... as the major causes of violence against women’s inherited property rights. Originality/value A reasonable volume of research is available on the subject of women’s empowerment. However, little attention is paid to investigating the causes of violence against women sharing in their inherited property rights...

... are reported. The practical limitations and factors which help and hinder advocacy support within the process are also considered. The theoretical implications for power, empowerment, and advocacy are also explored. Research limitations/implications A key limitation of this research is that it did...

... at Mid-Staffordshire hospitals also indicate that leadership was inadequate and this impacted on the Trust’s ability to maintain safe services. Leadership Health Management Empowerment Safeguarding Vulnerable adults Safety from harm and exploitation is one of our most basic needs...

... of increased efficiency, increased effectiveness, empowerment; the transformation of relationships and the practice of new skills. Research limitations/implications – This research shows that focus groups led by therapists can be used to explore safety and safeguarding and supports the effectiveness...

... practice Social services United Kingdom Safeguarding adults Vulnerable adults Adult abuse Multi‐agency Empowerment Risk management This article explores some of the challenges associated with achieving best practice across multi‐agency settings for safeguarding vulnerable adults...

... be especially vulnerable. Recommendations to reduce the vulnerability of refugees are included. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Refugees Asylum seekers Empowerment User participation VIEW Policy PE ER·RE overview ED Refugees and asylum seekers as a group at risk of adult abuse Lucy...

... counselling and psychotherapy. The concept of wounded healers is explored alongside a range of actions that can be taken against abuse. The paper concludes with a discusssion about the integration of research into practice. key words counselling psychotherapy values research empowerment Overview of abuse...