Working bodies : chronic illness in the Canadian workplace /

While significant research has been produced in the field of disability studies, little attention has been paid to experiences of chronic illness. This book emphasizes the workplace as an important site for understanding such experiences, as employment status has an enormous impact on social and eco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Stone, Sharon Dale, 1955-, Crooks, Valorie A., 1976-, Owen, Michelle K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Chronically ill > Employment > Canada.
Chronically ill > Canada > Economic conditions.
Chronically ill > Canada > Social conditions.
Work environment > Canada.
Chronic diseases.
Social history.
People with disabilities.
Chronic Disease
Social Conditions
Disabled Persons
Occupational Health
Workplace > standards
Malades chroniques > Travail > Canada.
Malades chroniques > Canada > Conditions économiques.
Malades chroniques > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Maladies chroniques.
Histoire sociale.
Personnes handicapées.
social history.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Social history
People with disabilities
Chronic diseases
Work environment
Chronically ill > Economic conditions
Chronically ill > Employment
Chronically ill > Social conditions
Canada
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Chronic Illness in the Canadian Workplace / Sharon-Dale Stone, Valorie A. Crooks, and Michelle Owen
  • Part one : Confronting and Negotiating Attitudes. Narrative Preface: Adam's Story / Adam Gilgoff
  • Portrayals of Fibromyalgia and Paid Work: Too Sick to Work? / Margaret Oldfield
  • Including and Accommodating Youth with Chronic Illness and Childhood Onset Disability in the Canadian Workplace / Joan J. Versnel and Nancy L. Hutchinson
  • Navigating Chronic Injuries in the Workplace: Five Workers' Experiences with Systems and Relationships / Theresa Aversa and Nicolette Carlan.
  • Part two : Perspectives on Accommodating Chronic Illness. Narrative Preface: Julie's Story / Julie Devaney
  • Employers' Perspectives on Workplace Accommodation of Chronic Health Conditions / Rosemary Lysaght and Terry Krupa
  • Supervisors' Perspectives on Work Accommodation for Chronically Ill Employees / Vicki L. Kristman, William S. Shaw, and Kelly Williams-Whitt
  • Accommodation in the Context of Complex Chronic Illness / Melissa Popiel, Wendy Porch, and Le-Ann Dolan.
  • Part three : Experiencing Chronic Illness in the Workplace. Narrative Preface: Corinne's Story / Corinne Stevens
  • illness in the Chronic Illness among Immigrant Workers in Canada: An Overview of Existing Knowledge / Iffath U.B. Syed
  • On Being a Princess and a Problem: Negotiating Attitudinal Barriers to Chronic Illness in Canadian Universities / Keri Cameron and Vera Chouinard
  • Chronic Illness and the Canadian Knowledge Worker: The Role of the Body and Embodiment in Shaping the Production of Academic Work / Valorie A. Crooks, Michelle Owen, and Sharon-Dale Stone.
  • Part four : Epilogue. Narrative Preface: Andrea's Story / Andrea Black
  • Epilogue / Sharon-Dale Stone, Valorie A. Crooks, and Michelle Owen.

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