Disability Dialogues : Advocacy, Science, and Prestige in Postwar Clinical Professions / Andrew J. Hogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hogan, Andrew J., 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--United States--Social conditions--20th century.

People with disabilities.

Sociology of disability--United States--History--20th century.

Sociology of disability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Disabled clinicians are uniquely positioned to combine biomedical expertise with their lived experiences of disability and encourage greater tolerance for disabilities among their colleagues, students, and institutions.

Contents:

Introduction: Disability Advocacy in Postwar America

1 Clinical Psychology: Evolving Disability Perspectives and Advocacy

2 Pediatrics: Moves toward Leadership in Developmental Disabilities

3 Genetic Counseling: Identity and Role in a New Clinical Field

4 Advocacy before Evidence?: Disability Controversies in Clinical Psychology

5 Developmental Disabilities and Subspecialization in Pediatrics

6 Keeping the Conversation Open: Genetic Counseling, Disability, and Selective Abortion

Epilogue: The Need for Disabled Clinical Professionals

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Hogan, Andrew J. Disability Dialogues

ISBN:

9781421445342

OCLC:

1350689863