The rights and responsibilities of citizenship for service users: some terms and conditions apply

Hamer, Helen P.; Finlayson, Mary

doi:10.1111/jpm.12258

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“…The ‘pitch’ exemplified the notion of ‘subversive humanitarianism’ (Depraetere & Oosterlynck , p. 707) whereby actions that make claims for justice are undertaken by civilians on behalf of the marginalized and excluded in society. The pitch was the act that weakened the institutional intransigence and changed the patterns of practice in the rehabilitation plan and mitigated against the service user's experience of conditional citizenship (Hamer & Finlayson ). The participant's persistence in ‘doing the right thing’ in her ‘pitch’ demonstrated a rights‐based approach.…”

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‘The right thing to do’: Fostering social inclusion for mental health service users through acts of citizenship

Hamer

Rowe

Seymour

2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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The theoretical framework of citizenship is increasingly being used in mental health settings to inform practice. This exploratory qualitative study describes in more detail the acts of citizenship embedded in the everyday practices of mental health workers that promote the social inclusion of people in their care. Acts make a claim for justice when one's rights and responsibilities of citizenship are denied. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 12 participants, seven mental health clinicians and five peer support workers, recruited from a mental health facility in Connecticut, USA. Two themes are presented, breaking the rules and the right thing to do, a rights-based practice that fosters inclusion for service users. Results suggest that staff undertake hidden acts of citizenship to promote inclusion and rights of service users by responsibly subverting the rules and norms of the organization. Changes to organizational practices to make visible such inclusionary acts are required. Implications for practice and considerations of organizational change through the development of a citizenship framework to underpin practice are recommended.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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‘The right thing to do’: Fostering social inclusion for mental health service users through acts of citizenship

Hamer

Rowe

Seymour

2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…Like many of the populations discussed in this chapter, people with disabilities are often denied full participation in the democratic process due to ignorance, stigma, or stereotyping (Hamer & Finlayson, 2015). In addition to the physical and legal barriers they face at the polls, they may also face difficulty when interacting with poll workers who are not properly trained.…”

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confidence: 99%

Special Populations, Special Challenges

Rome

2021

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As noted in Chap. 5, only about half of all eligible US citizens vote regularly (Uhlaner & Scola, 2016). Perhaps even more troubling than America's modest voter turnout is that not all groups are equally represented. In addition to people of color and people in poverty (discussed earlier), immigrants and linguistic minorities, people experiencing homelessness, citizens with felony convictions, people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and survivors of domestic violence also experience significant barriers that prevent them from fully and freely exercising their right to vote. This chapter describes the barriers that these populations face and offers potential strategies to increase their participation in the electoral process. Because people of color and people in poverty were discussed at some length in Chap. 5 and are again discussed in Chap. 7, we present only brief summaries of the challenges they face in the next section.

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“…abstinence, as distinct from a wider perspective of social reintegration and recovery of their life. Hamer and Finlayson (2015), writing about similar language use in mental health nursing, explain how patients' worlds can be constructed by professional language and, by extension, how given outcomes can come to be seen as the 'right' ones.…”

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Language is never neutral: a critical analysis of the language surrounding adoption in the UK

Clapton¹

2018

Adoption & Fostering

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In the light of increased attention to the role of social work in UK adoption practices, this paper takes a 'turn to language' and examines the neglected field of the words and phrases commonly used in adoption practice. It subjects these to a critical scrutiny and suggests that the language of adoption contains inaccuracies, euphemisms, misnomers and aspirational promises. The paper provides other examples from social work practice with children and families and concludes that a critical approach to a profession's everyday language-use can uncover how power is exercised.

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The rights and responsibilities of citizenship for service users: some terms and conditions apply

Abstract: When providing care, nurses should incorporate the notion of therapeutic jurisprudence and the principles of reciprocity, procedural justice and the implementation of advanced directives to reduce conditions on service users' status as citizens.

Cited by 11 publications

References 54 publications

‘The right thing to do’: Fostering social inclusion for mental health service users through acts of citizenship

‘The right thing to do’: Fostering social inclusion for mental health service users through acts of citizenship

Special Populations, Special Challenges

Language is never neutral: a critical analysis of the language surrounding adoption in the UK

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