Research Catalog

Title

Cross-cultural rehabilitation : an international perspective / edited by Ronnie Linda Leavitt.

Publication

London ; Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Leavitt, Ronnie Linda.

Description

x, 413 pages : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm

Subject

• People with disabilities > Rehabilitation > Cross-cultural studies
• Minority people with disabilities > Rehabilitation > Cross-cultural studies
• Medical rehabilitation > Cross-cultural studies
• Cross-cultural studies
• Rehabilitation
• Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Personnes handicapées > Réadaptation > Études transculturelles
• Personnes handicapées issues des minorités > Réadaptation > Études transculturelles
• Réadaptation > Études transculturelles
• Réadaptation
• Études transculturelles
• Cross-cultural studies
• Medical rehabilitation
• Minority people with disabilities > Rehabilitation
• People with disabilities > Rehabilitation
• Behinderter
• Kulturkontakt
• Rehabilitation
• Intercultural communication

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction / R.L. Leavitt -- Sect. 1. The theoretical basis for developing cultural competence. 2. The concept of culture / C.A. Loveland. 3. 'Appearances' of disability, discrimination and the transformation of rehabilitation service practices / A.H. Neufeldt. 4. Health beliefs and behavior towards individuals with disability cross-culturally / N.E. Groce. 5. Some influences of religions on attitudes towards disabilities and people with disabilities / M. Miles. 6. Poverty and health: an international overview / R. Reviere and K. Hylton. 7. Understanding racial prejudice, discrimination and racism and their influence on health care delivery / J. Smey. 8. Cross-cultural communication / A. Brice and L.R. Campbell -- Sect. 2. Professional issues. 9. The development of rehabilitation services and community based rehabilitation: a historical perspective / R.L. Leavitt. 10. International classification of impairments, disabilities and handicaps (ICIDH): a universal framework / K. Schumacher. 11. Appropriate assistive technology / J.A. Zollars and P. Ruppelt. 12. Epidemiological considerations in the assessment of disability / T.J. Paul and M. Thorburn. 13. The collaborative learning approach in community based rehabilitation / S. Levitt. 14. Cross-cultural supervision of students / R. Ladyshewsky -- Sect. 3. The practice of rehabilitation in cross-cultural and international environments: case examples. 15. Community based rehabilitation with indigenous peoples: a case description from Guyana / S. Stout and B. O'Toole. 16. Development of community rehabilitation in Nicaragua: training people with disabilities to be trainers / E. Schneider and H. Segovia. 17. Problems with community mobilization and participation in community-based rehabilitation: a case from Botswana / B. Ingstad. 18. The sociopolitical context of community based rehabilitation developments in South Africa / H. Cornielje and P. Ferrinho. 19. Intensive treatment and problem-solving to enhance rehabilitation potential in Mexico / C.A. Nelson and M.E. Rubi. 20. A cross-cultural immersion in post-communist Romania / G. Haradon. 21. Cultural and environmental factors in the delivery of rehabilitation services to American Indians / C. Marshall and S. Johnson. 22. Culture and its impact on the rehabilitation program: a Palestinian perspective / J. Simister and A. Younis. 23. Upgrading physical therapy education in Vietnam / E. Kay, N.T. Huong and N.T.M. Chau. 24. Appropriate prosthetics and orthotics in less developed countries / L. Golin. 25. Paper technology and community based rehabilitation: cultural adaptation in Zimbabwe / H.J.M. Finkenflugel -- Sect. 4. Cross-cultural research. 26. Health beliefs and behaviors of families with children who are disabled in rural Jamaica / R.L. Leavitt. 27. Barriers to successful community based rehabilitation in Jamaica / M. Thorburn. 28. Impact of the Harare parents' groups for children with a disability and their parents: are caregivers satisfied with the service? / J. Jelsma and M. Zhanje. 29. Cross-cultural parent education and early intervention: Cuban and African-American families in Miami, Florida, USA / H. Masin. 30. Professional development, personality and self-esteem of Palestinian physical therapists / V.L. Dawson -- Sect. 5. The practice of cultural competence in the 21st century. 31. Towards a public health perspective on rehabilitation / H. Cornielje. 32. Moving rehabilitation professionals toward cultural competence: strategies for change / R. Leavitt.

ISBN

• 0702022454
• 9780702022456

LCCN

99233555

OCLC

• ocm41212612
• 41212612
• SCSB-1243545

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library