The 'User': Friend, foe or fetish? A critical exploration of user involvement in health and social care

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-23

  Cowden, Stephen ^a   Singh, Gurnam ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Ideology; User; User involvement

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE; IDEOLOGY;

EID: 33846442887     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018307072205     Document Type: Article

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