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Synopsis
There are over 400,000 people in Great Britain with a scar, blemish or deformity which may severely affect their ability to lead a normal life. This practical but sensitive book explores the complex and often distressing problems and issues that result from looking `visibly different', and highlights a range of approaches which can enhance the care and support offered by all members of the professional team.
The opening section of the book gives a flavour of the experience of having a disfigurement. It demonstrates the human experiences of being significantly visibly different compared with the norm, a norm which is either defined for us by the culture in which we live, or by ourselves.
Important characteristics:
· addresses a neglected but commonly occurring problem
· includes contributions from people who are themselves visibly different
· opens up the experiences of, and offers guidance to professionals in a range of disciplines working in this area
· reviews research in an accessible style
· outlines and discusses the importance of appropriate service provision
Health care professionals in a range of disciplines, students, families of the disfigured and the disfigured themselves will all find this very readable book of enormous benefit. It is an authoritative and reassuring resource with an innovative approach.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
There are over 400,000 people in Great Britain with a scar, blemish or deformity which may severely affect their ability to lead a normal life. This practical but sensitive book explores the complex and often distressing problems and issues that result from looking `visibly different', and highlights a range of approaches which can enhance the care and support offered by all members of the professional team.
The opening section of the book gives a flavour of the experience of having a disfigurement. It demonstrates the human experiences of being significantly visibly different compared with the norm, a norm which is either defined for us by the culture in which we live, or by ourselves.
Important characteristics:
· addresses a neglected but commonly occurring problem
· includes contributions from people who are themselves visibly different
· opens up the experiences of, and offers guidance to professionals in a range of disciplines working in this area
· reviews research in an accessible style
· outlines and discusses the importance of appropriate service provision
Health care professionals in a range of disciplines, students, families of the disfigured and the disfigured themselves will all find this very readable book of enormous benefit. It is an authoritative and reassuring resource with an innovative approach.
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Visibly Different: Coping With Disfigurement
Edité par
Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997
ISBN 10 : 0750634243
ISBN 13 : 9780750634243
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Vendeur : Anybook.com, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
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Etat : Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780750634243. N° de réf. du vendeur 5965739
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Visibly Different: Coping With Disfigurement
Edité par
Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997
ISBN 10 : 0750634243
ISBN 13 : 9780750634243
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture souple
Vendeur : Anybook.com, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Évaluation du vendeur 5 sur 5 étoiles
Etat : Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780750634243. N° de réf. du vendeur 8660386
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)