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The Tavistock Institute holds a unique place in the development of the social and behavioural sciences. Established in 1947 the focus of the organization has always been on the study of human relations in the context of the family, the work group and the larger organization. Constantly innovative, the Institute has been a pioneer of such key methodologies as group dynamics, action-research and organizational development.Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Instit...

Anthropological observations on mankind have been instrumental in the development of the behavioural and social sciences. The Tavistock Press published many key works in this area and, reprinted here, is a selection of those titles which helped to inform further research into the study of human relations. Titles include the classic work Man in Africa, edited by Mary Douglas and Phyllis M. Kaberry, which provides challenges of far-reaching significance to the study of anthropology as a whole. Oth...

Teamworking is represented as playing a central role in the improvement of health and social care. However, it is mentioned so often, with so many different promises, that there is danger of it being seen as misguided rhetoric rather than practical reality. Although, in theory, working in teams sounds easy, doing it in practice within the complex systems today's practitioners are faced with is incredibly difficult, complicated and often frustrating. This accessible text introduces a range of th...

In an era of escalating conflict- and climate-induced migration and cross-border interaction, transnational-competency (TC) preparation for displaced persons, members of their host communities, humanitarian responders, and health-care professionals is increasingly critical. Building on insights from those engaged with a range of humanitarian crises and global-justice contexts along with multidisciplinary-research findings, this cutting-edge volume provides practical guidelines for preparing stak...

In the summer of 1964 medical professionals, mostly white and northern, organized the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) to provide care and support for civil rights activists organizing black voters in Mississippi. They left their lives and lucrative private practices to march beside and tend the wounds of demonstrators from Freedom Summer, the March on Selma, and the Chicago Democratic Convention of 1968. Galvanized and sometimes radicalized by their firsthand view of disenfranchised co...

This introductory textbook illustrates how political and social theory is applied to social policy. The theoretical material is related directly to examples to highlight its importance in practice.

The debate about health care reform has gone on for many years. The debate has generated often innovative ideas for reform that transcend national boundaries. For example, proposals have been made for an extension of health insurance with a framework of social protection; progressive development of funding methods; controls on expenditure; bringing benefits into line with what is actually needed; and the application of technological advances. The book concentrates on health insurance policy inn...

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Provides a social, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective on health, illness, and medicine. Analyzes first-hand, participant observer-based, qualitative studies in the field.

For over forty years Wolf Wolfensberger has been a significant figure in the world of human services, especially in the field of learning disability. His work on normalization and citizen advocacy in the late 1960s and early 1970s has been acknowledged by supporters and critics alike to have been fundamental to developments in a number of countries, most notably his adopted country, and the USA, Canada, Australasia, and the UK. His further work in developing the theory of social role valorizatio...