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Behinderung im "Spiegel"
Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung Welches Bild von Behinderung oder behinderten Personen vermittelt das auflagenstärkste Wochenmagazin "Der Spiegel"? Das Leitmedium liefert mit seinen Informationen und Bildern Woche für Woche Orientierungs- und Deutungswissen über eine Bevölkerungsgruppe, die lange Zeit nur wenig öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit erfuhr. Die Studie von... more...
Jill's Leading Ladies
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 11.49When Jill Allen-King OBE, suddenly lost her sight at the age of 24, with little help and advice available from Social Services she had to teach herself to cope with a whole new way of living that had its own set of challenges to overcome, including looking after her daughter, Jacqueline, born soon afterwards. It wasnt until seven years later... more...
Steps Toward a Planning Framework for Elder Care in the Arab World
Springer 2012; US$ 39.99This book reviews the elder care literature pertaining to the Arab world and proposes steps that can be taken to improve the health and quality of life of older people in this region. Organized in three main sections (Program Assessment, Program Planning, Conclusions and Recommendations), the book addresses such topics as developing a conceptual framework;... more...
Gerontological Supervision
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 61.95The growing population of aging Americans is bringing with it thousands of new workers into agencies serving the elderly each year. Now, the need for supervisors to administer and train staff in programs for older persons is increasing as well. This is a practical, "how-to" guide for the supervision of case managers, personal care providers, and interns... more...
The Disability Studies Reader
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 69.95The Fourth Edition of the Disability Studies Reader breaks new ground by emphasizing the global, transgender, homonational, and posthuman conceptions of disability. Including physical disabilities, but exploring issues around pain, mental disability, and invisible disabilities, this edition explores more varieties of bodily and mental experience.... more...
Is Ambient Assisted Living the Panacea for Ageing Population?
IOS Press 2013; US$ 118.00Imagining Welfare Futures
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95Imagining Welfare Futures explores possible futures of welfare by considering different types of relationship between the public and the state through which social welfare may be organized beyond the millennium. By drawing on contemporary debates about the 'citizen', 'the community' and 'the consumer', the book explores what each of these imaginary... more...
The Politics of Public Housing
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 18.99Black women have traditionally represented the canvas on which many debates about poverty and welfare have been drawn. For a quarter century after the publication of the notorious Moynihan report, poor black women were tarred with the same brush: "ghetto moms" or "welfare queens" living off the state, with little ambition or hope of an independent... more...
Discapcidad
Pan American Health Organization 2006; US$ 28.00Este libro se propone brindar los conocimientos básicos, elementos e intervenciones para el mantenimiento de la buena función de la persona que busca la atención del servicio de salud. Quienes hemos tenido la responsabilidad de atender a pacientes con pérdidas funcionales en la consulta clínica, sabemos que un alto porcentaje de ellos no sufrirían... more...
Learning Disability
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 207.00This book adopts a life cycle approach in order to reveal important dimensions in the lives of people with learning disabilities and the effects upon them and their families. It tackles issues about transitions in people's lives and how services, professionals, advocates, allies and wider communities of interest can support people with learning disabilities... more...









