Duty of care and autonomy: How support workers managed the tension between protecting service users from risk and promoting their independence in a specialist group home

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 873-884

  Hawkins, R ^a   Redley, M ^b   Holland, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Independence; Intellectual disability; Prader Willi syndrome; Residential care; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP HOMES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051669359     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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