Reframing Disability and Quality of Life A Global Perspective /
Chronic conditions and physical impairments can take a psychological, social and economic toll, and are assumed to diminish a person’s quality of life. But ‘quality of life’ is an ambiguous phrase. Some use the term as an indicator for successful and high quality health services, including good acce...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Σειρά: | Social Indicators Research Series,
52 |
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Prologue - Devva Kasnitz
- Reframing disability and quality of life: Contextual nuances - Narelle Warren and Lenore Manderson
- Stroke and aphasia in a South African Township - Carol Legg and Claire Penn
- Disability and wellbeing in Northern Nigeria - Elisha P. Renne
- Children’s dignity of life: How to evaluate bodies’ (im)permeability - Rafael Wainer
- Who, how and what? Quality of life and cancer research - Helle Ploug Hansen and Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen
- Quality of life and end of life decisions after brain injury - Athena Demertzi, Olivia Gosseries, Didier Ledoux, Steven Laureys and Marie-Aurélie Bruno
- Kidney transplantation in Cyprus: A culture of constructing and reconstructing normality - Costas S. Constantinou
- Spinal cord injury, sport, and the narrative possibilities of posttraumatic growth - Andrew C. Sparkes and Brett Smith
- Narrating a return to work after spinal cord injury - Carolyn Smith-Morris, Gilberto Lopez, Lisa Ottomanelli and Lance Goetz
- Sports, disability and the re-framing of the post-injury soldier - Seth D. Messinger
- Care, dependency and quality of life - Lenore Manderson and Narelle Warren
- Disability and caregivers’ inability among immigrant Australians - Victoria Team and Milica Markovic
- The impact of government on quality of life for people with disabilities in the U.S. and Guatemala - Erica Skogebo Edwards
- About the authors
- Index.
