The latest edition of the bestselling reader Understanding Health and Social Care combines classic works with newly commissioned material, offering readers unparalleled coverage of the key issues in health and social care. The breadth of material encompasses voices of service users, professional and lay carers, as well as academics and researchers.

This book discusses the conceptual foundation of statistical methods and specifies what questions they can, or cannot, answer when we study social phenomena. It also helps students understand the logic of statistical methods and the appropriate ways of using them.

Creativity is a key theme in early childhood studies at the moment and is increasingly highlighted in all manner of early childhood academic courses. This book will form the link between creativity and literacy with concrete examples of children's meaning making, as well as offering a protocol for students to follow.

The definitive reference source for understanding the implications of complexity science for management research and practice

A short, authoritative, innovative assessment of an emerging issue.

A timely student-orientated textbook introducing the main concepts, theories and research methods needed to study the family. Adopting a global perspective and containing plenty of critical pedagogy (case-studies, think points, key words, glossary) it's ideal for courses studying the family across the social sciences.

Unlike most other books written on evidence-based practice, this book questions whether this method always leads to the best practice possible and analyses and critiques the approach in a reflective manner.

Helps social workers to develop a rounded and considered approach to their practice with substances misusers.

This core text for student teachers training to teach the 14 - 19 years age group is written by highly experienced authors. Covering all the essentials, it makes clear links to theory and enables students to take the critical approach that they need for M-level work.

The extremely readable and accessible format of the Key Concepts series brings the reader a wealth of information, and provides a valuable reference to any student of operations management.