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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, incl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht ; New York :
Springer,
©2013.
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| Colección: | Social indicators research series ;
v. 52. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Reframing Disability and Quality of Life: Contextual Nuances / Narelle Warren, Lenore Manderson
- Uncertainty, Vulnerability, and Isolation: Factors Framing Quality of Life with Aphasia in a South African Township / Carol Legg, Claire Penn
- Disability and Well-Being in Northern Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne
- The Dignity of Children: How to Evaluate Bodies' (Im)Permeability / Rafael Wainer
- Who, How, and What? Quality of Life and Psychosocial Cancer Research / Helle Ploug Hansen, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen
- Quality of Life and End-of-Life Decisions After Brain Injury / Athena Demertzi, Olivia Gosseries
- Transforming Social Disability into Normality: Medical Discourses on Kidney Transplantation in Cyprus / Costas S. Constantinou
- Spinal Cord Injury, Sport, and the Narrative Possibilities of Posttraumatic Growth / Andrew C. Sparkes, Brett Smith
- Narrating a Return to Work After Spinal Cord Injury / Carolyn Smith-Morris, Gilberto Lopez
- Sports, Disability, and the Reframing of the Post-injury Soldier / Seth D. Messinger
- "Caring for" and "Caring About": Embedded Interdependence and Quality of Life / Lenore Manderson, Narelle Warren
- Disability and Caregivers' Inability Among Immigrant Australians / Victoria Team, Milica Markovic
- The Impact of Government on Quality of Life for People with Disabilities in the United States and Guatemala / Erica Skogebo McFadden.