| Description |
xiv, 217 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Interdisciplinary studies, fragmented identities and psychic investments -- 2. Valuing lives -- 3. Medicine and its allied professions -- 4. The social construction of disability -- 5. Dynamics of care and control: meeting social and psychic needs -- 6. Causes, complexity and process of categorising 'impairment' -- 7. Does language disable people? -- 8. Investments in images -- Closing comments: interdisciplinary connections, action and identity |
| Summary |
Disability: Controversial Debates and Psychosocial Perspectives examines various theories and practices relating to disability. The focus of the work is not disabled people as "objects" of study but rather an analysis of disability as it has been historically and culturally constructed. The topics covered range from language and discourse, interpersonal relationships and "disability" professions to public policy and the politics of disability. This book is essential reading for students of Disability Studies as well as policy-makers and professionals in social policy, social work and nursing |
| Notes |
Brings together the best and most memorable entries from both An almanac of words at play and Another almanac of words at play |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
People with disabilities.
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Disability studies.
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Sociology of disability.
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Disabled Persons [MESH]
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Disabled Persons -- psychology [MESH]
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Social Sciences [MESH]
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Philosophy [MESH]
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Philosophy.
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Disabled Persons -- psychology.
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Social Sciences.
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Disabled Persons.
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Disabled Persons.
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| Author |
Espy, Willard R. (Willard Richardson), 1910-
Almanac of words at play
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Espy, Willard R. (Willard Richardson), 1910-
Another alamnac of words at play
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| LC no. |
99014620 |
| ISBN |
0415162025 hardcover |
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0415162033 |
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0877791457 : |
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