Kjeld HÃ gsbro

How to Conduct Ethnographies of Institutions for People with Cognitive Difficulties

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Produktbeschreibung

This book gives comprehensive analysis of the methodology, theory and meta-theory needed when carrying out institutional ethnographies involving people with cognitive and communicative disabilities.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9781138495357
• ISBN-10: 1138495352
• Artikelnr.: 58059791

Autorenporträt

Kjeld Høgsbro (PhD in cultural sociology) is Professor of Social Work at Aalborg University. He has published books on disabilities, mental illness, social work and community development in Denmark. His research comprises ethnographic studies of national programmes for people with mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness, brain injury, dementia and autism spectrum disorders.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Epistemological considerations and challenges
Chapter 3. Metatheoretical questions
Chapter 4. Theoretical considerations
Chapter 5. Cultural studies in practice
Chapter 6. Ethnography in practice
Chapter 7. Investigating discourses, documents and professional intervention
Chapter 8. Validation
Chapter 9. Disability, politics and rehabilitation
Chapter 10. Disabilities which involves the brain
Chapter 11. Investigating services for people with mental illnesses
Chapter 12. A national survey of day care offered to pre-school children with autism
Chapter 13. Investigating national services for people with ADHD
Chapter 14. Investigating two residential homes for elder people with dementia and challenging behaviour
Chapter 15. Conducting master thesis
Index