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Disability, Policy and Practice

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Disability, Policy and Practice

Issues for Health and Social Care Practitioners
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Disabled people are different - but how does the notion of disability inform the practice of a health and social care worker?This book explores the relationship between disability and professional health and social care practice. Arguing that the nature of disability is a holistic construction, a fusion of medical, social and bio-psychosocial models rather than about innate biological defects or limitations, the authors show how professionals must embrace difference in order to generate empowerment and social inclusion for service users. They also offer a new conceptual model for disability: the existential model, which offers a holistic approach that resolves the traditional tensions between social and medical models of disability.Each chapter provides a set of reflective questions to enable practitioners to reflect on in real-life professional-client interactions, exploring models of disability in relation to life opportunities and social inclusion.

Author Biography

Alex Clark, MA, is Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Health and Social Care at the University of Chichester, UK. He has spent 15 years teaching social policy, health and social care in higher education, with particular reference to disability studies, and has written and delivered a number of distance learning modules in this field at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. George G. Giarchi, PhD, Dip.Rel.Educ, CQSW, is Professor of Social Care at the University of Plymouth, UK. He is the author of several books and a wide range of articles on social issues. Deirdre Ford, MSc, CQSW, is Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Plymouth, UK. She has published several papers on the Subject, as well as a book, Social Work Models, Methods and Theories (Russell House Publishing).
Release date Australia
February 15th, 2010
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributor
  • Foreword by Claire Tregaskis
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages
176
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN-13
9781843105312
Product ID
10374190

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