num_pages: 272
description: The opening section of the book gives a flavor of the experience of having a disfigurement. It demonstrates the human experiences of being significantly visibly different compared with the norm, a norm, which is either defined for us by the culture in which we live, or by ourselves. Important addresses a neglected but commonly occurring problem; includes contributions from people who are themselves visibly different; opens up the experiences of, and offers guidance to professionals in a range of disciplines working in this area; reviews research in an accessible style;outlines and discusses the importance of appropriate service provision Health care professionals in a range of disciplines, students, families of the disfigured and the disfigured themselves will all find this very readable book of enormous benefit. It is an authoritative and reassuring resourcewith an innovative approach.
language: English
title: Visibly Different: Coping with Disfigurement
titlecomplete: Visibly Different: Coping with Disfigurement
publisher: Hodder Education Publishers