Delivering quality healthcare for people with disability /
Suzanne C. Smeltzer
- First edition
- xxix, 285 pages ; 23 cm
Chapter 9 written by contributing author: Beth Marks
Includes bibliographical references and index
Disability : a major health inequity -- The role of social determinants of health in disability -- Strategies to address barriers to healthcare for people with disability -- Intellectual and developmental disabilities -- Physical disability -- Psychiatric/mental health disability and neurocognitive disorders -- Sensory disability : hearing loss -- Sensory disability : vision loss -- Inclusion of students with disability : redefining nursing education / Beth Marks
"This book is based on the principle and belief that all healthcare professionals-regardless of discipline, level of education, or role within the healthcare system-have a role in caring for individuals with disability. As such, they need a basic understanding of the issue of disability to provide appropriate, optimal, and sensitive healthcare to those with disability. These issues and more are addressed in the chapters of this book. It is intended to provide information to nurses, nursing students, and other healthcare professionals to enable them to communicate with and provide quality healthcare to individuals with disability"--
9781948057455 194805745X
2020054398
People with disabilities--Rehabilitation Nursing--United States--Textbooks People with disabilities--Services for People with disabilities--Medical care Health--Social aspects Health services accessibility Nursing students Students with disabilities Nursing--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States Disabled Persons--rehabilitation Nursing Care--methods Health Services for Persons with Disabilities Social Determinants of Health Healthcare Disparities