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In this unit we explore questions of access to community services. To make what might be quite a dry task more challenging we use a fictionalised case study of two people for whom access to community services is particularly problematic. Jim and Marianne are both long-term heroin addicts. Additional problems associated with their addiction are homelessness and physical illness. Their situation raises both practical questions, about how services can be accessed, and moral questions, about entitlement to resources when their problems can be regarded as at least in part self-inflicted.<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/nursing/the-limits-primary-care/content-section-0" /> First published on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 as <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/nursing/the-limits-primary-care/content-section-0">The limits of primary care</a>. To find out more visit The Open University's <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ole-home-page">Openlearn</a> website. Creative-Commons 2011
<p>In this unit we explore questions of access to community services. To make what might be quite a dry task more challenging we use a fictionalised case study of two people for whom access to community services is particularly problematic. Jim and Marianne are both long-term heroin addicts. Additional problems associated with their addiction are homelessness and physical illness. Their situation raises both practical questions, about how services can be accessed, and moral questions, about entitlement to resources when their problems can be regarded as at least in part self-inflicted.</p><p>This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from <i>Understanding Health and Social Care</i> (K100) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this <span class="oucontent-linkwithtip"><a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/health-and-social-care/index.htm"> subject area</a></span>. </p>
<p>In this course we explore questions of access to community services. To make what might be quite a dry task more challenging we use a fictionalised case study of two people for whom access to community services is particularly problematic. Jim and Marianne are both long-term heroin addicts. Additional problems associated with their addiction are homelessness and physical illness. Their situation raises both practical questions, about how services can be accessed, and moral questions, about entitlement to resources when their problems can be regarded as at least in part self-inflicted.</p><p>This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in <span class="oucontent-linkwithtip"><a class="oucontent-hyperlink" href="http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/find/health-and-social-care?LKCAMPAIGN=ebook_&MEDIA=ou">Health and Social Care</a></span>.</p>
In this free course, The limits of primary care, we explore questions of access to community services. To make what might be quite a dry task more challenging we use a fictionalised case study of two people for whom access to community services is particularly problematic. Jim and Marianne are both long-term heroin addicts. Additional problems associated with their addiction are homelessness and physical illness. Their situation raises both practical questions, about how services can be accessed, and moral questions, about entitlement to resources when their problems can be regarded as at least in part self-inflicted.<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/nursing/the-limits-primary-care/content-section-0" /> First published on Wed, 10 Feb 2016 as <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/nursing/the-limits-primary-care/content-section-0">The limits of primary care</a>. To find out more visit The Open University's <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ole-home-page">Openlearn</a> website. Creative-Commons 2016
In this free course, The limits of primary care, we explore questions of access to community services. To make what might be quite a dry task more challenging we use a fictionalised case study of two people for whom access to community services is particularly problematic. Jim and Marianne are both long-term heroin addicts. Additional problems associated with their addiction are homelessness and physical illness. Their situation raises both practical questions, about how services can be accessed, and moral questions, about entitlement to resources when their problems can be regarded as at least in part self-inflicted.<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/nursing/the-limits-primary-care/content-section-0" /> First published on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 as <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/nursing/the-limits-primary-care/content-section-0">The limits of primary care</a>. To find out more visit The Open University's <a href="http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ole-home-page">Openlearn</a> website. Creative-Commons 2011
