Community care J Bornat et al Community care Macmillan 346pp £10.99 0-333-58715-4 [Formula: see text].
With the implementation of the 'Caring tor People' section of the NHS and Community Care Act in April 1993, the publication of this latest addition to Open University's library is timely. Community Care: A Reader is produced as a set book tor OU's Diploma in Health and Social Welfare. Its merits include: its strong focus on the role of informal carers and voluntary organisations; the analysis of a wide range of research; the examination of the challenges facing carers from ethnic minorities; and the assessment of the development of mutual health care. The book's weakness is highlighted in its lack of analysis of the general health issues in securing and developing community care.