Health and Medicine

by Ross M. Mullner

Overview

This volume in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores health and medical issues for people with disabilities. It is one of eight volumes in the cross-disciplinary and issues-based series, which incorporates links from varied fields making up disability studies as volumes examine 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 or study of those with disabilities, as well as for the disabled themselves. The concise, engaging presentational style 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483305653
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/28/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Ross M. Mullner, PhD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Health Policy Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  He also serves as Special Assistant to the Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and as Visiting Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Health Systems Management at Rush University.  His research interests include health services research, health care marketing, and the history of public health, and he has investigated factors leading to hospital closures, mergers and consolidation of health facilities and management issues.  He teaches courses on health services research and on health care marketing, as well as managed care, epidemiology, and health care eonomics.  He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Medical Systems and has served as Guest Editor for several special issues of this journal, as well as for the Journal of Consumer Marketing (a special issue on Pharmaceutical Marketing).  In addition to nearly 100 articles, he has written or edited several books and monographs, including Health Care, Technology, and the Competitive Environment.

Editorial Reviews

Hanley-Maxwell (rehabilitation & special education, Univ. of Wisconsin) and Collet-Klingenberg (special education, Univ. of Wisconsin) in Education and Mullner (health policy & administration, Univ. of Illinois) in Health introduce and provide background on their specific fields as they relate to disabilities. The titles then provide six chapters each on current issues, controversies, and solutions; a chronology of critical events; biographies of key contributors in the field; an annotated list of data, statistics, tables, and graphs, and one of organizations and associations; and a list of selected print and electronic resources. Each book ends with a glossary of key terms and an index to the volume. Taken together, the chronologies from the two books present a broad view of the history of disability. The biographies are useful for students needing information on seldom-covered figures. BOTTOM LINE Presented in lay-reader-friendly language, these volumes are sufficient for public library and undergraduate users, while more advanced researchers and students will benefit from the references to additional sources. Parents, educators, and others working with the disabled will appreciate the material on the current state of the field, along with the three chapters of resources and data.—Sara Rofofsky Marcus, Queensborough Community Coll. Lib., Bayside, NY

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