Empowerment and personal assistance – resistance, consumer choice, partnership or discipline?

The concept of empowerment has been closely linked to the development of personal assistance (PA) and the independent living ideology. However, the use of the concept of empowerment has been disputed as it has begun to be used in both the marketization of the PA scheme and as a government strategy t...

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Main Authors: Inge Storgaard Bonfils, Ole Petter Askheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2014-04-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
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Online Access:https://www.sjdr.se/articles/486