The right to take risks: service users' views of risk in adult social care

Author:
FAULKNER Alison
Publisher:
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Publication year:
2012
Pagination:
38p.
Place of publication:
York

Commissioned as part of a scoping programme on rights, responsibilities, risk and regulation in adult social care, this paper looks at service users' perspectives on issues concerning their right to decide about the risks they wish to take in their lives and on their right to be protected from risks. It is based on existing literature presenting the views or experiences of service users or disabled people and discussions with service users and disabled people from a range of different backgrounds and experiences. It presents the views of service users on risk, the balance between risk and benefits, rights, responsibility, and the role of regulation. It identifies additional risks and fears to those commonly identified by professionals and policy makers and notes that perceptions of risk and rights are significantly different for mental health service users.

Subject terms:
mental health problems, regulation, rights, risk, risk management, service users, social care provision, user views, adult social care, disabilities;
Content type:
research
Location(s):
United Kingdom
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ISBN print:
9781859359099

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