Publishing collaboration

Hugh Barr, Maggie Hutchings and Alison Machin comprise the CAIPE panel advising Routledge on choice of titles and authors for a series of books in fields of collaborative practice. The Panel is supporting authors, in partnership with the Managing Editor at Routledge, to develop and deliver each proposal.

Four books have been published so far: Collaborative Practice in Primary Care by John Spicer, Sanjiv Alhuwalia and Karen Storey; Collaborative Practice for Public Health by Dawne Gurbutt;  Collaborative Practice with Vulnerable Children and their Families by Julie Taylor and June Thoburn and Collaborative Practice in Critical Care Settings: A workbook by Scott Reeves; Janet Alexanian; Deborah Kendall-Gallagher; Todd Dorman and Simon Kitto.

Further titles and authors are being considered in a rolling programme

Hugh Barr, President, November 2019.

 

Roberts & Green (2022) Collaborative Practice in Pallative Care

Collaborative Practice in Palliative Care explores how different professions work collaboratively across professional, institutional, social, and cultural boundaries to enhance palliative care.

Analysing palliative care as an interaction between different professionals, clients, and carers, and the social context or community within which the interaction takes place, it is grounded in up-to-date evidence, includes global aspects of palliative care and cultural diversity as themes running throughout the book, and is replete with examples of good and innovative practice. Drawing on experiences from within traditional specialist palliative care settings like hospices and community palliative care services, as well as more generalist contexts of the general hospital and primary care, this practical text highlights the social or public health model of palliative care. Designed to support active learning, it includes features such as case studies, summaries, and pointers to other learning resources.

This text is an important reference for all professionals engaged in palliative care, particularly those studying for post-qualification programmes in the area.

Spicer, Ahluwalia & Storey (2019) Collaborative Practice in Primary Care

The effective delivery of primary care requires the good working of a multi-professional team who provide that care. This accessible and concise text explores the ways in which primary care teams can collaborate well to advance the quality of clinical care and enhance collaborative working across the healthcare system as a whole. Taking a workbook approach, and including examples, narratives, case histories and further reading, Collaborative Practice in Primary and Community Care brings together theory and good practice to offer the reader viable models for achieving excellence. Addressing specific challenges to practising collaboratively throughout, it contains chapters exploring the contemporary context of primary care, collaboration with patients, collaboration between different professional groups, collaboration amongst organisations, and the respective roles of education and technology in promoting collaboration. Written by a multi-professional selection of experienced authors, practitioners and educators, this textbook is designed for a wide audience of healthcare professionals with an interest in primary care.

Gurbutt (2016) Collaborative Practice for Public Health

This book encourages individuals to consider the opportunities and impacts of working in public health as well as the gains that can be made by working collaboratively. Chapters explore some of the sociological issues that underpin the practice of public health and offer valuable insights into its complexities, addressing how different groups might work together effectively in the creation and delivery of public health policy.  Buy on Amazon

Taylor & Thorburn  (2016), Collaborative Practice with Vulnerable Children and their Families.

Collaborative Practice with Vulnerable Children and Their Families focuses on the knowledge and skills needed by professionals who work across disciplines to meet the needs of parents and children experiencing complex difficulties. It establishes the importance of both interprofessional and interagency collaboration. Buy on Amazon

Reeves, Alexanian, Kendall-Gallagher, Dorman, & Kitto (2018) Collaborative Practice in Critical Care Settings: A workbook.

This practical and evidence-based workbook offers a series of assessment, implementation and evaluation activities for professionals working in critical care contexts. Designed to improve the quality of care delivery, it looks both at collaboration between professionals and between patients and/or family members. Collaborative Practice in Critical Care Settings:

• identifies the issues relating to the "current state" of collaboration in critical care through a series of assessments activities;
• provides a series of interventional activities which can address shortfalls of collaboration previously identified; and
• offers advice on generating evidence for the effects of any interventions implemented.

The activities presented in this book are based on extensive empirical research, ensuring this book takes into account the everyday work environment of professionals in critical care units. It is suitable for practitioners and educators, as well as patient safety leads and manages.  Buy on Amazon