Studying disability : multiple theories and responses / Elizabeth DePoy, Stephen French Gilson.

By:

DePoy, Elizabeth

Contributor(s):

Gilson, Stephen French

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781452215693
1452215693
9781452275260
1452275262
9781412975766
141297576X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Studying Disability : Multiple Theories and Responses.DDC classification:

362.4

LOC classification:

HV1568.2 .D467 2011

NLM classification:

2011 C-332
HV 1568.2

Online resources:

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Contents:

Foundations -- Looking back : ancient Greece through the 19th century -- Disability in the 20th and 21st centuries : medical condition, construction, or commodity -- The descriptive element of explanatory legitimacy -- Explanations introduced -- Longitudinal explanations -- Environmental explanations -- Categorical explanations -- Systems explanations -- Contemporary and emerging explanations -- Legitimacy : what is it? -- Who is a legitimate category member? -- Legitimate humanities responses -- Legitimate social science responses -- Legitimate professional responses -- Integrative academic-professional stance through disjuncture theory -- A model of community legitimacy : creating human-environment juncture.

Summary: Presenting a fully integrative text covering disability from a variety of disciplines, this book reviews existing theories then sets forth a new viewpoint that incorporates elements from disability studies, sociology, human services, rehabilitation counseling, and public health.

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Presenting a fully integrative text covering disability from a variety of disciplines, this book reviews existing theories then sets forth a new viewpoint that incorporates elements from disability studies, sociology, human services, rehabilitation counseling, and public health.