Table of Contents

Organisational theory in the case and care management of health care, Gary L. Albrecht and Karen E. Peters; com-munities of care - a theoretical perspective on case manage-ment models in mental health, Bernice A. Pescosolido, Eric R. Wright and Patrick Sullivan; case management across organ-isational boundaries, Susan Hughes; case management - it is "cost" management for employee health benefits?, Judith Barr; professionals and laypeople in the management of a chronic illness in children - the care performed by families compared to medical teams, Renee Waissman; community-based case management for active injecting drug users, Judith A. Levy, Teri Strenski and Daniel J. Amick; developing community resources for a stigmatised population, Lawrence J. Ouellet, Matta Kelley, Andrea Coward and W. Wayne Wiebel; case manager and client - process analysis of the relationship in a short-term programme for drug injection users and sex partners, Victor Lidz and Martin Y. Iguchi; the impact of short term case management on cancer patients' needs and quality of life, Vince Mor, Margaret Wool, Edward Gundagnoli and Susan Allen; assessing the implementation of a case management intervention for the homeless, Cheryl I. Hultman, Kendon J. Conrad, Annie R. Pope, William C. Baxter, Joe Lisiecki and Phil Elbaum; database management systems for case management programmes, Colleen Monahan, Mary Szpur, Rosemary Manago, and Kathryn Smith; evaluating the cost effectiveness of case management, Robert J. Rydman.