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Welcome to your health and social care degree!

Sealey, Clive ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3997-6949 (2025) Welcome to your health and social care degree! In: The Students' Handbook for Studying Health and Social Care: Essential Context, Knowledge and Practice Skills for Doing a Successful Degree. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 1-12. ISBN 978-1-032-61929-3 (hbk) 978-1-032-60852-5 (pbk) 978-1-032-61930-9 (ebk)

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Abstract

Studying health and social care provides the opportunity to acquire knowledge and learn skills that positively transform both your life and the lives of many others. This chapter outlines the key aims of the book in terms of its focus on providing students with the essential context, knowledge and skills of studying health and social care. It defines and brings together these themes to explain in detail why these are important to doing a successful health and social care degree. It also provides a brief outline of the structure of the book and subsequent chapters.

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions: College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Allied Health and Community
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Copyright Info: © 2026 selection and editorial matter, Clive Sealey; individual chapters, the contributors; All rights reserved., The right of Clive Sealey to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted
Depositing User: Clive Sealey
Date Deposited: 26 Jan 2026 15:30
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2026 13:21
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15865

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