Power games

Author:
ELLIS Kathryn
Journal article citation:
Community Care, 18.3.93, 1993, pp.20-21.
Publisher:
Reed Business Information

Argues that professionals must lose their dislike of assessment guidelines if disabled people are to be empowered. A reliance on professional judgment can direct assessment outcomes away from user's needs, and because clients' have little knowledge of services they feel unable to challenge decisions.

Subject terms:
physical disabilities, service users, user participation, assessment, empowerment;
Link:
Journal home page
ISSN print:
0307-5508

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