Crippled justice : the history of modern disability policy in the workplace / Ruth O'Brien.

  • O'Brien, Ruth, 1960-
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[2001], ©2001
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2001], ©2001.

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xiv, 288 pages ; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

"Deform'd, unfinish'd, and maladjusted" : the psychoanalytical model of disability -- From warehouses to rehabilitation centers : restoring the whole man -- From the whole man to the whole family : rehabilitating the poor -- An accident of history : rights and the passage of the Rehabilitation Act -- Court constraints on disability rights -- Two horns of a dilemma : the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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    History of Medicine
    NH.U.6
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  • 0226616592
  • 0226616606