Ethics, Law, and Policy (Sage Reference Series on Disability: Key Issues and Future Directions)

This volume in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores ethical, legal, and policy issues of people with disabilities, and is one of eight volumes in the cross-disciplinary and issues-based series, which examines topics central to the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. With a balance of history, theory, research, and application, specialists set out the findings and implications of research and practice for others whose current or future work involves the care and/or study of those with disabilities, as well as for the disabled themselves. The presentational style (concise and engaging) emphasizes accessibility. Taken individually, each volume sets out the fundamentals of the topic it addresses, accompanied by compiled data and statistics, recommended further readings, a guide to organizations and associations, and other annotated resources, thus providing the ideal introductory platform and gateway for further study. Taken together, the series represents both a survey of major disability issues and a guide to new directions and trends and contemporary resources in the field as a whole.

Part of a series examining issues surrounding disabilities in modern society, this volume explores questions of law, ethics, and policy surrounding disability rights and governmental regulations and programs. Sharing a common format across the volumes in the series, this text provides a discussion of the background and history of disability law, ethics, and policy; current issues and controversies; a chronology of important events; biographies of key figures; annotated data and statistics; listings of organizations; and print and online resources for further study. The work is appropriate for general readers and undergraduate students but is complex enough to provide a significant reference sources for researchers and policy makers. Bickenbach is a professor of philosophy at Queen's University and a consultant on disability issues to the World Health Organization. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)