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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814986603321

Autore

Townsend Elizabeth A. <1945->

Titolo

Good intentions overruled : a critique of empowerment in the routine organization of mental health services / / Elizabeth Townsend

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-4426-7541-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Disciplina

362.2

Soggetti

Mentally ill - Rehabilitation - Political aspects

Autonomy (Psychology)

Patient participation

Occupational therapy - Political aspects

Psychiatric day treatment - Political aspects

Livres numeriques.

Case studies.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- ; 1. Exploring Empowerment -- ; 2. Objectifying Participants -- ; 3. Individualizing Action -- ; 4. Controlling Collaboration -- ; 5. Simulating Real Life -- ; 6. Risking Liability -- ; 7. Promoting Marginal Inclusiveness -- ; 8. Challenging the Routine Organization of Power -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Good Intentions OverRuled is about empowerment, so it is also about power. This book shows how power is exerted in the routine organizational processes that determine what can be done in everyday life, since modern societies are controlled by regulations, policies, professional practice, legislation, budgets, and other forms of organization." "Good Intentions OverRuled sparks debate about



empowerment by using a method called institutional ethnography, developed by the Canadian sociologist Dorothy Smith. Mental health day programs are explored from the standpoint of seven occupational therapists in Atlantic Canada. Described in this ethnography are the local, provincial, federal, and international processes used to organize power in Canada's mental health services. The aim is to inspire professional, lay, academic, and other persons (including those who use mental health services) to change the organization of power so that we promote rather than overrule empowerment."--Jacket.