This book forms part of a series entitled Promoting Partnership forHealth published in association with the UK Centre for theAdvancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE). The seriesexplores partnership for health from policy, practice andeducational perspectives. Whilst strongly advocating the imperativedriving collaboration in healthcare, it adopts a pragmaticapproach. Far from being starry eyed, the series alerts readers tothe pitfalls and ways to avoid them.____________________________________________________________________________________International Perspectives on Health and Social Careadopts a thematic approach to health and social carepartnerships.The book offers workable information on key topics such asintegrated service models, partnership working and finance,self-management and the co-ordination of services, individualbudgets, managing integration and working across the health andsocial care boundary. The importance of inter-professional practiceis emphasised throughout with a key chapter that explores theknowledge, attitudes and skills required by practitioners fromdifferent professional backgrounds in order to work togethercollaboratively.With chapters by leading international commentators, the bookexplores key terms and approaches to partnership working, helpingreaders to consider which way of working may be appropriate forwhich types of outcomes.

1. Partnership working and organisational culture.2. Interprofessional practice.3. Partnership working: key concepts and approaches.4. Key elements in effective partnership working.5. Integrated service models: an exploration of North Americanmodels and lessons.6. Working across the health and social care boundary.7. Partnerships in the digital age.8. The economics of integrated care.9. Self-management with others: the role of partnerships insupporting self-management for people with long-termconditions.10. Self-directed support as a framework for partnershipworking.11. The outcomes of health and social care partnerships