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Involving service users in mental health services: Social Services Departments and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.

This paper examines user involvement in community care services directed toward those experiencing mental distress. It analyses past experience of involvement in service delivery and planning and the issues this highlights. It reports on two research studies which reveal considerable confusion about...

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Published in:Journal of Mental Health Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 287 - 305
Main Author: Bowl R
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul96
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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