Epidemiological research consistently reports that women experience higher rates of
depression than men. Competing biomedical, psychological and sociocultural models adopt …

Background: There has been overwhelming interest in the goal of service user
empowerment within Western health and social care over the past two decades …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 DISABILITY STUDIES Page 3 This book is dedicated to the memory of all
those disabled people who have died in institutionally disablist places that masquerade in the …

In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote:"" An important new movement is swee**
through the western world.... The'mad,'the oppressed, the ex-inmates of society's asylums …

Now in its third edition, this successful book introduces students to the area of social science
theory and research known as social constructionism. Using a variety of examples from …

Inventing Our Selves proposes a radical new approach to the analysis of our current regime
of the self, and the values of autonomy, identity, individuality, liberty and choice that animate …

In my own work on dementia I have tried to develop a view of personhood that meets at least
four main criteria. It must reveal our moral obligations; it must be valid in terms of a …

Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler's pioneering work, Women and Madness, remains startlingly
relevant today, nearly fifty years since its first publication in 1972. With over 2.5 million …

" This is a clear and accessible exploration of feminist method, methodology and
epistemology. After situating herself and her work, Gayle Letherby charts the debates …

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlap** themes within the
study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional …