Shaping the future of mental health policy and legislation in Northern Ireland: The impact of service user and professional social work discourses

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-439

  Wilson, George ^a   Daly, Martin ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourses; Mental health; Service user; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249143572     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm021     Document Type: Article

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