Understanding Disability: A Guide for Health Professionals

This book examines disability, in an accessible and interactive style, as it relates to healthcare policy and practice. It is aimed at physiotherapists and occupational therapists, both sutdents and practitioners, but will also be useful to all healthcare workers, including nurses, doctors and speech and language therapists.brbrulliBased on the social rather than the medical model of disabilityliViews disability in terms of environmental, structural and attitudinal barriers which deny disabled people full participation in societyliEngages health professionals in critical reflection on the provision of services to disabled peopleliCase studies and activities throughout facilitate understanding of issues presented/ulForeword by Frances Reynoldsp1. What is critical reflection?br2. What is disability?br3. How did we get here?br4. Servicing the bodybr5. Disabled people's experiences of health carebr6. The experiences of disabled health and caring professionalsbr7. Controlling servicesbr8. What is empowerment?br9. What is partnership?br10. How do services meet diverse needs?br11. How do professionals find out?br12. Reflecting back to reflect forwardpReferencesbrIndex