Ivan Brown, Roy I. Brown

Quality of Life and Disability

An Approach for Community Practitioners

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781843100058
• ISBN-10: 1843100053
• Artikelnr.: 20978009

Autorenporträt

Ivan Brown is Manager of the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. Roy I. Brown is Emeritus Professor at Flinders University, Australia and University of Calgary, Canada, as well as Adjunct Professor, School of Child & Youth Care, University of Victoria and Psychology Department, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Ann and Rud Turnbull, Beach Center for Family and Disability
Studies, University of Kansas. 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 life. 11. Policy, management and quality-of-life-based practice.
12. Quality of life, disability and the future. About the authors. Index.