TY - JOUR AB - The impetus for this paper was the Channel 5 documentary Who Cares for Gary? and the combined efforts of the author, her family and friends to challenge practice within one of the units featured. The paper describes a fundamentally disruptive sequence of decisions and events in the life of the author's brother and affirms that the consequences of abuse and mechanisms to challenge it go beyond individual suffering. VL - 6 IS - 3 SN - 1466-8203 DO - 10.1108/14668203200400018 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200400018 AU - Flynn Margaret PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/01/01 TI - Challenging poor practice, abusive practice and inadequate complaints procedures: a personal narrative T2 - The Journal of Adult Protection PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 34 EP - 44 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -