Culture, Health and Disability
Kultura a zdrowie i niepełnosprawność
Keywords: autism; hearing impairment; type 2 diabetes; intellectual disability; psychology of rehabilitation; health; disease
A collection of articles discussing the issues of health and disability in respect of psychological and cultural conditions. The authors describe the impact of cultural factors on taking care of health as well as the perception and social functioning of people affected by such disabilities as type 2 diabetes, hearing impairment, autism or intellectual disability. This interdisciplinary publication makes a significant contribution to the modern psychology of rehabilitation and is addressed to psychologists, sociologists, pedagogues, doctors, nurses, social workers and all those people who are interested in the cultural context of health and disability.
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