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Disability and diversity : a sociological perspective
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
Details
- Creator
- Mark Sherry
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (119 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781634841177, 1634841174, 160456914X
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [79]-89) and index.
- English
- DISABILITY AND DIVERSITY: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; DISABILITY AND DIVERSITY: A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: DISABILITY AND DIVERSITY; DISABILITY; DIVERSITY; CONNECTING DISABILITY AND DIVERSITY; DISABILITY AS A DIVERSE EXPERIENCE; A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; DISABILITY, ILLNESS, DISEASE, DISORDER?; ADDRESSING DISABLING BARRIERS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 2: DISABILITY AND ETHNICITY; DEFINING ETHNICITY; DISABILITY AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY; RESPONDING TO DISPARITIES
- "COLOR BLIND RACISM" AND "NEW RACISM"THE NEW GENOMICS AND "RACE"; CONCLUSION; Chapter 3: DISABILITY AND GENDER; DEFINING SEX AND GENDER; INTERSEX; THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF DISABILITY AMONG MEN AND WOMEN; GENDER AS A RISK FACTOR; GENDER-SPECIFIC BARRIERS IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM; THE INTERSECTION OF MULTIPLE IDENTITIES -AND MULTIPLE BARRIERS; TARGETED INTERVENTIONS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4: DISABILITY AND SOCIOCONOMIC STATUS; DEFINING SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; DISABILITY AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; BARRIERS IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5: CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX