Disability, Illness and Poverty: Can the Winter of Despair Lead to a Springtime of Hope?

Autor/in	McConkey, Roy
Titel	Disability, Illness and Poverty: Can the Winter of Despair Lead to a Springtime of Hope?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 59 (2012) 3, S.321-323 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1034-912X
DOI	10.1080/1034912X.2012.697778
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Poverty; Disabilities; Foreign Countries; Depression (Psychology); Diseases; Social Influences; Low Income Groups; At Risk Persons; Political Issues; Access to Health Care + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Handicap; Behinderung; Ausland; Disease; Krankheit; Sozialer Einfluss; Risikogruppe; Politischer Faktor
Abstract	This review essay talks about two books on disability. One message above all others jumps out of from these two books: namely, the failure of human society to adequately respond to the needs of their fellow citizens who are disabled. The combined authorship of over 40 scholars across the two books and their 24 chapters conclude that disability, illness and poverty are so intertwined in all nations that to focus only on one domain is at best inadequate, and at worse ineffectual. With surgical precision, chapter after chapter spells out the empirical data that support this argument, which are complemented by detailed stories of individuals, their families and communities. These are all the more powerful because of their factual reporting; be it of the impact of landmines in Cambodia or the politically inflicted poverty of Zimbabwe. Truly for many millions of contemporaries around the world, it is the winter of despair. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10