Users of social and health care services play an increasingly significant part within systems of local governance. This report examines the strategies user groups adopt to seek their objectives, and explores issues relating to notions of consumerism and citizenship. It should be read by anyone involved in health and social care policy and practice.
Author Biography
Marian Barnes is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Brighton. She is author of many publications on care, participation, ageing and mental health. Stephen Harrison is based in the Nuffield Institute of Health at the University of Leeds Maggie Mort is Professor in the Sociology of Science, Technology & Medicine at Lancaster University. Polly Shardlow is a forensic social worker.
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"... could provoke some very uncomfortable reflection in the education and training field." Social Work Education
