Handbook of Disability Studies
Contributors: Gary L. Albrecht (Editor); Katherine D. (Delores) Seelman (Editor); Michael Bury (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: May 24, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 864
ISBN-13: 9780761916529
Subjects: Disability: social aspects; Handicapped; Disability studies; Sociology; Sociology of disability; Reference; Allied Health Services - General; Medical / General; Handbooks & Manuals; Handbooks, manuals, etc
First sentence: The primary objective of this chapter is to describe the institutional history of disability in Western society, establishing explicit connections between the social context in which people have lived and the ways in which disability has or has not been identified and addressed as a social problem.