Studying disability : multiple theories and responses / Elizabeth DePoy, Stephen French Gilson.

Author/creator DePoy, Elizabeth
Other author Gilson, Stephen French.
Format Book
Publication InfoLos Angeles : SAGE, ©2011.
Descriptionix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Foundations -- Looking back : ancient Greece through the 19th century -- Disability in the 20th and 21st centuries : medical condition, construction, or commodity -- The descriptive element of explanatory legitimacy -- Explanations introduced -- Longitudinal explanations -- Environmental explanations -- Categorical explanations -- Systems explanations -- Contemporary and emerging explanations -- Legitimacy : what is it? -- Who is a legitimate category member? -- Legitimate humanities responses -- Legitimate social science responses -- Legitimate professional responses -- Integrative academic-professional stance through disjuncture theory -- A model of community legitimacy : creating human-environment juncture.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and index.
LCCN 2010005923
ISBN9781412975766 (pbk.)
ISBN141297576X (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV1568.2 .D467 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold