6 articles in this issue
Di Bailey
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Stephen J. Macdonald,David Taylor-Gooby
Over the last three years, there has been a major shift in healthcare policy within England. This has radically altered the relationship between General Practitioners (GPs) and patients. This article examines the role of patient and public involvement wit... see more
Rita Elisabeth Eriksen
What implications might an understanding of a mutual dependence between the concepts of participation and coping have for professional engagement with service users? This article presents why participation is central to peoples’ lives and how service user... see more
Lisa Øien,Ole Greger Lillevik
The article describes how personal qualities in the helpers are important measures to prevent aggression and violent behaviour from adolescents living in childcare institutions. Our research question was: In what way does personal competence make a differ... see more
Robbie Duschinsky,Sue Lampitt,Jamie Thompson
As Paltridge (2004, p.90) has claimed, ‘there is no such thing as the one-size-fits-all academic essay that can be written in all areas of study’. Yet research on academic writing by scholars such as Ivanic and Lillis and ideas from social theory offer us... see more
Steven Keen,Keith Brown,Jane Holroyd,Emily Rosenorn-Lanng
A host of recent UK social work publications have highlighted the critical importance of leadership and management development for social work managers. The lack of specialist leadership and management development is evidenced by the General Social Care C... see more