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Independent Futures: Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society (BASW/Policy Press Titles) - Couverture souple

Barnes, Colin

 
9781861347183: Independent Futures: Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society (BASW/Policy Press Titles)
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ISBN 10 : 1861347189 ISBN 13 : 9781861347183
Editeur : Policy Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Colin Barnes is Professor of Disability Studies and Geof Mercer is Reader in Disability Studies, both at the Centre for Disability Studies in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds.

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Éditeur
Policy Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1861347189
ISBN 13 
9781861347183
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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