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Speaking to power: advocacy for health and social care
- Author:
- DONNISON David
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 165p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book is for anyone working, or planning to work, as an advocate for people who need help dealing with public services. It is based on the experiences of advocates and uses case studies from Scotland. Examples of advocacy for both individuals and groups are described and discussed. There are chapters on what advocates do, how advocacy fits into the broader scheme of things and management, training and evaluation of the work. Contents include: origins of advocacy; Scotland gives a lead; what advocates do - their main clients; what advocates do - questions and dilemmas; setting up an advocacy project and running it; volunteers; making advocacy accountable; roadblocks; looking ahead.