Quality of life and disability : an approach for community practitioners / Ivan Brown and Roy I. Brown ; foreword by Ann and Rud Turnbull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Ivan, 1947-

Contributor:

Brown, Roy I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Care.

People with disabilities.

Quality of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors apply ideas about quality of life to the field of disability to assist front-line professionals, managers and policy-makers in effective service provision. They examine the historical context of the concept of quality of life and discuss the application of quality of life in the daily lives of people who have disabilities.

Contents:

Quality of Life and Disability: An Approach for Community Practitioners; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introducing Quality of Life; 2. Four People with Disabilities: A Glance at their Lives; 3. Understanding the Social and Historical Roots of Disability; 4. Life Gardening: Improving Quality of Everyday Life; 5. Quality of Life: A Model for Practice; 6. Assessment and Measurement of Quality of Life; 7. Intervention Based on Quality of Life; 8. Quality of Life in Families; 9. A Quality of Life Case Example: Dealing with Grief

10. Professional and Ethical Issues for Quality of Life11. Policy, Management and Quality-of-Life-Based Practice; 12. Quality of Life, Disability and the Future; About the Authors; Subject Index; Author Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283904230

1283904233

9781417500963

1417500964

9781846424045

1846424046

OCLC:

567905614