This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh inter

The second edition of this widely used text has been carefully rewritten to ensure that it is up-to-date with cutting-edge debates, evidence, and policy changes

In recent years, disability studies has been driven by a model of disability which focuses on the social and economic oppression of disabled people. Although an

Grouped around four central themes – illness and impairment, disabling processes, care and control, and communication and representations – this collection