Personal Social Services

by Robert Adams

Published 13 August 1996
This book sets out the major features of the personal social services in Britain tracing their past, present and discussing possible futures. It includes a study of the social, political and legal basis for policy and practice and considers the shortcomings, strengths and impact of social services provision on users and workers giving emphasis to the changing relationships between public provision by the state, voluntary and private provision, and self-help in the wake of internal markets in health and social care.