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The psychological & social impact of illness and disability

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  • Contributor: Dell Orto, Arthur E.; Power, Paul W.
    Edition: 5th ed.
    Date:
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    2007
    Contents:
    • 1. The disability paradigm / David Pfeiffer
    • 2. Understanding how disability is defined and conceptualized in the literature / Barbara J. Lutz and Barbara J. Bowers
    • 3. An integrative conceptual framework of disability : new directions for research / Denise G. Tate and Constance Pledger
    • 4. Transforming psychological practice and society : policies that reflect the new paradigm / Carol J. Gill, Donald G. Kewman and Ruth W. Brannon
    • 5. Social work practice with people with disabilities in the era of disability rights / Richard L. Beaulaurier and Samuel H. Taylor
    • 6. Models of disability : implications for the counseling profession / Julie F. Smart and David W. Smart
    • 7. The contribution of the physically and mentally handicapped to development / Jean Vanier
    • Personal perspective : coping with a journey toward recovery : from the inside out / Dale Walsh
    • Perspective exercise 1 : reflections on Jean Vanier : how far have we come? : how far must we go?
    • 8. Psychological adaptation to chronic illness and disability : a primer for counselors / Hanoch Livneh and Richard F. Antonak
    • 9. Objective self-awareness and stigma : implications for persons with visible disabilities / Andrew A. Phemister and Nancy M. Crewe
    • 10. Psychosocial issues of women with physical disabilities : the continuing gender debate / Margaret A. Nosek and Rosemary B. Hughes
    • 11. Female sexuality and spinal cord injury : counseling implications / Eva Miller and Irmo Marini
    • 12. Cross-cultural counseling issues of males who sustain a disability / Irmo Marini
    • 13. Psychiatric and psychological issues in survivors of major disasters / Carol S. North
    • 14. Quality of life and psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness and acquired disability : a conceptual and theoretical synthesis / Malachy Bishop
    • 15. Six principles relating disability and psychological adjustment / Franklin C. Shontz
    • Personal perspective : using rational emotive behavior therapy techniques to cope with disability / Albert Ellis
    • Perspective exercise 2 : prime of life
    • 16. Family decision making in foregoing life-extending treatments / Virginia P. Tilden, Susan W. Tolle, Christine A. Nelson, Maye Thompson and Susan C. Eggman
    • 17. My child is not my carer : mothers with physical disabilities and the well-being of children / Ora Prilleltensky
    • 18. Parenting a child with a chronic medical condition / Jane Case-Smith
    • 19. In the midst of a hurricane : a case study of a couple living with AIDS / Lydia P. Buki, Lori Kogan, Bethanne Keen and Patti Uman
    • 20. Parental illness, family functioning, and adolescent well-being : a family ecology framework to guide research / Sara Pedersen and Tracey A. Revenson
    • 21. Life's challenges : curse or opportunity? : counseling families of persons with disabilities / Mary R. Hulnick and H. Ronald Hulnick
    • Personal perspectives : my life with muscular dystrophy : lessons and opportunities / Robert P. Winske
    • Dealing with spina bifida : mother?s perspective / Janet Lingerman
    • Perspective exercise 3 : my family and disability : where do we stand?
    • 22. The construct of hope in the rehabilitation process / Amy B. Collins and Marvin D. Kuehn
    • 23. Spirituality in disability and illness / Judy Kaye and Senthil Kumar Raghavan
    • 24. Spiritual factors and adjustment in medical rehabilitation : understanding forgiveness as a means of coping / Jon R. Webb
    • 25. The psychosocial impact on survivors of extraordinary, stressful, and traumatic events : principles and practices in critical incident response for rehabilitation counselors / Mark A. Stebnicki
    • 26. War, death, and bereavement : how we can help / Joan Beder
    • 27. Users of assistive technology : the human component / Martin G. Brodwin, Tristen Star and Elizabeth Cardoso
    • 28. Changes in attitudes toward people with handicaps / Beatrice A. Wright
    • Personal perspective : recovery and the rehabilitation process : a personal journey / James T. Herbert
    • Perspective exercise 4 : trauma helicopter
    • 29. The implications of positive psychology and wellness for rehabilitation counselor education / Irmo Marini and Mitka Chacon
    • 30. "Successful aging" : a disability perspective / Meredith Minkler and Pamela Fadem
    • 31. The promise of the international classification of functioning, disability, and health (ICF) / Julie F. Smart
    • 32. Recovery from psychiatric disabilities / Patricia B. Nemec and Cheryl J. Gagne
    • 33. Psychological adaptation to disability : perspectives from chaos and complexity theory / Hanoch Livneh and Randall M. Parker
    • 34. Eugenics, euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide : an overview for rehabilitation professionals / Steve Zanskas and Wendy Coduti
    • 35. Reflections and considerations / Arthur H. Dell Orto and Paul Power
    • 36. Aging and disability : toward a unified agenda / Irving Kenneth Zola
    • Personal statement : life lessons taught me by my disability / Alfred H. DeGraff
    • Personal statement : one more burden, a mother's perspective / Bernadette
    • Perspective exercise 5 : why us?
    Subject(s): Disabled Persons | Family relationships | People with disabilities | Psychology | Public opinion | Rehabilitation | Sexual behavior | United States
    Original Publisher: New York, Springer Pub. Co.
    Language(s): English
    Collection(s)/Series: Disability Perspectives Collection