Advocacy Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals Format:Trade Paperback competition for parental attention and

competition for parental attention and the phenomenon of `disability by association' - the tendency for siblings to emulate a disabled brother's or sister's behaviour in an attempt to gain recognition for themselves at home

And what are the emotions involved for mother and baby when the baby rejects a feed

the sites and boundaries to their work

distrust and fear

Advocacy Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals Format:Trade Paperback competition for parental attention andMost professionals working in health or social care will be required to act as advocates as part of their work. A social worker or community nurse may need to obtain extra benefits or a particular service for a client; a housing official may need to help a tenant whose benefit has been delayed thus placing them at risk of homelessness; a voluntary body may decide to challenge a statement of special educational needs for a child. This is a practical