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Political or parental?

Ian Popperwell (Health Department, Mental Health for Bristol Social Services)

A Life in the Day

ISSN: 1366-6282

Article publication date: 1 May 2006

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Abstract

Should mental health workers be subsidising service users' expenses on trips and outings? Ian Popperwell believes that the common practice of paying for meals, entry tickets and travel is patronising and stigmatising, and negates efforts to achieve social inclusion and independent living.

Citation

Popperwell, I. (2006), "Political or parental?", A Life in the Day, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 17-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/13666282200600016

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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