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Empowerment in Community Care

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Raymond Jack

    1. Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Raymond Jack
      Pages 1-8

  3. Empowerment — Meanings and Motives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Empowerment in community care

      • Raymond Jack
      Pages 11-42

    3. Defining participative practice in health and welfare

      • David Shemmings, Yvonne Shemmings
      Pages 43-58

    4. Whose empowerment? Equalizing the competing discourses in community care

      • Suzy Croft, Peter Beresford
      Pages 59-73

  4. Empowerment — Practical Experiences in Self-help and Mutual Aid

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Self-help groups as a route to empowerment

      • Judy Wilson
      Pages 77-95

    3. Self-help organizations in Germany: possibilities and constraints

      • Andrea Koch, Monika Reichert
      Pages 96-107

    4. Peer support and advocacy — international comparisons and developments

      • David Brandon
      Pages 108-133

    5. The third age: a consideration of groups and their activities

      • Tony Chiva
      Pages 134-144

    6. Not too ‘grey’ power

      • Jack Thain
      Pages 145-156

    7. Pensioners’ forums — a voice for older people

      • Tony Carter, Caroline Nash
      Pages 157-169

    8. Gaining confidence — speaking out

      • Zelda Curtis
      Pages 170-183

    9. Practical projects for empowering people in health and social welfare

      • Vera Ivers
      Pages 184-202

    10. Power and rights: the psychiatric system survivor movement

      • Vivien Lindow
      Pages 203-221

    11. Citizen advocacy and people with learning disabilities in Wales

      • Paul Ramcharan
      Pages 222-239

  5. Empowerment — Professional Practice: Challenges and Opportunities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. Effective support for self-help: some lessons from the experience of the Self-Help Alliance

      • Eric Miller, Fiddy Abraham, Dione Hills, Elizabeth Sommerlad, Elliot Stern, Barbara Webb
      Pages 243-257

    3. User first — implications for management

      • Mervyn Eastman
      Pages 258-268
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK

    Raymond Jack

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Empowerment in Community Care

  • Editors: Raymond Jack

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4507-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-59880-7Published: 01 January 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-4507-5Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 314

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology, general

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering, Pharma

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