Self Help in Health and Social Welfare

Contributors Introduction Part I: National Structures and Policies 1. Some Remarks on West Germany’s Health and Welfare System and the Position of Self Help 2. Government Policy on Self Help Groups in England Part II: The International Context 3. Politics and Policies on Self Help: Notes on the International Scene Part III: The Evaluation of Self Help Introductory 4. The Developments of Self Help Organizations: Dilemmas and Ambiguities 5. ‘I Don’t Believe in Data…’ 6. Why We Need Data: Observations on Evaluation Research in Health-Related Self Help Part IV: Local Support for Self Help Introductory Note 7. On Support for Self Help Groups at the Local Level 8. The Contact and Information Centre for Self Help Groups in Hamburg: How It Was Set Up 9. Local Support for Self Help Groups: A Future Task for the Health Social and Education Services 10. English Self Help Support in Context 11. From Philosophy to Partnership 12. Local Support for Self Help. More Difficult than it Looks Concluding Notes Bibliographic References Index