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Perspectives on Disability and Rehabilitation: Contesting Assumptions, Challenging Practice

Perspectives on Disability and Rehabilitation: Contesting Assumptions, Challenging Practice

Paperback by Hammell, Karen Whalley (Researcher and Writer, Saskatchewan, Canada)

Perspectives on Disability and Rehabilitation: Contesting Assumptions, Challenging Practice

£30.99

ISBN:
9780443100598
Publication Date:
22 Feb 2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:
Churchill Livingstone
Pages:
216 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 1 Nov 2024
Perspectives on Disability and Rehabilitation: Contesting Assumptions, Challenging Practice

Description

It explores issues that are central to rehabilitation, such as the nature of the body, the idea of independence, the rehabilitation process, evidence-based practice and client-centred practice. Seeking always to ground theoretical ideas in the realities of every-day rehabilitation practice, and drawing from a wealth of research evidence, the book continually examines the implications of these perspectives for the education, practice, service delivery, research and theoretical development of the rehabilitation professions.Provides an accessible introduction to current theoretical perspectives on disability Demonstrates how these theoretical perspectives can inform a practitioner's approach to rehabilitation Relevant for all the rehabilitation and health care professions

Contents

Preface. Exploring the assumptions underpinning rehabilitation. Normality and the classification of difference. Disability and deviance from the norm. Theoretical models of disability. The cultural perpetuation of disability. The body and physical impairment. Disability, rehabilitation and liminality. Rehabilitation fundamentals. Client-centred philosophy: exploring privalege and power. Researching disability and rehabilitation. Contesting assumptions; challenging practice. Glossary. References

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