Clinical
Perceptions of health and social care need-an exploratory study
<p>One of the most important objectives of the policy of community care is that services should be designed to suit individual needs (Department of Health 1989. Parag.1.11). This apparently simple objective has been the source of considerable debate, not least because need is a notoriously difficult concept to define (Brad-shaw 1972, Richards 1994).</p>