TY - BOOK AU - Bateman,Neil AU - Bateman,Neil TI - Advocacy skills for health and social care professionals SN - 1853028657 AV - HV40 .B329 2000eb U1 - 361.3 21 PY - 2000/// CY - London PB - J. Kingsley KW - Social advocacy KW - Patient advocacy KW - Social service KW - Social justice KW - Consumer protection KW - Patient Advocacy KW - Social Work KW - Social Justice KW - Consumer Advocacy KW - Défense des droits économiques et sociaux KW - Patients KW - Droits KW - Service social KW - Justice sociale KW - Consommateurs KW - Protection KW - bicssc KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Previous edition: Advocacy Skills: A handbook for human service professionals, 1995; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; COVER; Advocacy Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part 1 Contexts; 1 What Advocacy is, Why it Matters and Why It Happens; 2 Ethical Principles for Effective Advocacy; 3 Advocacy in Action; Part 2 The Advocate's Skills; 4 Introduction to Part 2; 5 Interviewing; 6 Assertiveness and Force; 7 Negotiation; 8 Self-management; 9 Legal Knowledge and Research; 10 Litigation; 11 A Structure for Advocacy; 12 What Next?; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX N2 - Most professionals working in health or social care will be required to act as advocates as part of their work. A social worker or community nurse may need to obtain extra benefits or a particular service for a client; a housing official may need to help a tenant whose benefit has been delayed thus placing them at risk of homelessness; a voluntary body may decide to challenge a statement of special educational needs for a child. This is a practical guide to advocacy skills specifically written for those in the health and social care professions. Neil Bateman examines the function of advocacy w UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=117504 ER -