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

• Autore: Donnison David Vernon
• Pubblicazione: Bristol, UK ; ; Portland, OR, : Policy, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 165 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 362
• Soggetto topico: Social advocacy; Social service
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).
• 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 dealing with public services will want to read this book. Based on the experience of advocates and using case studies based on real practice issues, the accessible style of <i>Speaking to Power</i> 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.: 9910819536903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II