Care Matters

• Introduction - Ann BrechinLiving in Residential Care - Dorothy AtkinsonDiscovering the Present in Stories about the Past - John Adams, Joanna Bornat and Mary PrickettTerminal Care or Terminal Carelessness - Jeanne KatzYoung Carers - Stan Tucker and Penny LiddiardCare, Support or Something Else? - Jill Reynolds and Jan WalmsleyNormality and Disabling Care - John Swain and Sally FrenchTreatment or Tender Loving Care - Moyra SidellCaring in Place - Sheila M PeaceCaregiving,Carework and Professional Care - Celia DaviesThe Emergence of Care as a Policy - Julia JohnsonChanging Health Care - Linda J JonesWhat Makes for Good Care - Ann Brechin

′The impact of [the] opening chapters, all of which include the recipient′s perspective, is to raise awareness of issues to be discussed later in the book. The remaining chapters take a much more theoretical approach, but again raise improtant and current issues about the nature and context of caring. Each chapter provides a clear analysis of the debate from a particular theoretical perspective.Overall, I found the book interesting and challenging. [I]t does address very relevant and important issues and leaves the reader with a broader understanding of the nature of care and current debates about how that care should be provided. [T]he editors are able to draw out common issues and conceptualisations across a wide range of caring experiences and contexts - making the text relevant for all involved in care regardless of the context of client group. This is probably the book′s main strength.By taking this approach the editors are able to relate theory and practice in a way that will have meaning for readers from different disciplines working in a variety of different caring contexts′ - Quality in Ageing - Policy, Practice and Research