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Personal computer based clinical systems : a goal orientated case management model
- Author:
- VAFAES John G.
- Journal article citation:
- Computers in Human Services, 8(2), 1991, pp.21-36.
- Publisher:
- Howarth Press
Presents research on the design, development, and testing of a computerized case management system aimed at enhancing the employability of physically disabled adults engaged in vocational rehabilitation.
A bereavement model for working with families of handicapped children
- Authors:
- STEWART June, POLLACK Gloria
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 5(3), 1991, pp.241-253.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes a support project for families following the birth of a handicapped child, including the development and application of Le Poidevin's model of adjustment to loss.
Coping with loss: an introduction to loss and loss counselling
- Author:
- LASCELLES Roy V
- Publisher:
- Pepar
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 79p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Covers loss in all its forms: bereavement, facing death, imprisonment, surgery, disablement, unemployment, abortion, and retirement. Explains the Dimensions of Adjustment model and how it works in practice.
Disabled people in Britain and discrimination: a case for anti-discrimination legislation
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People/Hurst & Co
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 282p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Clay Cross
Challenges the perception that disabled people are clients of social services. Outlines legislative action taken in other countries to ensure that disabled people have the same rights as others. Argues that in Britain we have failed to attack discriminatory practices because of the entrenched charity model of services. Includes chapters on: education; employment; social security; housing and transport; leisure and the influence of the media; and political life.