Community Development and Health Professionals

Clarke, Stephen

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-14107-4_8

Stephen Clarke³

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In this chapter professionals are urged to adopt innovative strategies to overcome problems created by a new form of management and control by restricted resources. A recommended strategy is that of community development, which is described as a means of overcoming the oppression of current policy and of creating a reality of concepts such as ‘empowerment’, health promotion and professional risk-taking. It is concluded that community development presents an opportunity for professionals to play a full part in the management of new forms of social care.

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Applied Social Studies, University of Wales Swansea, UK
Stephen Clarke (Lecturer)

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Department of Social Policy, University of Wales Swansea, UK
Anthea Symonds (Lecturer in Social Policy) (Lecturer in Social Policy)
Community Services Management, University of Wales Swansea, UK
Anne Kelly (Lecturer in Health) (Lecturer in Health)

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Clarke, S. (1998). Community Development and Health Professionals. In: Symonds, A., Kelly, A. (eds) The Social Construction of Community Care. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14107-4_8

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14107-4_8
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