Researching user perspectives on community health care

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Matters of definition, Bob Heyman--utilitarian, historical and methodological issues, Bob Heyman--Accident and emergency departments in community health care, Geraldine S. Byrne; patients' views of GPs, Bob Heyman--Community maternity care, Joan E. Aarvold and Jean Davies--Client views of health visiting, Pauline Pearson--One foot on the escalator - elderly people in sheltered accommodation, Nigel Davison and Jan Reed--Care of elderly people suffering from dementia and their co-residential informal carers, Charlotte L. Clarke--The meaning and influence of disulfiram therapy from a client perspective, Tony Machin and Mike Kingham--How adults with learning difficulties and their carers see "the community", Bob Heyman and Sarah Huckle; mental illness in the community - the role of voluntary and state agencies, Elizabeth Handyside and Bob Heyman--The needs of people with HIV, their informal carers and service providers, Elizabeth Handyside--The rise and fall of a self help support project, Susan J. Milner and Don Watson--From the hospital to community health care - Foucauldian analyses, Sarah Nettleton.