The Age of the Inquiry Learning and Blaming in Health and Social Care [Hardcover]

The plethora of inquiry reports published in the fields of health and welfare in the 1990s covered the full range of user groups, individuals and institutions. What similarities or differences were there between these inquiries? How effective were they in bringing about change? Whose interest did they best serve?

These are some of the questions The Age of the Inquiryexplores in detail, bringing together distinguished contributors with personal experience of chairing or providing evidence to inquiries to consider:

 the participant's view of inquiries
the purpose of inquiries
the impact of inquiries on health and social policy
inquiries into: child abuse and death; homicides by mental health service users; the abuse of adults with
learning disabilities; the abuse of older people.

Wide-ranging in scope, The Age of the Inquiryfocuses on service and policy development. It provides an invaluable text for students, teachers and professionals from a wide range of disciplines and professional groups.

Introduction: The inquiry as Janus, Nicky Stanley and Jill ManthorpePart 1: Participating in inquiries1. Mental health inquiries  Cui Bono?, Herschel Prins2. The familys perspective, Paul and Audrey Edwards3. Staff and patient perspectives on the Fallon Inquiry into the Personality Disorder Service at Ashworth High Secure Hospital, Pete MeliaPart 2: Inquiries into child abuse and deaths4. The impact of child abuse inquiries since 1990, Eileen Munro5. From Cornwall to Climb?: Inquiring into fatal child abuse, Peter Reder and Sylvia Duncan6. The costs and benefits of the North Wales Tribunal Inquiry, Brian CorbyPart 3: Inquiries into mental health homicides7. Mental health inquiries, al“.