Disability and culture
Subtitle: an international and inter-professional perspective
By: Patricia Smith, PhD., editor
Series: Diversity in organizations, communities & nations book series; Diversity in organizations, communities, and nations (Series)
Publisher: Common Ground Publishing LLC
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Champaign, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781612299433; 9781612294940
Subjects: People with disabilities; Social conditions; Services for; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Disabled Persons; Community Health Services; Cultural Competency; Socioeconomic Factors
Work titles: Disability and culture (Smith)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Disability and inequalities / Sally French and John Swain; title: Paralympic sport, marginalization, and the media / Keith Gilbert & Otto J. Schantz; title: Cultural perspectives on mental health and community based rehabilitation in Sri Lanka / Rachel Tribe; title: Community based rehabilitation disability and post-coloniality : the Jamaican context / Patricia Smith; title: Cultural competence and disability : a lifelong journey to cultural proficiency, part I / Ronnie Leavitt; title: Cultural imperatives within community based physiotherapy : narratives from families living with disability / Patricia Smith; title: "It's always in my backpack" : living with multiple sclerosis : Conny's story; title: Patients' perspective on culture, disability and exercise : perspectives from Nigeria / Adeonke Akinpelu, Nse Ayooluwa Odunaiya & Adesola Christiana Odole; title: Cultural competence and disability : a lifelong journey to cultural proficiency, part II / Ronnie Leavitt; title: The nature of disability in the United Kingdom and multi-cultural influences / Patricia Smith; title: The nature of disability in South Africa and the role of primary health care / T. Puckree and T. Nadasan; title: Attitudes on disability in China and the influence of traditional Chinese medicine / Weisi Song; title: Perspectives on disability in India / Parul Agarwal and G. Arun Maiya; title: The nature of disability in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) and the impact of working in a crisis zone / Lesley Dawson; title: Research on childhood disability in Jamaica : 1975 to 2005 / Molly Thorburn; title: Disability, research, and culturally competent practice / Mel Stewart; title: Disability and culture : the way forward / Patricia Smith.