TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing service user involvement in the South Korean disability services: lessons from the experience of community care policy and practice in UK
AU - Kim, YD
AU - Ross, Elizabeth
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - This paper considers the scope for the integration of service user involvement within services for people with disabilities in South Korea at a time of rapid development in social policy and practice. Using the UK experience of introducing community care and a mixed economy of service provision over the last 14 years, this paper considers the barriers to service user involvement inherent in the South Korean context and concludes that in a society where there is a shortage of services and a provider-orientated delivery system where most services are delivered by voluntary organisations, more public services are needed and a 'democratic' rather than a consumerist approach to user involvement is required. Some elements of the UK system could inform the development of a systematic approach to user involvement in South Korea, notably the right to assessment within a care management structure, the setting of quality care standards and inspection processes and a complaints procedure.
AB - This paper considers the scope for the integration of service user involvement within services for people with disabilities in South Korea at a time of rapid development in social policy and practice. Using the UK experience of introducing community care and a mixed economy of service provision over the last 14 years, this paper considers the barriers to service user involvement inherent in the South Korean context and concludes that in a society where there is a shortage of services and a provider-orientated delivery system where most services are delivered by voluntary organisations, more public services are needed and a 'democratic' rather than a consumerist approach to user involvement is required. Some elements of the UK system could inform the development of a systematic approach to user involvement in South Korea, notably the right to assessment within a care management structure, the setting of quality care standards and inspection processes and a complaints procedure.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00741.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00741.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 18290983
SN - 1365-2524
SN - 1365-2524
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SN - 1365-2524
SN - 1365-2524
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SN - 1365-2524
SN - 1365-2524
SN - 1365-2524
SN - 1365-2524
VL - 16
SP - 188
EP - 196
JO - Health and Social Care in the Community
JF - Health and Social Care in the Community
IS - 2
ER -