Working with Disabled People in Policy and Practice by Sally French

Working with Disabled People in Policy and Practice by Sally French

Part of Palgrave's Interagency Working in Health and Social Care series, this book explores the policy and practice which frames work with disabled people. Providing a critical review of the mainstream services available to disabled people, it assesses the successes and failures of interagency working andoffers a model for future practice.

"A very timely, accessible and thought-provoking textThe interagency focus is highly relevant and complements the field of disability studies and beyond." - Joanne Stead, Senior Lecturer, BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy, University of Huddersfield, UK

SALLY FRENCH is Associate Lecturer at the Open University, UK where she teaches a variety of health and social care and social science courses. She has taught, written and researched in the area of Disability Studies for many years and has published widely in the field. Her current research interests include the history of disability and the experiences of disabled people in health and social care. Much of her work in the area of Disability Studies has its roots in her earlier work as a care assistant and a physiotherapist and her experiences as a disabled person.

JOHN SWAIN is Professor of Disability and Inclusion at Northumbria University, UK.He has taught and researched in the area of Disability Studies for over thirty years at both Northumbria University and the Open University. John has published widely in this field, particularly co-authoring and co-editing texts with Sally French; and is Executive Editor for the Disability and Society journal. His current research interests include the experiences of disabled people as health and social care service users and the development of participatory research approaches working with disabled people.

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ISBN 13	9780230580787
ISBN 10	0230580785
Title	Working with Disabled People in Policy and Practice
Author	Sally French
Series	Interagency Working In Health And Social Care
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2011-11-15
Number of pages	224
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