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Independent futures
eBook - Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society, BASW/Policy Press titles
ISBN/EAN: 9781847421579
Umbreit-Nr.: 2258964
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 232 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 28.04.2006
Auflage: 1/2006
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- The number of disability related support services controlled and run by disabled people themselves has increased significantly in the UK and internationally over the past forty years. As a result, greater user involvement in service provision and delivery is a key priority for many western Governments. This book provides the first comprehensive review and analysis of these developments in the UK. Drawing on evidence from a range of sources, including material from the first national study of user-controlled services, this book provides a critical evaluation of the development and organisation of user-controlled services in the UK and identifies the principal forces - economic, political and cultural - that influence and inhibit their further development. It summarises and discusses the policy implications for the future development of services and includes an up-to-date and comprehensive literature and research review. Independent futures is essential reading for academics and students on a range of courses including: health and social care; social work; allied health professions, such as nursing, occupational therapy and speech therapy; social policy; sociology; and psychology. It will also be of interest to practitioners and policy makers who need a reliable overview of current policy and critical analysis of key issues affecting future policy and practice.
- Kurztext
- This book provides the first comprehensive review of the increase in the UK and internationally in the number of disability related support services controlled by disabled people themselves. It highlights the need for greater user involvement in service provision and delivery.