Tim Dartington

Writer and Social Scientist

2021   The future we are in.    In: Halina Brunning and Olya Khaleelee (eds), Danse Macabre and other stories, a psychoanalytic perspective on global dynamics., 257-275.        London: Phoenix.

2020 Greed Hatred and Delusion in Organisational Life. Organisational & Social Dynamics, 20, 1, 106-117.

2017 The organisational context of good care. In: Alison Vaspe (ed), Psychoanalysis, the NHS, Mental Health Work Today, psychoanalytic ideas, 169-185.

2015   From the Buddha to Bion, looking for a reflective stance that is useful.    Organisational and Social Dynamics, 15, 1, 117-136

2013   'Surely this can’t be true?' Unexamined relations of power in the care of vulnerable people.    In: Halina Brunning (ed), Psychoanalytic Essays on Power and Vulnerability, 67-82.   London: Karnac.  

2013 Brilliant stupidity: madness in organisational life – a perspective from organisational consultancy.    In: David Bell and Aleksandra Novakovic (eds)  Living on the Border, psychotic process in the individual, the couple, and the group, 208-225.       London: Karnac.  

2012     Foreword, in:  Eliat Aram, Robert Baxter, Avi Nutkevitch (eds), Group Relations Conferences, tradition, creativity, and succession in the Global Group Relations Network. Volume III, xxiii-xxv

 2012      Acknowledging the task, acknowledging dependency: integration, workforce issues and human nature.    In: Commonwealth Heath Partnerships, 61-64.    London: Commonwealth Secretariat. 

2012   The therapeutic fantasy, self-love and quick wins.   In: Simon Thompson and Paul Hoggett (eds), Politics and the Emotions, the affective turn in contemporary political studies, 183-198.   London: Continuum.

2011   Foreword, in: John Ballatt and Penelope Campling, Intelligent Kindness, reforming the culture of healthcare, iv-vi.      Royal College of Psychiatrists.

2010 Managing Vulnerability, the underlying dynamics of systems of care. London: Karnac.

2009 The end of the story. In: Lucy Whitman (ed) Telling Tales about Dementia, experiences of caring, 192-200. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley.

2009 Relationship and dependency in the public sphere. Soundings, 42.

2008 Dying from dementia – a patient’s journey. (With Kate Coupe, Lynn Malloy, Mary Brennan, Elizabeth L. Sampson) British Medical Journal, 18 October 2008, 931-933.

2007 Two Days in December. Dementia, Vol 6, No 3, 327-341. Sage

2006 Managing Vulnerability. Editorial in Dementia, Vol. 5, No. 4,.475-7. Sage

2006 In Defence of Inefficiency. Organisational and Social Dynamics, 4, 2, 298-310.

2004 The vanishing organization: organizational containment in a networked world. (with Andrew Cooper) in:  Clare Huffington et al (eds), Working Below The Surface, the emotional life of contemporary organizations.  London: Karnac.

2001 The Preoccupations of the Citizen –Reflections from the OPUS Listening Posts. Organisational and Social Dynamics, 1, 1, 94-112.

1998 From Altruism to Action: Primary Task and the Not-for-Profit Organisation. Human Relations, 51, 12, 1477-1493.

1996 Leadership and management: Oedipal struggles in voluntary organisations. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 17, 6, 12-16.

1994 Trustees, Committees and Boards. In: J. Davis Smith, R. Hedley, C. Rochester (eds), An Introduction to the Voluntary Sector.    Routledge.

1991 Professional Management in Voluntary Organisations; some cautionary notes. In: J. Batsleer, C. Cornforth, R. Paton (eds), Issues in Voluntary and Non-profit Management. Open University.

1986 The Limits of Altruism - elderly mentally infirm people as a test case for collaboration. King Edward's Hospital Fund for London.

1983 At home in Hospital? In: M. J. Denham (ed), Care of the Long-stay Elderly Patient. London: Croom Helm.

1981 A Life Together: The distribution of attitudes around the disabled. (With Eric Miller and Geraldine Gwynne) London: Tavistock Publications.

1980 Family Care of Old People. London: Souvenir Press

1979 Fragmentation and Integration in Health Care; the referral process and social brokerage. Sociology of Health and Illness, Vol. 1, No 1, 12-39.

1978 Volunteers and Psychiatric Aftercare. Volunteer Centre with MIND.

1971 Task Force.  London: Mitchell Beazley with Task Force.

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