How has interagency working impacted on the support that disabled people and their families receive? Can partnership working pave the way for more personalized, mainstream services? Renowned authors Sally French and John Swain provide a critical review of the contemporary health and social care land[...]
A mysterious gypsy boy, Yann Margoza, and his guardian, a dwarf, work for the magician Topolain in 1789. On the night of Topolain's death, Yann's life truly begins. That's when he meets Sido, an heiress with a horrible father. An attachment is born that will determine both their paths. Revolution is[...]
Disability Studies is an arena of critical debate addressing controversial issues concerning, not just the meaning of disability, but the nature of society, dominant values, quality of life, and even the right to live. This book, written specifically to raise questions and stimulate debate, covers a[...]
'The strengths of this text are many. It has breadth and diversity in its content yet is presented in bite-size chapters. For those wishing to know more, it offers signposts to the relevant literature. The contributors have been carefully selected for their specific perspective yet these have been s[...]
It's fun to learn French with this visual phrasebook. It covers a variety of everyday subjects and situations, from l'ecole (school) to le supermarche (the supermarket) and from decoucher (a sleepover) to la piste de patinage (the skatepark). It includes an English-French dictionary of the key words[...]
Combining a managerial approach, this text enables existing and aspiring managers to meet increasingly challenging performance targets, with a rounded and critical perspective, that questions and looks deeper into the research behind the theories.[...]