Culture and disability providing culturally competent services

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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stone, John H. (John Henry), 1943- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications c2005.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Multicultural aspects of counseling series ; v. 21.
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798426206719
Table of Contents:
  • 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