Advocacy skills for health and social care professionals [[electronic resource] /] / Neil Bateman

• Autore: Bateman Neil <1955->
• Pubblicazione: London, : J. Kingsley, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.3
• Soggetto topico: Social advocacy; Patient advocacy
• Altri autori: BatemanNeil <1955->
• Note generali: Previous ed.: Advocacy Skills: A handbook for human service professionals, 1995.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Advocacy skills for health and social care professionals
• ISBN: 1-280-40785-9; 9786610407859; 1-84642-157-8; 1-4175-6349-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784795103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II