Tom O’Connor 
Integrated Care for Ireland in an International Context: Challenges for Policy, Institutions and Specific User Needs [EPUB ebook] 
Challenges for Policy, Institutions and Specific User Needs

Introduction1: Integrated Care in Ireland: Progress from Policy to Practice to Date Tom O Connor (Cork Institute of Technology)SECTION I: ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY INSIGHTS FROM IRELAND AND ABROAD 2: The Integrated Service in Northern Ireland Jim Campbell (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Gavin Davidson (Queen s University Belfast) and Michael Donnelly (Queen s University Belfast)3: Integrated Discharge Planning: A Programme Manager s View William Reddy (Health Service Executive)4: Which is the Right Model of Universal Health Insurance for Ireland? Steve Thomas (Trinity College Dublin) and Catherine Darker (Trinity College Dublin)5: Integrated Care: Pathfindings from Sweden Bengt Ahgren (Nordic School of Public Health) and Runo Axelsson (Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University)SECTION II: THE BIOMEDICAL AND SOCIAL INTERFACE OF INTEGRATED CARE: THEORY, POLICY AND SERVICE USERS NEEDS 6: Integrated Diabetes Care: It Means Different Things to Different People Sheena Mc Hugh (University College Cork) and Ivan Perry (University College Cork)7: An Examination of the Irish NDRIC Framework of Integrated Care for Drug Users Laura Desmond (Cork Drugs Taskforce) and Tom O Connor (Cork Institute of Technology)8: The Future of Integrated Care in Ireland Vanessa Hetherington (Irish Medical Organisation), Faisal Shaikh (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) and Sean Tierney (Tallaght Hospital / Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)SECTION III: INTERPROFESSIONAL CHALLENGES: POLICY TRANSLATION AND PRACTICAL DELIVERY9: Challenges for Primary Care on the Road to Integrated Care Diarmuid Quinlan (General Practitioner) and Joe Moran (General Practitioner)10: Interprofessional Education: Applying an International Programme in an Irish Context Ona Mc Grath (Cork Institute of Technology)11: Primary Care, Social Work and Integrated Care: A New Way of Delivering Services? Deirdre Jacob (Irish Association of Social Workers / Trinity College Dublin)12: Primary Care Teams in Ireland from the Perspective of General Practice Margaret O Riordan (Irish College of General Practitioners) and Claire Collins (Irish College of General Practitioners)SECTION IV: INTEGRATED CARE, THE OLDER PERSON AND DEMENTIA 13: Health Service Integration for the Elderly: An Uneven Journey in Canada Margaret Mac Adam (Age Advantage / University of Toronto)14: Dementia and Integrated Care: A Dream or Reality? Suzanne Cahill (Trinity College Dublin/Tallaght Hosptali)15: Integrated Care for Older People in Ireland: Perhaps Jam Tomorrow? Desmond O Neill (Royal College of Physicians of Ireland)16: Integrated Care Pathways for People with Dementia: Exploring the Potential for Ireland and the Forthcoming National Dementia Strategy Kate Irving (Dublin City University), Lisa Mc Garrigle (Dublin City University), Grainne Mc Gettrick (Alzheimer Society of Ireland) and Maurice O Connell (Alzheimer Society of Ireland)SECTION V: INTEGRATED CARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICE USERS 17: Integrated Care in Mental Health John Saunders (Shine)18: Integrated Care Pathways in Mental Health: Recent Developments in Scotland Mark Fleming (National Health Service), Linda Mc Kechnie (National Health Service) and David Thomson (National Health Service)19: Equal Recognition Before the Law: A Call for a Statutory Social Care Advocate for Vulnerable Adults in Integrating Health and Social Care Moira Jenkins (Cork Institute of Technology)20: Integrated Supports for People with Disabilities Eithne Fitzgerald (National Disability Authority)