User involvement and participation in social care : research informing practice / edited by Hazel Kemshall and Rosemary Littlechild.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction, Hazel Kemshall, DeMontfort University and Rosemary Littlechild, Birmingham University -- Participation and Involvement in Social Care, Suzy Braye, Staffordshire University -- Just Inquiry? Research and Evaluation for Service Users, Ian Shaw, Cardiff University -- Totem not Token: Groupwork as a Vehicle for User Participation, David Ward, DeMontfort Unversity -- Action Research for the Development of Children's Services in the Ukraine, Jennie Fleming, DeMontfort University -- Family Involvement in Child Protection: The Use of Family Group Conferences, Kate Morris, Birmingham University and Carmel Shepherd, Guardian ad Litem -- Politics into Practice: The Production of a Disabled Person's Guide to Accessing Community Care Assessments, Kathryn Ellis, Luton University and Kirstein Rummery, Manchester University -- Breaking the Ice: Developing Strategies for Collaborative Working with Carers of Older People with Mental Health Problems, Helen Rogers, Birmingham University -- Listening to Children: Meeting the Needs of Young Carers, Chris Dearden and Saul Becker, Loughborough University -- Older People as `Participating Patients', Rosemary Littlechild and Jon Glasby, Birmingham University -- Working with Sickle Cell/Thalassaemia Support Groups, Simon Dyson, DeMontfort University -- Framing Your own Questions': Empowering Patients and Primary Health Care Workers in the Planning of Primary Health Care Services, Angus McCabe and Liz Ross, Birmingham University -- Policies of Neglect: Female Offenders and the Probation Service, Judith Rumgay, London School of Economics -- User Involvement, Community Care and Disability Research, Kathryn Ellis, Luton University -- Researching for Participation: Some Concluding Remarks, Hazel Kemshall, DeMontfort University and Rosemary Littlechild, Birmingham University.

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