Morgan, J. & La Placa, V. (Eds.) (2025). Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice. A Comparative Introduction. Milton Park: Routledge.
Kai Leichsenring together with Cassandra Simmons and Johanna Fischer contributed the Chapter Emerging Long-Term Care Systems: Learning from Comparison to a comparative analysis of health and social care policy and practice from around the world, edited by Julia Morgan and Vincent La Placa, University of Greenwich.
The book provides, first, an overview of core concepts in health and social care policy and practice such as service user involvement, the promotion of wellbeing, health inequalities, funding, and integrated care – differing philosophical, socio-political, and historical perspectives that underpin these key areas in different countries are explored. The second part of the book takes a close look at a range of specific contemporary issues, such as end-of-life care, long-term conditions, homelessness, refugee and migrant health, disability, domestic abuse, substance use, and women in prison. These in-depth case study chapters enable readers to identify best practices and challenges in relation to specific areas of health and social care policy and practice.
