This book provides a definitive critical introduction to service user views and involvement. It addresses both the theoretical and practical issues of service u

This book represents a major contribution to the development and increasingly accepted importance of involving service users in research. It argues that this de

This is the first text to examine the principal elements of service user involvement and participation across both adult and children′s services. A valuable l

User involvement is now official policy throughout the health and social care system. Does this mean that user involvement practices are unproblematic? Has it l

In 2006, Social Work Education produced the first special edition (vol. 25, no. 4) on service user and carer involvement in social work education, with all of t