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There is little doubt that, in future, the provision of health and welfare services must include more participative practice with the people receiving those services. But at a time when there have been cutbacks in these services, in real terms, it is extraordinary that the term ‘empowerment’ should be used to describe the way they are to be delivered; within social services departments, even more curious is the notion that parents or carers accused of abusing a child are expected to relate as ‘partners’ to those investigating the allegation.
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Shemmings, D., Shemmings, Y. (1995). Defining participative practice in health and welfare. In: Jack, R. (eds) Empowerment in Community Care. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4507-5_3
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