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Gaining our voice
— the developing pattern of good practice in user involvement | | Author(s) | Clare Evans |
| Journal title | Managing Community Care, vol 7, issue 2, April 1999 |
| Pages | pp 7-13 |
| Keywords | Community care ; Consumer ; Pressure groups ; Participation ; Social policy ; Standards of provision ; Wiltshire. |
| Annotation | The knowledge and experience users and professionals have gained in user involvement since the implementation of community care is leading to development of good practice models, covering strong user-controlled organisations and redefinition of the professional role in enabling and valuing user expertise. This article relates the author's experience as a volunteer chairing a voluntary sector forum, and the establishment of the Wiltshire and Swindon Users Network. Such user organisations use community development approaches and have a role to play in community care as development agencies and service providers. This model reflects a new social policy agenda, and should be part of any initiatives to implement these policies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990824262 A |
| Classmark | PA: WY: PME: TMB: TM2: 583: 8WI |
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