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Give online strength to recovery
- Author:
- CLARK David
- Journal article citation:
- Addiction Today, 20(19), July 2009, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Addiction Recovery Foundation
The positive aspects of online communities for those recovering from substance abuse are discussed and one recovery community, Wired In, is described.
A protocol with misguided priorities
- Author:
- CLARKE David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 7(4), April 1994, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Questions the decision by the Welsh Office not to invest any new resources in Gentle Teaching at this time.
Partners in care: hospices and health authorities
- Author:
- CLARK David
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 165p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Report of a research study looking at the development of 2 hospice services, from a sociological point of view, within a single Health Authority over a 10 year period.
Achieving teamwork in stroke units: the contribution of opportunistic dialogue
- Author:
- CLARKE David J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interprofessional Care, 24(3), May 2010, pp.285-297.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper highlights how collaborative interdisciplinary working is central to modern health policy, where co-ordinated multidisciplinary care provided in stroke units is considered to contribute to improved patient outcomes. However, how stroke unit teams co-ordinate their work is not clearly understood. This paper reports on a study which explains how health professionals in two stroke units, in northern England, achieved teamwork. Data were generated through 220 hours of participant observation, and 34 semi-structured interviews which were undertaken during and following participant observations. A basic social process common to team working in both units was identified; which the author calls “opportunistic dialogue”. The division of labour in respect of rehabilitation activities was negotiated through this interactional process. Co-location of most team members led to repeated sharing of patient information and in exploring different perspectives. The author suggests that opportunistic dialoguing contributed to mutual learning, and explained the shift in thinking and team culture as team members moved from concern with discrete disciplinary actions to dialogue and negotiations focused on meeting patients’ needs. The findings indicate that routinely incorporating periods of joint working in which team members articulate the reasoning for their decisions and interventions, contributes to achieving interdisciplinary team working in rehabilitation settings.
Aggression in intellectual disability - a new approach
- Authors:
- TURNER Katie, CLARKE David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 14(2), June 2009, pp.28-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Aggressive behaviour is a problem for services providing care for people with intellectual disabilities, affecting the quality of life of the individual and the quality of care provided. Current research trends, which focus on risk factors and mental health problems, are discussed. Other factors that could contribute to aggression in people with intellectual disability (PWID), such as lifestyle and environmental issues are examined. A methodology that would allow for the integration of all these factors, Behavioural Sequence Analysis, is a suitable investigative approach to this problem.
Comparing institutional designs for neighbourhood renewal: neighbourhood management in Britain and the régies de quartier in France
- Authors:
- CLARK David, SOUTHERN Rebekah
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 34(1), January 2006, pp.173-191.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article provides a comparative perspective on urban regeneration strategies through an analysis of two distinct institutional designs for revitalising deprived urban neighbourhoods: neighbourhood management in Britain and the 'régies de quartier' model in France. The article draws on case studies of the Thornhill New Deal for Communities neighbourhood in Southampton and the Régie Bocca Services in Cannes to evaluate the context, philosophy and practice of partnership working and community empowerment associated with each institutional design. The article concludes by identifying some possible lessons for UK policy makers of the French experience with régies de quartier.
The Healthy Life Expectancy in Scotland report (full text)
- Authors:
- CLARK David, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report describes the conceptual issues involved in the measurement of Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE), including the measurement of life expectancy and adding the health element into Healthy Life Expectancy. It provides a worked example and assesses the level of uncertainty associated with estimates based on populations and survey samples of different sizes. It also presents HLE expectancies based on different date and finally concludes with a summary of the findings, priorities for future work and recommendations for measuring Healthy Life Expectancy.
The Healthy Life Expectancy in Scotland report (summary)
- Authors:
- CLARK David, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This is an executive summary of the Healthy Life Expectancy in Scotland report.
Soul survivors
- Authors:
- ORCHARD Helen, CLARK David
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 23.8.01, 2001, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Argues that meeting spiritual needs is a crucial aspect of caring for elderly people. But do staff in care homes understand what is meant by the term, and do they accept responsibility for it?
Reflections on palliative care
- Authors:
- CLARK David, SEYMOUR Jane
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 214p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Written from the combined and overlapping perspectives of sociology and social policy. Seeks to understand palliative care in two ways: first, it examines palliative care within the changing context of meanings, values and structures; and second shows how, despite its origins in a voluntary and independent hospice movement, palliative care has become caught up in the complex policy environment which surrounds it.