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Improving the Experience of Health Care for People Living with Sensory Disability : Knowing What is Going On / Annmaree Watharow ; edited by Damian Mellifont and Jennifer Smith-Merry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watharow, Annmaree, author.
- Series:
- Disability studies (Lived Places Publishing)
- Disability Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--Medical care.
- People with disabilities.
- Sensory disorders--Patients--Medical care.
- Sensory disorders.
- People with disabilities--Services for.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Knowing What is Going On
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Lived Places Publishing, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Too often, the answer is that they don't. Communication is crucial for any professional-patient relationship, not least when disability is in the mix. For people living with sensory disability, however, the challenge of knowing what is going on with their healthcare, participating in shared decision making, and retaining an appropriate level of agency, is even greater. Using verbatim testimony from people with first-hand experience of sensory disability, this book explores issues such as accessibility barriers in consent forms, patient information sheets and other paperwork; situational vulnerability to abuse and neglect; and dehumanisation, infantilisation, and disempowerment in care. Written by Dr Annmaree Watharow MD PhD, a doctor and author with personal experience of sensory disability, the stories in this book are told using people's own words, to allow readers to hear directly from the people who most need their own agency. Vital reading for doctors, nurses, health care providers, and social support workers in practice and training, this book will change the way you view sensory disability.
- Contents:
- Content warning
- Learning objectives
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Miscommunication and pain
- Chapter 2: The undeniable importance of communication
- Chapter 3: Who are we?
- Chapter 4: Health threats
- Chapter 5: The triple burden of COVID-19
- Chapter 6: What really happens in hospitals
- Chapter 7: Security. Knowledge. Power.
- Chapter 8: The expert-knowers speak
- Chapter 9: Respect. Communication. Care.
- Chapter 10: Strategies for systemic transformation
- Recommended further reading
- Suggested learning activities
- References.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on Publisher's website, viewed May 18, 2023.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Improving the Experience of Health Care for People Living with Sensory Disability : Knowing What is Going On.
- ISBN:
- 9781915271426
- 9781915271440
- 9781915271433
- OCLC:
- 1378196549
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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