BookSuzanne C. Smeltzer.
Summary: "This book is based on the principle and belief that all healthcare professionals-regardless of discipline, level of education, or role within the healthcare system-have a role in caring for individuals with disability. As such, they need a basic understanding of the issue of disability to provide appropriate, optimal, and sensitive healthcare to those with disability. These issues and more are addressed in the chapters of this book. It is intended to provide information to nurses, nursing students, and other healthcare professionals to enable them to communicate with and provide quality healthcare to individuals with disability"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
Disability : a major health inequity
The role of social determinants of health in disability
Strategies to address barriers to healthcare for people with disability
Intellectual and developmental disabilities
Physical disability
Psychiatric/mental health disability and neurocognitive disorders
Sensory disability : hearing loss
Sensory disability : vision loss
Inclusion of students with disability : redefining nursing education / Beth Marks.