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Title Unequal partners : user groups and community care / Marian Barnes [and others]
Published Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (114 pages)
Contents UNEQUAL PARTNERS; Contents; 1. The policy context; 2. The research; 3. Advocacy and joint working: a mental health case study; 4. Implementing the social model ofdisability -- after the honeymoon; 5. Consumers and citizens; 6. Conclusion; References
Summary User groups of social and health care services are playing an increasingly significant part within systems of local governance. This report examines the strategies user groups adopt to seek their objectives, and explores conceptual issues relating to notions of consumerism and citizenship. It should be read by anyone involved in health and social care policy making and practice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114)
Notes Print version record
Subject People with disabilities -- Care -- Government policy -- Great Britain
People with disabilities -- Services for -- Great Britain -- Citizen participation
Community health services -- Great Britain
Community mental health services -- Citizen participation
Mental health services.
Self-help groups.
Community Health Services -- organization & administration
Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation
Mental Health Services
Self-Help Groups
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
Self-help groups
Mental health services
Community health services
Community mental health services -- Citizen participation
People with disabilities -- Services for -- Citizen participation
SUBJECT United Kingdom
Subject Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Barnes, Marian
ISBN 9781847424969
1847424961
9781861340566
1861340567