Culture and disability : providing culturally competent services
One in ten persons living in the United States was born in another country, and in many areas this percentage is much higher. This title provides information about views of disability in other cultures and ways in which rehabilitation professionals may improve services for persons from other cultures.
Print Book, English, ©2005
SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif., ©2005
Multicultural aspects of counseling series, v. 21, 21
xxi, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780761930839, 9780761930846, 0761930833, 0761930841
1131558981
Preface - John H. StoneIntroduction - John H. StoneChapter 1. Immigrants, Disability and Rehabilitation - Nora GroceChapter 2. Culture and Disability - Paula Sotnik, Mary Ann JezewskiChapter 3. Disability Service Providers as Culture Brokers - Mary Ann Jezewski, Paula SotnikChapter 4. Best Practices: Developing Cross-Cultural Competence From a Chinese Perspective - Gloria LiuChapter 5. An Introduction to Jamaican Culture for Rehabilitation Services Providers - Doreen MillerChapter 6. Disability and Korean Culture - Weol Soon Kim-RupnowChapter 7. An Introduction to Haitian Culture for Rehabilitation Service Providers - Eric JacobsonChapter 8. An Introduction to Mexican Culture for Service Providers - Felipe O. SantanaChapter 9. An Introduction to the Culture of the Dominican Republic for Disability Service Providers - Ana Lopez-DeFede, Dulce Haeussler-FioreChapter 10. An Introduction to Vietnamese Culture for Rehabilitation - Peter HuntChapter 11. Navigating the Sea of Culture: Life Jackets for Providers of Disability Services - John H. Stone