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Independent advocacy and the "rise of spirituality": views from advocates, service users and chaplains
- Author:
- MORGAN Geoff
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 13(6), September 2010, pp.625-636.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article discusses definitions of independent advocacy and its forms and expanding expressions in contemporary health and social care, including the new statutory roles of Independent Mental Capacity Advocates and Independent Mental Health Advocates. It provides a brief spiritual history of independent advocacy, and describes a research project in which informal views and opinions on advocacy practice were gathered from 44 advocates, spiritual care coordinators and/or chaplains, and clients. The author analyses the interview data, concentrating on the synergy between the advocacy practice of advocates and spiritual care coordinators, including the views of clients. He discusses what both disciplines may have to offer each other, and argues that spiritual and theological factors enhance the formation of the emerging profession of the advocate.