Health and social welfare are the cornerstones to the well-being of the community as a whole. They are underpinned by those networks of relationships among persons, firms, and institutions in a society, together with associated norms of behaviour, trust, cooperation, etc., that enable a society to function effectively. The SAGE Library of Health and Social Welfare focuses on the critical and reflective nature of theory, policy and practice in health and social welfare. By bringing together seminal works from across the health and social welfare spectrum, from social work and nursing to social care and community work, these multi-volume collections encourage dialogue and debate on those issues relating to public and government intervention into social life.