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People for whom services are designed and presented should always be in the forefront of our thinking. People are the primary consideration: what are their needs; what do they want; how do professionals, and people, together achieve this?
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Brandon, D. (1991). User power. In: Barker, P.J., Baldwin, S. (eds) Ethical Issues in Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3270-9_1
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