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TY - JOUR
T1 - Friends and family
T2 - regulation and relationships on the locked ward
AU - Fish, Rebecca Mary
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Disability and Society on 16/12/2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09687599.2016.1261693
PY - 2016/12
Y1 - 2016/12
N2 - This ethnographic project explored the lives of women with learning disabilities on three locked wards. Aspects of these women’s lives were regulated by the service; in particular, relationships with family outside the unit, and peer relationships inside the unit. The women in this study valued these relationships, but they were treated with ambivalence by the service. Success in future community integration and accessing community resources can be dependent on the nature and quality of relationships with others, and therefore services should acknowledge that service-users need to forge relationships of their own choosing.
AB - This ethnographic project explored the lives of women with learning disabilities on three locked wards. Aspects of these women’s lives were regulated by the service; in particular, relationships with family outside the unit, and peer relationships inside the unit. The women in this study valued these relationships, but they were treated with ambivalence by the service. Success in future community integration and accessing community resources can be dependent on the nature and quality of relationships with others, and therefore services should acknowledge that service-users need to forge relationships of their own choosing.
U2 - 10.1080/09687599.2016.1261693
DO - 10.1080/09687599.2016.1261693
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 1385
EP - 1402
JO - Disability and Society
JF - Disability and Society
SN - 0968-7599
IS - 10
ER -