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Risk: finding the way through opposing demands
- Author:
- KHOO Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 8(1), September 2001, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Involving the mental health service user in the assessment of risk is now advocated as good practice. Discusses how the practitioner can steer a course between maximising the autonomy of the patient and safeguarding the public. Discusses the concept of risk and its implications for service users and practitioners.