Social Work with Disabled People
β Scribed by Michael Oliver, Bob Sapey (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 218
- Series
- Practical Social Work
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Social Work and Disability: Old and New Directions....Pages 1-32
Thinking about Disability....Pages 33-55
The Causes of Impairment and the Creation of Disability....Pages 56-76
Disability in the Family....Pages 77-107
Living with Disabilities....Pages 108-132
The Legal and Social Context of Disability....Pages 133-156
Conclusions: Some Professional and Organisational Aspects of Social Work with Disabled People....Pages 157-184
Back Matter....Pages 185-204
β¦ Subjects
Social Policy; Nursing; Sociology, general; Social Work; Social Work and Community Development
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