Social Work: Disabled People and Disabling Environments
Edited by Michael Oliver
Number 21 in the Research Highlights in Social Work series
Paperback: £18.99 / $31.95
1994, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-178-7, BIC 2: JFFG
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'Eeminently readable. This book should be read by anyone involved in strategic planning in health or the personal social services, as well as fieldwork staff.'
- Therapy
'Redefines the issue of disability as a social rather than an individual problem and considers the implications of this view for the provision of services and for social work practice.'
- Disability News
'An excellent introduction to the culture of social services departments, and how this shapes the provision they make for disabled people.'
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities
'Oliver's book is an important one for social work practitioners, academics and activists in the disability movement.'
- Australian Social Work
'Raises a number of pertinent issues and questions for social workers and other professionals working with people with disabilities.'
- Special Education Perspectives
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