1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456156903321

Titolo

Key policy issues in long-term care [[electronic resource] /] / [editors, J. Brodsky, J. Habib, and M. Hirschfeld]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2003

ISBN

1-280-06046-8

9786610060467

92-4-068082-9

0-585-46811-7

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 270 p

Collana

World Health Organization collection on long-term care

Altri autori (Persone)

BrodskyJenny

HabibJack

HirschfeldMiriam

Disciplina

362.16

Soggetti

Long-term care of the sick - Government policy

Long-term care of the sick - United States

Caregivers

Integrated delivery of health care

Integrated delivery of health care - Europe

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Cross-Cluster Initiative on Long-Term Care, World Health Organization, Geneva and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Health of the Elderly, JCD-Brookdale Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The role of and support to the family -- pt. 2. Issues of integration and coordination -- pt. 3. Human resources -- pt. 4. Evaluating long-term care -- pt. 5. Choosing overall LTC strategies.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784492703321

Titolo

Democracy at risk [[electronic resource] ] : how political choices undermine citizen participation and what we can do about it / / Stephen Macedo ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-81330-X

9786610813308

0-8157-9786-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MacedoStephen <1957->

Disciplina

321.8

323.0420973

323/.042/0973

Soggetti

Political participation - United States

Citizenship - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Toward a political science of citizenship -- National electoral processes -- The American metropolis -- Associational life and the nonprofit and philanthropic sector -- Conclusion: Assessing our political science of citizenship.

Sommario/riassunto

"Documents how recent trends in civic engagement have been shaped by political institutions and public policies and recommends ways to increase the amount, quality, and distribution of civic engagement, focusing on elections, the metropolis, and the nonprofit sector and philanthropy"--Provided by publisher.