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Topic outline

 

  • Time: 4 hours
    Level: Introductory

 
 

Introduction

  • Introduction Resource
  • In this unit we explore questions of access to community services. To make what might be quite a dry task more challenging we use a fictionalised case study of two people for whom access to community services...
 

1: Introducing Jim and Marianne

  • 1: Introducing Jim and Marianne Resource
  • Jim and Marianne’s story is based on a real couple, but heavily fictionalised to protect their identity. Their story is a way of tracking the intricacies of the health and care system through the eyes...
 

2: Moral dilemmas

  • 2: Moral dilemmas Resource
  • It is clear from the account of Jim and Marianne's lives that they need some help. But do they deserve help? Some of our course testers had very strong reactions to the inclusion of drug users in a course...
 

3: Testing the limits

  • 3: Testing the limits Resource
  • Choosing Jim and Marianne as the central case study in the unit was a deliberate strategy to enable you to consider conflicts at the very heart of health and social care:
 

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