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Disability on Equal Terms presents an authoritative collection of writings that examine and challenge traditional notions of disability. Edited and written by leading experts in the field, the book offers a multidisciplinary approach to disability studies, incorporating perspectives from a wide range of health and social care services, as well as a distinct and unique emphasis on the personal testimonies of disabled people themselves.
In Practice from the Viewpoint of a Disabled Nurse
In Practice from the Viewpoint of a Disabled Nurse
It is a sad fact that, even today, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, more than a decade after the Disability Discrimination Act was passed, the predominant model of disability still revolves around the medical model, with its focus on impairments rather than people. This model emphasizes the search for a cure, and has cast medical personnel in the role of ‘experts’. The medical model is also overlaid by the tragedy model in the minds of these medically orientated personnel, as they are the gatekeepers of so many of the resources which disabled people require. Recently though, doctors and nurses are beginning to admit that they are ...
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