Intellectual Disability
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Open University Press; Open University Press, McGraw Hill Education
Published: September 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780335221370
Subjects: Disability: social aspects; Nursing - General; Psychiatry - General; Medical / Nursing / General; Medical; Medical / Nursing
Description: "Based on the author's own experience from over thirty years in the field, this thought-provoking book offers a comparative study of services for people with intellectual disabilities in seven countries: England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the USA. Through the author's discussions with people with intellectual disabilities, parents and families, and those involved with services at a professional and academic level, the book provides a critical reflection on intellectual disability services across the lifespan." "Intellectual Disability is key reading for students of social work, learning disability nursing, social policy and community work, as well as those training to work with people with intellectual disabilities in health and social care services. Because of its unique approach, however, it is as relevant to families of people with intellectual disabilities as it is to professionally qualified practitioners and policymakers."--Jacket.