Independent Advocacy and Spiritual Care Insights from Service Users,
This book explores the profession of independent advocacy through a history of the practice, and provides an empirical study of its emergence in London. While advocacy has long been associated with professions such as social work and mental health nursing
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GEOFF MORGAN
Independent Advocacy and Spiritual Care
Geoff Morgan
Independent Advocacy and Spiritual Care Insights from Service Users, Advocates, Health Care Professionals and Chaplains
Geoff Morgan North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust London, United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-137-53124-7 ISBN 978-1-137-53125-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-53125-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016957533 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image © Brian Jackson / Alamy Stock Photo Cover design by Henry Petrides Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
Foreword
When, as a Justice Minister, I was taking the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) through Parliament, it was met with a wall of opposition—from churches of all denominations, much of the right-wing media and an angry alliance of other groups. I can remember the Daily Mail publishing a scaremongering article about the bill under the headline ‘Killing the vulnerable.’ Ten years on, the value of the MCA is now widely recognised. I still receive letters from people around the country grateful for how easy the provisions of the Act made it for them to take care of an elderly or highly vulnerable relative. This is exactly what the Act was designed to do. It was a forward- looking piece of legislation that took into account Britain’s ageing population and the fact that one in three people born in this generation will develop dementia later in life. It recognised the difficulties at the time in ensuring that those who
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