Contemporary Primary Care : The Challenges of Change Book

	Notes on contributors	vii
	Acknowledgements	ix
	List of abbreviations	xi
	Introduction	1
Part 1	Challenges of context and organization
1	Vision and change in primary care: past, present and future	9
2	The changing character of service provision	26
3	The changing nature of primary health care teams and interprofessional relationships	43
Part 2	Challenges of practice
4	Commissioning services for older people: make haste slowly?	63
5	Disability: from medical needs to social rights	82
6	The new genetics and general practice: revolution or continuity?	97
7	Socio-economic inequality: beyond the inverse care law	108
Part 3	Challenges of research
8	Locality planning and research evidence: using primary care data	131
9	Counselling: researching an evidence base for practice	152
10	Complementary medicine and primary care: towards a grassroots focus	167
	Postscript	183
	Index	185