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Autore |
Bateman Neil <1955-> |
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Advocacy skills for health and social care professionals [[electronic resource] /] / Neil Bateman |
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London, : J. Kingsley, 2000 |
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1-280-40785-9 |
9786610407859 |
1-84642-157-8 |
1-4175-6349-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (187 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social advocacy |
Patient advocacy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previous ed.: Advocacy Skills: A handbook for human service professionals, 1995. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER; Advocacy Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part 1 Contexts; 1 What Advocacy is, Why it Matters and Why It Happens; 2 Ethical Principles for Effective Advocacy; 3 Advocacy in Action; Part 2 The Advocate's Skills; 4 Introduction to Part 2; 5 Interviewing; 6 Assertiveness and Force; 7 Negotiation; 8 Self-management; 9 Legal Knowledge and Research; 10 Litigation; 11 A Structure for Advocacy; 12 What Next?; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Most professionals working in health or social care will be required to act as advocates as part of their work. A social worker or community nurse may need to obtain extra benefits or a particular service for a client; a housing official may need to help a tenant whose benefit has been delayed thus placing them at risk of homelessness; a voluntary body may decide to challenge a statement of special educational needs for a child. This is a practical guide to advocacy skills specifically written for those in the health and social care professions. Neil Bateman examines the function of advocacy w |
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