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

Service user involvement in research can range from the extremes of being the subject, to being the initiator or investigator, of a research study. The activity

This is a timely book, given the increasing emphasis on user participation in both research and health and social service provision, that can be read in conjunc

Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement provides a definitive introduction to practical, philosophical and theoretical issues at the heart of user invol

During recent decades a strong interest has grown in actively involving service users in social work education, research and policy development. Drawing on a ma