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In need of protection
- Author:
- INMAN Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.1.98, 1998, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Campaigners are calling for more and better policies to combat the abuse of vulnerable adults, and for the government to take a lead. The author reports on the issues.
Better than cure
- Authors:
- INMAN Kendra, MUIJEN Matt, HOLLOWS Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.2.98, 1998, pp.18-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how the failure of social services departments to move from crisis intervention to preventive practice has been emphasised repeatedly. Asks how far prevention can be expected to go. The first author reports on the dilemma facing professionals as they try to juggle risk and devise realistic prevention strategies for children and older people; the second outlines the problems facing mental health services; and the third examines how to make preventive strategies work effectively.