Eileen Mcleod
Biographic Data
| ID | 4497891 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eileen Mcleod |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eileen |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcleod |
| SIGNATURE | MCLEOD E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Women Working
Women who work as prostitutes are struggling against a disadvantaged position in society. The relative poverty in which many women still live in is seen as the cause for prostitution, in that sex is their most saleable commodity and can bring them substantial financial rewards. Originally published in 1982 and drawing on her involvement with PROS (Programme for Reform of the Law on Soliciting), one of the Street Prostitutes’ Campaigns in Britain,…
Women Working
Exploring the impact of health inequalities on the health of adults with intellectual disability from their perspective
Across every indicator of health inequality, adults with intellectual disability are disadvantaged. However, first-hand accounts from adults with intellectual disability exploring the impact health inequalities have for their health and are absent from the literature. The research was underpinned by a participatory approach, involving Men with intellectual disability as members of a steering group and through 20 interviews. Thematic analysis reve…
Social Work, Health and Equality
Good intentions, increased inequities
Addressing the quality of services provided in Emergency Departments (EDs) has been a central area of development for UK government policy since 1997. Amongst other aspects of this concern has been the recognition that EDs constitute a critical boundary between the community and the hospital and a key point for the identification of social care needs. Consequently, EDs have become the focus for a variety of service developments which combine the …
For the Sake of their Health
Facilitating older service users’ requirements for access to or re-engagement in social networks following hospital discharge is recognized in social care analysis and policy as critically important. This is because of the associated benefits for restoring physical health and psychological well-being. However, it tends to be a neglected dimension of current social care/intermediate care. Our paper draws on a qualitative study of voluntary sector …
Emergency department social work in the UK and Sweden
Social work based in hospital emergency departments (EDs) in Sweden and the UK reflects a wider European social/health care policy trend. A key focus is on diverting older frequent ED attenders from ‘inappropriate’ hospital re-attendance or emergency admission, because of social care problems. However, previously there has been no evaluation of the significance of ED social work for health and well-being, from the standpoint of older frequent ED …
Social Work in Accident and Emergency Departments
Well-established internationally, the current development of social work in UK accident and emergency (A&E) departments is part of a conjoint health/social care policy drive to divert older people from 'unnecessary' admission to acute hospital care on social grounds. However, from older service users' standpoint, the prime criterion for assessing A&E social work is not its powers of diversion, but its contribution to optimum health and social car…
Hospital social work in Sweden and the UK
In Swedish and UK practice, interest is developing in social work's contribution to tackling service users' unequal chances and experience of physical health. This is through alleviating disadvantaged social conditions such as relative poverty which service users face and which are associated with health inequalities. Ready access to social work services is an essential preliminary if service users are to gain the material and social resources se…
Social Work in Primary Health Care Settings
Journal Article Social Work in Primary Health Care Settings Get access Eileen McLeod Eileen McLeod Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 32, Issue 1, 1 January 2002, Pages 121–122, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/32.1.121 Published: 01 January 2002
Tackling Inequalities in Physical Health
We argue that tackling the impact of social inequality on physical health should become a central objective of social work and intrinsic to the development of anti-oppressive practice. This is on three grounds. First, the suffering embodied in inequality in physical health should be a cause of concern to social workers, as a pervasive social problem. Secondly, awareness of social work's complicity in contributing to such a problem, through its hi…
Women with secondary breast cancer
This article discusses the significance of a new practice initiative in the area of palliative care: the emergence of a network of self-help support groups to meet the requirements of women with secondary breast cancer. It examines the case for self-help support groups with this specific focus, the extent to which such groups help in tackling the daunting demands faced by the women concerned and the contribution of what are still regarded as nove…
Care management
This article analyses an attempt to challenge inadequate provision of information about services and restricted access to them. It presents the advantages of such an approach for users and provides evidence of some of the major constraints on such initiatives becoming routine. It draws on a small scale action research project carried out by a Community Care team and the author, in a rehabilitation hospital for older patients (aged 75 or over). Th…
Women Working
Social Work in Accident and Emergency Departments
Well-established internationally, the current development of social work in UK accident and emergency (A&E) departments is part of a conjoint health/social care policy drive to divert older people from 'unnecessary' admission to acute hospital care on social grounds. However, from older service users' standpoint, the prime criterion for assessing A&E social work is not its powers of diversion, but its contribution to optimum health and social car…
Exploring the impact of health inequalities on the health of adults with intellectual disability from their perspective
Across every indicator of health inequality, adults with intellectual disability are disadvantaged. However, first-hand accounts from adults with intellectual disability exploring the impact health inequalities have for their health and are absent from the literature. The research was underpinned by a participatory approach, involving Men with intellectual disability as members of a steering group and through 20 interviews. Thematic analysis reve…
Tackling Inequalities in Physical Health
We argue that tackling the impact of social inequality on physical health should become a central objective of social work and intrinsic to the development of anti-oppressive practice. This is on three grounds. First, the suffering embodied in inequality in physical health should be a cause of concern to social workers, as a pervasive social problem. Secondly, awareness of social work's complicity in contributing to such a problem, through its hi…
For the Sake of their Health
Facilitating older service users’ requirements for access to or re-engagement in social networks following hospital discharge is recognized in social care analysis and policy as critically important. This is because of the associated benefits for restoring physical health and psychological well-being. However, it tends to be a neglected dimension of current social care/intermediate care. Our paper draws on a qualitative study of voluntary sector …
Hospital social work in Sweden and the UK
In Swedish and UK practice, interest is developing in social work's contribution to tackling service users' unequal chances and experience of physical health. This is through alleviating disadvantaged social conditions such as relative poverty which service users face and which are associated with health inequalities. Ready access to social work services is an essential preliminary if service users are to gain the material and social resources se…
Women Working
Care management
This article analyses an attempt to challenge inadequate provision of information about services and restricted access to them. It presents the advantages of such an approach for users and provides evidence of some of the major constraints on such initiatives becoming routine. It draws on a small scale action research project carried out by a Community Care team and the author, in a rehabilitation hospital for older patients (aged 75 or over). Th…
Women with secondary breast cancer
This article discusses the significance of a new practice initiative in the area of palliative care: the emergence of a network of self-help support groups to meet the requirements of women with secondary breast cancer. It examines the case for self-help support groups with this specific focus, the extent to which such groups help in tackling the daunting demands faced by the women concerned and the contribution of what are still regarded as nove…
Tackling Inequalities in Physical Health
We argue that tackling the impact of social inequality on physical health should become a central objective of social work and intrinsic to the development of anti-oppressive practice. This is on three grounds. First, the suffering embodied in inequality in physical health should be a cause of concern to social workers, as a pervasive social problem. Secondly, awareness of social work's complicity in contributing to such a problem, through its hi…
Hospital social work in Sweden and the UK
In Swedish and UK practice, interest is developing in social work's contribution to tackling service users' unequal chances and experience of physical health. This is through alleviating disadvantaged social conditions such as relative poverty which service users face and which are associated with health inequalities. Ready access to social work services is an essential preliminary if service users are to gain the material and social resources se…
Social Work in Primary Health Care Settings
Journal Article Social Work in Primary Health Care Settings Get access Eileen McLeod Eileen McLeod Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 32, Issue 1, 1 January 2002, Pages 121–122, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/32.1.121 Published: 01 January 2002
Social Work in Accident and Emergency Departments
Well-established internationally, the current development of social work in UK accident and emergency (A&E) departments is part of a conjoint health/social care policy drive to divert older people from 'unnecessary' admission to acute hospital care on social grounds. However, from older service users' standpoint, the prime criterion for assessing A&E social work is not its powers of diversion, but its contribution to optimum health and social car…
Emergency department social work in the UK and Sweden
Social work based in hospital emergency departments (EDs) in Sweden and the UK reflects a wider European social/health care policy trend. A key focus is on diverting older frequent ED attenders from ‘inappropriate’ hospital re-attendance or emergency admission, because of social care problems. However, previously there has been no evaluation of the significance of ED social work for health and well-being, from the standpoint of older frequent ED …
For the Sake of their Health
Facilitating older service users’ requirements for access to or re-engagement in social networks following hospital discharge is recognized in social care analysis and policy as critically important. This is because of the associated benefits for restoring physical health and psychological well-being. However, it tends to be a neglected dimension of current social care/intermediate care. Our paper draws on a qualitative study of voluntary sector …
Good intentions, increased inequities
Addressing the quality of services provided in Emergency Departments (EDs) has been a central area of development for UK government policy since 1997. Amongst other aspects of this concern has been the recognition that EDs constitute a critical boundary between the community and the hospital and a key point for the identification of social care needs. Consequently, EDs have become the focus for a variety of service developments which combine the …
Social Work, Health and Equality
Exploring the impact of health inequalities on the health of adults with intellectual disability from their perspective
Across every indicator of health inequality, adults with intellectual disability are disadvantaged. However, first-hand accounts from adults with intellectual disability exploring the impact health inequalities have for their health and are absent from the literature. The research was underpinned by a participatory approach, involving Men with intellectual disability as members of a steering group and through 20 interviews. Thematic analysis reve…
Women Working
Women who work as prostitutes are struggling against a disadvantaged position in society. The relative poverty in which many women still live in is seen as the cause for prostitution, in that sex is their most saleable commodity and can bring them substantial financial rewards. Originally published in 1982 and drawing on her involvement with PROS (Programme for Reform of the Law on Soliciting), one of the Street Prostitutes’ Campaigns in Britain,…
Women Working
Medicine (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Work (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (5 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (5 works) · Business (4 works)