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Peer support and advocacy — international comparisons and developments

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Peer support has been long established in areas of physical disability. People in wheelchairs, particularly those injured in accidents, assist people in similar situations recovering within the world famous spinal injuries unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), perhaps the largest self-help organization in the world, supports tens of thousands of alcoholics. No person may be a full member except as an alcoholic, believed by AA to be a lifelong condition (Bateson, 1973).

‘It takes a man that have the blues to sing the blues.’

Leadbelly in Alan Lomax The Land Where the Blues Began

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  1. Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK

    Raymond Jack (Director of BSc in Social Work) (Director of BSc in Social Work)

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Brandon, D. (1995). Peer support and advocacy — international comparisons and developments. In: Jack, R. (eds) Empowerment in Community Care. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4507-5_7

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