Service user involvement, authority and the 'expert-by-experience' in mental health

Journal of Political Power

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-68

  Noorani, Tehseen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

experiential authority; experts by experience; mental health; positive critique; self help; service user involvement; survivors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877288757     PISSN: 2158379X     EISSN: 21583803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2158379X.2013.774979     Document Type: Article

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