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Health and social care needs in minority communities: an over-problematized issue?
- Author:
- BLAKEMORE Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 8(1), January 2000, pp.22-30.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
As far as Britain's black and South Asian communities are concerned, the development of health and social care in the community is often perceived to be problematic. For some minority groups this view is justified. This paper examines the argument about the health and social care needs in minority communities by focusing on the care of older people. It accepts that problems of racism in the planning and delivery of services are serious and lead to limited access to, and under-use of, social services by some. However, it is evident that some minority communities are in a much better position than others to meet the care needs of older people.