Quality of Life and Disability
An Approach for Community Practitioners
Ivan Brown and Roy I. Brown
Foreword by Ann Turnbull and Rud Turnbull
April 2003 176 pages ISBN 1 84310 005 3 pb



£15.95/$24.95
Quality of life ? physical, psychological and environmental well-being ? is a
crucial consideration for
professionals working with people with a disability. The authors of this
practical book apply ideas
about quality of life to the field of disability to assist front-line
professionals, managers and policymakers
in effective service provision.
They examine the historical context of the concept of quality of life, and
discuss the application of quality
of life in the daily lives of people who are disabled. Using recent studies to
show how the development
of quality of life models have led to changes in rehabilitation, and how an
understanding of the issue can
inform practice in assessment, intervention, management and policy, this is an
indispensable book for all
practitioners and managers working with people with disabilities.
Ivan Brown is Director of the Disability Support Unit at the Centre for Health
Promotion, University of Toronto. Roy I. Brown
is Foundation Professor at the School of Special Education and Disability
Studies, Flinders University of South Australia.
CONTENTS: Foreword. Dr Ann Turnbull, Beach Center for Family and Disability
Studies, University of Kansas. Preface. 1. Introducing
quality of life. 2. Four people with disabilities: A glance at their lives. 3.
Understanding the Social and Historical Roots of Disability.
4. Life gardening: Improving quality of everyday life. 5. Quality of life: A
model for practice. 6. Assessment and measurement of
quality of life. 7. Intervention based on quality of life. 8. Quality of life in
families. 9. A quality of life example: Dealing with grief.
10. Professional and ethical issues for quality of life. 11. Policy, management
and quality of life based practice. 12. Quality of life,
disability and the future. References. Index.
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