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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451931703321

Titolo

The future of disability in America [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Disability in America, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Marilyn J. Field and Alan Jette, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-09347-5

9786611093471

0-309-66864-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (619 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FieldMarilyn J (Marilyn Jane)

JetteAlan M

Disciplina

362.40973

Soggetti

People with disabilities - United States

People with disabilities - Services for - United States

Sociology of disability - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Boxes, Figures, and Tables""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Definition and Monitoring of Disability""; ""3 Disability Trends""; ""4 Health Care Transitions for Young People""; ""5 Secondary Conditions and Aging with Disability""; ""6 The Environmental Context of Disability: The Case of Health Care Facilities""; ""7 Assistive and Mainstream Technologies for People with Disabilities""; ""8 Access to Health Insurance and the Role of Risk-Adjusted Payments to Health Plans""

""9 Coverage of Assistive Technologies and Personal Assistive Services""""10 Organization and Support of Disability Research""; ""References""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""A Study Activities""; ""B Table of Contents for Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look (2006)""; ""C Risk Adjustment of Insurance Premiums in the United States and Implications for People with Disabilities""; ""D The Americans with Disabilities Act in a Health Care Context""; ""E The Employment



Discrimination Provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Implementation and Impact""

""F Access to Telecommunications Technology by Americans with Disabilities: Key Laws and Policies""""G Transportation Patterns and Problems of People with Disabilities""; ""H Committee on Disability in America Biographical Sketches""; ""Index""