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Mutual aid in the welfare system in the Republic of Korea
- Author:
- SON A.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 5(2), April 1996, pp.97-105.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
For the past two decades, in many Western industrialised states, problems of their welfare systems have become more and more obvious. Three common complaints about welfare systems are high taxation, minimal effectiveness and impersonal bureaucracy. Various measures (such as budget cuts, decentralisation and privatisation) have been undertaken in order to overcome these problems by many welfare states. In any case, public welfare systems in many Western industrialised states do not cover the affective element which is inherent in the Korean welfare system. In Korea, where the public welfare system is in the formative stage, mutual aid, which is based on a long tradition of personal and voluntary networking, has played an important role in meeting citizen's welfare needs not only by material aid but also by psychological support. To understand welfare in society, it is necessary not only to study the welfare provided by the state and the market but also to consider the welfare provided by mutual aid networks.
Discharge procedures for mentally ill people : the perspective of former psychiatric patients on their professional network
- Author:
- DUFKER M.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(1), January 1994, pp.7-13.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
The analysis of the perspective of mentally ill people on their social network is not complete if the professional arena is left out. This article draws on literature about social networks and other forms of human interaction to support the social network concept and an idea about how the professional arena has developed and become a vital part of the network. 53 former patients were interviewed to get their perspective on the professional network. Intimate relations with family and friends seemed to be a model even for contacts with professionals. A social psychological analysis of the satisfaction of the long-term mentally ill respondents with relations to home care workers and their dissatisfaction with psychiatric professionals seemed to be connected to the professionals' ability to undertake a caring relationship.
Do public services influence patterns of informal care? Informal networks and public home care in three Swedish municipalities
- Authors:
- JOHANSSON S., HLFEDLT J.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 2(2), April 1993, pp.69-79.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Whether an individual receives home care services depends on two factors: the functional disability of the care recipient and the caregiver's gender, when the living arrangements of the care recipient are controlled. Report the data from a longitudinal study of social networks and home care organization in three municipalities in Sweden. The results provoke a discussion on research design as well as comments on welfare policy and gender equality in the transformation of the welfare state.
Discharge procedures for mentally ill people. The perspective of former psychiatric patients on their primary social network, quality of life and future life expectations
- Authors:
- DUFKER M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 2(1), January 1993, pp.33-42.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Draws on literature about social networks and social support in order to integrate a number of key concepts and findings that must be considered in research about the social conditions of mentally ill people. Interviews with 53 former psychiatric patients were carried out to get their perspective on their social network, quality of life and future life expectations. The duration of and stigma attached to mental illness, being without work and gender seemed to have the most influence on the primary network. The same issues, except for gender, together with place of residence, financial difficulties and inability to exert influence over one's own situation influenced the respondents' quality of life and their expectations of the future. These findings are analysed and discussed from a social psychological perspective.