Human kindness, compassion and love: the hospital ward visiting scheme designed and delivered by Canerows and Plaits

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Previously published as: A Life in the Day

Online from: 2010

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Title:	Human kindness, compassion and love: the hospital ward visiting scheme designed and delivered by Canerows and Plaits
Author(s):	Dwight Reynolds, (Canerows and Plaits)
Citation:	Dwight Reynolds, (2010) "Human kindness, compassion and love: the hospital ward visiting scheme designed and delivered by Canerows and Plaits", Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. 14 Iss: 3, pp.6 - 9
Keywords:	Acute services, Black and minority ethnic communities, Mental health services, Peer support
Article type:	General review
DOI:	10.5042/mhsi.2010.0438 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	Canerows and Plaits is a group organised for and by mental health service users from Black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds. This article describes the successful ward visiting scheme developed by the group, the approach taken by ward visitors and how staff and service users on the wards have responded to this.