Key Issues and Learning Outcomes - Chapter 7
Key issues in this chapter
- Definitions of disability
- Sociological theories of disability and chronic illness
- The social model of disability, barriers and discrimination
- Sociology of the body
- Disability, chronic illness and the role of nurses
By the end of this chapter you should be able to...
- understand differences between definitions and classifications of disability
- explore different sociological theories of disability and chronic illness
- recognize the role of the disability movement and the significance of the social model of disability
- discuss disabling barriers
- explore the experience of long-term illness
- examine the role of nursing in relationship to removing disabling barriers
