Speaking to power : Advocacy for health and social care / / David Donnison

• Autore: Donnison David Vernon
• Pubblicazione: Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 362
• Soggetto topico: Social advocacy; Psychiatric social work; People with mental disabilities; Learning disabilities; SOCIAL SCIENCE - Social Work; POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Persons with Mental Disabilities; Learning Disabilities; Social Work, Psychiatric; Patient Advocacy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Speaking to power; Contents; Why and how we wrote this book; Introduction; 1. Origins of advocacy; 2. Scotland gives a lead; 3. What advocates do: their main clients; 4. What advocates do: questions and dilemmas; 5. Groups and communities; 6. Setting up an advocacy project and running it; 7. Volunteers; 8. Making advocacy accountable; 9. Roadblocks; 10. Looking ahead; Further reading; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Anyone working, or planning to work, as an advocate for people who need help in dealing with public services will want to read this book. Based on the experience of real advocates and using case studies based on real practice issues, "Speaking to power" is written in a vivid, jargon-free style that will make it an enjoyable read for professionals, students and lay people alike.
• Titolo autorizzato: Speaking to power
• ISBN: 1-4473-0358-X; 1-282-44649-5; 9786612446498; 1-84742-743-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456888603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II