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020 _a9781315624839
_q(e-book : PDF)
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_q(e-book: Mobi)
020 _z9781138651388
_q(hardback)
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_q(paperback)
024 7 _a10.4324/9781315624839
_2doi
035 _a(OCoLC)993952446
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050 4 _aHV1568
_b.S435 2018
082 0 4 _a362.4
_bS527
100 1 _aShakespeare, Tom,
_d1966-,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDisability :
_bthe basics /
_cTom Shakespeare.
264 1 _aAbingdon, Oxon ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bRoutledge,
_c2018.
300 _a1 online resource
505 0 _achapter 1 Understanding disability -- chapter 2 Disability across time and place -- chapter 3 A life worth living -- chapter 4 Disabling barriers -- chapter 5 Health and social care -- chapter 6 Education for all -- chapter 7 A matter of life and death -- chapter 8 Advocacy and resistance.
520 _a"Disability: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to disability which explores the broad historical, social, environmental, economic and legal factors which affect the experiences of those living with an impairment or illness in contemporary society. The book explores key introductory topics including:the diversity of the disability experience;disability rights and advocacy;ways in which disabled people have been treated throughout history and in different parts of the world;the daily realities of living with an impairment or illness;health, education, employment and other services that exist to support and include disabled people;ethical issues at the beginning and end of life.Disability: The Basics aims to provide readers with an understanding of the lived experiences of disabled people and highlight the continuing gaps and barriers in social responses to the challenge of disability. This book is suitable for lay people, students of disability studies as well as students taking a disability module as part of a wider course within social work, health care, sociology, nursing, policy and media studies."--Provided by publisher.
650 0 _aPeople with disabilities
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aPeople with disabilities
_zGreat Britain
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aSociology of disabilities.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781138651388
_w(DLC) 2017011075
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315624839
_zClick here to view.
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