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1 online resource |
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text file |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Presenting a fully integrative text covering disability from a variety of disciplines, this book reviews existing theories then sets forth a new viewpoint that incorporates elements from disability studies, sociology, human services, rehabilitation counseling, and public health. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Disability studies.
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Disability studies. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gilson, Stephen French.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: DePoy, Elizabeth G. Studying Disability : Multiple Theories and Responses. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, ©2010 9781412975766 |
| ISBN |
9781452215693 (electronic book) |
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1452215693 (electronic book) |
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9781452275260 (ebook) |
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1452275262 (ebook) |
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