professions can achieve their professional goals.

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Published February, 2021
By Priscilla Alderson
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Critical realism helps researchers to extend and clarify their analyses. This original text draws on international examples of health and illness research across the life course, from small studies to large trials, to show how versatile critical realism can be in validating research and connecting it to policy and practice.

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Published February, 2021
By Priscilla Alderson
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Critical realism helps researchers to extend and clarify their analyses. This original text draws on international examples of health and illness research across the life course, from small studies to large trials, to show how versatile critical realism can be in validating research and connecting it to policy and practice.

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Published January, 2021
By Jan Walmsley, Simon Jarrett, Philip Ferguson, Yueh-Ching Chou, Carol Hamilton, Gudrun Stefansdottir, Agnes Turnpenny, Phyllis King Shui Wong, Danae Karydaki, Auberon Jeleel Odoom, Jane Abraham and Iva Strnadova
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Bringing together accounts of how intellectual disability was viewed, managed and experienced in countries across the globe, the book examines the origins and nature of contemporary attitudes, policy and practice and sheds light on the challenges of implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD).

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Published October, 2020
By Steve Thomas, Richard Simmons, Adrian Bonner, Rhodri Williams, Nigel Ball, Jennifer Law, Isobel Anderson, Peter Hain, Tony Chasteauneuf, Chris O'Leary and Chris Fox
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This crucial contemporary study reviews the evolving role of local authorities in health, social care and wellbeing. Health and policy experts survey disparities across Britain, share case studies of strategies and consider authorities' interaction with local and central government.

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Published October, 2020
By Steve Thomas, Richard Simmons, Adrian Bonner, Rhodri Williams, Nigel Ball, Jennifer Law, Isobel Anderson, Peter Hain, Tony Chasteauneuf, Chris O'Leary and Chris Fox
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This crucial contemporary study reviews the evolving role of local authorities in health, social care and wellbeing. Health and policy experts survey disparities across Britain, share case studies of strategies and consider authorities' interaction with local and central government.

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Published October, 2020
By Ann Hagell, Emily Roberts, Louca-Mai Brady, Simon Stones, Marie Clapham, Jennifer Preston, Robyn Challinor, Helen Mulhearn, Barry Williams, Barry Percy-Smith and Kirsche Walker
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This book explores how young people's participation can be inclusively and sustainably embedded into health services. Using rich case studies of participation in practice, Brady presents a new evidence-based framework to support policymakers and practitioners to embed young people's participation more effectively in healthcare practice.

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