Handbook of Disability Studies
Contributors: Gary L. Albrecht (Editor); Katherine D. (Delores) Seelman (Editor); Michael Bury (Editor)
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: May 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 864
ISBN-13: 9780761928744
Subjects: Disability: social aspects; Handbooks & Manuals; Reference; Sociology; General; Medical / General
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.