How do the different sources of power in Ian Kramers life shape his experience of Health & Social Care?

Ian Kramers experiences of health and social care services are many and varied, not least because of the time he spent abroad. Though no date of diagnosis is given he asserts that he has been HIV positive since 1982 or thereabouts. He also has a diagnosis of a type 2 bipolar disorder. A type 2 bipolar is characterised by one or more major depressive episodes accompanied by at least one hypomanic episode (www.depression-guide.com/bi-polar-ii-disorder.htm, accessed on 20/02/2011) After comparing the treatment he received for his H.I.V./Aids in the UK to the treatment he had received on previous admissions in both New York and Amsterdam he knew that the service user experience at Kings Hospital could be improved. H.I.V./Aids service users (s.u.s) and mental health s.u. groups like Mad Pride are among some of the most vocal and well organised s.u. groups in the world. I bel…(short extract)