Introduction: unmet care needs and care poverty in international perspective

Kröger, Teppo, Brimblecombe, Nicola ORCID: 0000-0002-6147-5726, Rodrigues, Ricardo and Rummery, Kirstein (2025) Introduction: unmet care needs and care poverty in international perspective. In: Kröger, Teppo, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Rodrigues, Ricardo and Rummery, Kirstein, (eds.) Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice. Transforming Care. Policy Press, Bristol, UK, 3 - 12. ISBN 9781447370093

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Abstract

This introductory chapter presents the background, aims, key concepts and structure of the book. Based on a collaboration of social policy researchers from a range of countries and welfare settings, the book reviews and synthesises the state of the art of research on unmet care needs of older and disabled people. It brings together not only the empirical evidence but also the theoretical and methodological approaches of this growing strand of research literature. This empirical, theoretical and methodological knowledge is then framed and discussed under a new concept, that of care poverty, which highlights the structural basis and inequality dimension of the lack of adequate care and support. The book explores the relevance and potential of this approach for research and policy in different social and cultural contexts.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Editorial selection and editorial matter © 2025 The Editors
Divisions:	Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	26 Jun 2025 08:24
Last Modified:	26 Jun 2025 16:03
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128560

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