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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807610703321

Titolo

Culture and disability : providing culturally competent services / / John H. Stone, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE Publications, c2005

ISBN

1-4522-6696-4

1-322-41878-0

0-7619-3083-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 245 p.)

Collana

Multicultural aspects of counseling series ; ; 21

Altri autori (Persone)

StoneJohn H <1943-> (John Henry)

Disciplina

362.4045308900973

Soggetti

Minority people with disabilities - Services for - United States

People with disabilities - Services for - United States

Social work with minorities - United States

Minorities - Services for - United States

Ethnic attitudes - United States

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

Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Introduction and Overview; 1 - Immigrants, Disability, and Rehabilitation; 2 - Culture and the Disability Services; 3 - Disability Service Providers as Culture Brokers; 4 - Best Practices; 5 - An Introduction to Jamaican Culture for Rehabilitation Service Providers; 6 - Disability and Korean Culture; 7 - An Introduction to Haitian Culture for Rehabilitation Service Providers; 8 - An Introduction to Mexican Culture for Service Providers; 9 - An Introduction to the Culture of the Dominican Republic for Disability Service Providers

10 - An Introduction to Vietnamese Culture for Rehabilitation Service Providers in the United States11 - Understanding Immigrants With Disabilities; About the Editor; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Minority groups are underrepresented in the rehabilitation professions. This book offers guidance about views on disability among minorities & discusses how professionals dealing with a patient from a different background than their own can improve the services that they offer.