TY - BOOK ID - 77906122 TI - Advocacy skills for health and social care professionals AU - Bateman, Neil AU - Bateman, Neil PY - 2000 SN - 1280407859 9786610407859 1846421578 1417563494 1853028657 9781853028656 9781417563494 9781846421570 9781280407857 1853028675 6610407851 PB - London J. Kingsley DB - UniCat KW - Social advocacy. KW - Patient advocacy. KW - Advocacy, Health care KW - Advocacy, Patient KW - Health care advocacy KW - Nonlegal patient advocacy KW - Social patient advocacy KW - Medical care KW - Advance directives (Medical care) KW - Patients' associations KW - Advocacy, Social KW - Social service advocacy KW - Social work advocacy KW - Social service KW - Quality control UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77906122 AB - 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 ER -