![]() | Participation in Health and Welfare Services: Professional Concepts and Lived Experience Subjects: Health and Social Care; Social Sciences; Health & Society; Allied Health; Nursing; Public Health Policy and Practice; Social Work and Social Policy; Sociology & Social Policy; Assistive Technology; Occupational Therapy; Disability; Sociology of Health and Illness; Mental Health Nursing; Nursing Research; Aging and Health; Community Health; Health Education and Promotion; Social Justice; Social Work Policy; Social Work Research; Medical Sociology; Today, healthy ageing and active, meaningful lives are core values and aims for international and national health policies. Health services are challenged to ensure that the recipients of their services are active participants in their own care and beyond. Participation allows patients to become less dependent on healthcare providers, increasing their control over their own treatment and health. Increasingly, the idea of 'participation' is shifting, from participation in services to participation in mainstream society. This book examines the concept of participation, as well as the different meanings it takes on in the context of health and welfare services. It asks how services can enable and stimulate participation outside of those services. The contributions in this volume particularly focus on participation as engagement in daily life and 'everyday life' in order to develop the field of participation beyond the sphere of health and social care services. This book will appeal to researchers in the fields of health and social care, social services, occupational therapy and the sociology of health and illness. It will be of interest to practitioners of health and welfare services. Arne H. Eide, Norwegian University for Science and Technology and SINTEF Technology and Society, Norway. Staffan Josephsson, Norwegian University for Science and Technology and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Kjersti Vik, Norwegian University for Science and Technology. |
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