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Author Hammell, Karen Whalley.

Title Perspectives on disability & rehabilitation : contesting assumptions, challenging practice / Karen Whalley Hammell.

Publication Info. Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2006.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.4 H224P    Check Shelf
Description ix, 258 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction: contesting assumptions and challenging practice -- What is the relevance of theory? -- Exploring theories and assumptions: the intellectual imperative -- Knowledge and power -- Exploring theories: the imperative of evidence based practice -- Epistemology: whose knowledge and persectives count? -- Contentious terminology: "scare" quotes -- Contentious terminology: disabled people -- Contentious terminology: disability theory -- Contentious terminology: patients or clients? -- Challenging assumptions; contesting power -- Criticism or critique?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-245) and index.
Subject Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation.
Models, Theoretical.
Disabilities.
Rehabilitation.
Added Title Perspectives on disability and rehabilitation
ISBN 0443100594 paperback
9780443100598 paperback
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