Disability, Policy and Practice
Issues for Health and Social Care Practitioners
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-84310-531-2 (ISBN)
Description
Disabled people are different - but how does the notion of disability inform the practice of a health and social care worker?This book explores the relationship between disability and professional health and social care practice. Arguing that the nature of disability is a holistic construction, a fusion of medical, social and bio-psychosocial models rather than about innate biological defects or limitations, the authors show how professionals must embrace difference in order to generate empowerment and social inclusion for service users. They also offer a new conceptual model for disability: the existential model, which offers a holistic approach that resolves the traditional tensions between social and medical models of disability.Each chapter provides a set of reflective questions to enable practitioners to reflect on in real-life professional-client interactions, exploring models of disability in relation to life opportunities and social inclusion.
Reviews / Votes
"'In setting out a wide-ranging historical and cultural explanation for the current devaluing and social exclusion of disabled people in Britain today, the authors demonstrate both how we have got to this point of disengagement, and what needs to happen to move forward towards the development of more equitable service provision. In so doing, I believe that this book offers a way forward towards the development of dialogues across difference within the disability field that will ultimately lead to true partnerships for change.' - From the Foreword by Claire Tregaskis"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84310-531-2 (9781843105312)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Alex Clark, MA, is Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Health and Social Care at the University of Chichester, UK. He has spent 15 years teaching social policy, health and social care in higher education, with particular reference to disability studies, and has written and delivered a number of distance learning modules in this field at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. George G. Giarchi, PhD, Dip.Rel.Educ, CQSW, is Professor of Social Care at the University of Plymouth, UK. He is the author of several books and a wide range of articles on social issues. Deirdre Ford, MSc, CQSW, is Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Plymouth, UK. She has published several papers on the Subject, as well as a book, Social Work Models, Methods and Theories (Russell House Publishing).
Content
1. Introduction: In Search of a Disability Model.; 2. Conceptualising Disability: The Use of Models.; 3. Disability: Celebrating being Unique.; 4. The Historical Context and Genealogy of Disability.; 5. The Professional Context and Policy Twists.; 6. Disability: Education and Leisure.; 7. Disability, Sexuality and Spirituality. 8. Disability, Work and Welfare.; 9. Disability: Community Action and Emancipatory Research.; 10. Conclusions: Disability and Practice.; References.; Index.