Empowerment and advocacy: Reflections on action research with Bangladeshi and Pakistani families who have children with severe disabilities

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 389-397

  Fazil, Qulsom ^a   Wallace, Louise M ^b   Singh, Gurnam ^b   Ali, Zoebia ^b   Bywaters, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Bangladeshi; Disability; Empowerment; Ethnicity; Pakistani; South Asian; User consultation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISABLED CHILDREN; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4444367906     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2004.00508.x     Document Type: Review

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