Yasmeen Akram, Chris Hatton, Robina Shah, Eric Emerson, Janet Robertson

Supporting South Asian Families with a Child with Severe Disabilities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Social workers will find this book to be a valuable tool, highlighting ways of improving the cultural sensitivity of disability services and parental and family support. Combining a wide-ranging survey and in-depth interviews, the authors build a rich picture how culture and ethnicity can impact on a family's experience of disability.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 2980g
• ISBN-13: 9781843101611
• ISBN-10: 1843101610
• Artikelnr.: 22125504

Autorenporträt

Chris Hatton is Research Director and Professor of Psychology, Health and Social Care at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University. Yasmeen Akram was a research associate at the Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester and is now training as a clinical psychologist. Robina Shah is an expert advisor on ethnicity to the Valuing People Support Team. Janet Robertson is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Health Research. Eric Emerson is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Institute for Health Research and a member of the Department of Health's National Task Force on Learning Disabilities.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: The Research
and Policy Context. 2. The Families. 3. The Child. 4. Information. 5.
Informal Support. 6. Formal Support. 7. Family Social Life. 8. Parental
Health. 9. Making Connections. 10. Conclusions. Appendix 1. Probe Questions
for Phase 1 Interviews. Appendix 2. Interview Schedules Used in the Phase 2
Interviews. Appendix 3. Probe Questions for Phase 3 Interviews. References.
Subject Index. Author index.