Ethics, law, and policy / Jerome E. Bickenbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bickenbach, Jerome Edmund.

Series:

SAGE reference series on disability

The SAGE reference series on disability: key issues and future directions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.

People with disabilities--Government policy.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, [2012]

Summary:

Part of a series examining issues surrounding disabilities in modern society, this volume explores questions of law, ethics, and policy surrounding disability rights and governmental regulations and programs. Sharing a common format across the volumes in the series, this text provides a discussion of the background and history of disability law, ethics, and policy; current issues and controversies; a chronology of important events; biographies of key figures; annotated data and statistics; listings of organizations; and print and online resources for further study. The work is appropriate for general readers and undergraduate students but is complex enough to provide a significant reference sources for researchers and policy makers. Bickenbach is a professor of philosophy at Queen's University and a consultant on disability issues to the World Health Organization. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction, background, and history

Current issues, controversies, and solutions

Chronology of critical events

Biographies of key contributors in the field

Annotated data, statistics, tables, and graphs / Jerome Bickenbach and Bruno Trezzini

Annotated list of organizations and associations / Nandini Devi, Nicole Emmenegger, and Barbara Phillips

Selected print and electronic resources / Nandini Devi, Nicole Emmenegger, and Barbara Phillips.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781412987479

1412987474

OCLC:

721906350