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Good Practice With Vulnerable Adults

Good Practice With Vulnerable Adults Book review Good Practice With Vulnerable Adults Jacki Pritchard (Editor) London: Jessica Kingsley Publishing Ltd (2001) 318pp, £16.95 ISBN 1 85302 982 3 This volume provides the reader with a collection of broad- ranging papers that deal with several key aspects of dilemmas and considerations in work around the protection of vulnerable adults from abuse. These can be grouped into a commentary on the current operational framework offered by No Secrets (chapter one) and those chapters offering perspectives on the identification and investigation of suspected abuse from the viewpoint of social workers, inspection staff, police and the medical profession (chapters two to 16). An exploration of the important role of ‘citizen advocates’ and the potential it has to empower vulnerable adults is also undertaken (chapter 14). Chapters seven and 11 to 13 illustrate in more detail the reality of the work of a registration and inspection officer and the particular complexities of working with older people who abuse alcohol and those suffering from mental health problems. Within this context the author picks up on neglect (including self-neglect) as a form of abuse to illustrate the very real tensions between self-determination, choice, and protection. The remaining chapters – eight to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Adult Protection Emerald Publishing

Good Practice With Vulnerable Adults

Sumner, Keith
The Journal of Adult Protection , Volume 5 (1): 2 – Feb 1, 2003
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Book review Good Practice With Vulnerable Adults Jacki Pritchard (Editor) London: Jessica Kingsley Publishing Ltd (2001) 318pp, £16.95 ISBN 1 85302 982 3 This volume provides the reader with a collection of broad- ranging papers that deal with several key aspects of dilemmas and considerations in work around the protection of vulnerable adults from abuse. These can be grouped into a commentary on the current operational framework offered by No Secrets (chapter one) and those chapters offering perspectives on the identification and investigation of suspected abuse from the viewpoint of social workers, inspection staff, police and the medical profession (chapters two to 16). An exploration of the important role of ‘citizen advocates’ and the potential it has to empower vulnerable adults is also undertaken (chapter 14). Chapters seven and 11 to 13 illustrate in more detail the reality of the work of a registration and inspection officer and the particular complexities of working with older people who abuse alcohol and those suffering from mental health problems. Within this context the author picks up on neglect (including self-neglect) as a form of abuse to illustrate the very real tensions between self-determination, choice, and protection. The remaining chapters – eight to

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Published: Feb 1, 2003

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