Overview
Critically needed information that builds on prior work addressing gaps
Includes lots of examples, templates and exemplars from all health sciences, especially in nursing Includes program development guidance
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
One in five individuals will experience disability at some point in their lives, making this the largest minority in the US. A commitment to disability inclusion for qualified students should be a high-level goal of nursing, medical, and other health science programs. To support this goal, leaders in these areas must develop robust programs and an understanding of the best practices for inclusion. This first-of-its-kind title is designed to help deans, program directors, faculty, student affairs personnel and disability resource professionals thoughtfully plan for the growing population of health-care professionals with disabilities. The content helps stakeholders contextualize disability inclusion in health-care education as a function of social justice and a mechanism of reducing health care disparities for patients. It offers pragmatic advice, grounded in research, best practice, and case law to address the highly nuanced approach to determining and implementing accommodations in a high-stakes clinical environment.
Disability as Diversity connects the moving parts necessary to ensure equal access for qualified students and provides a blueprint for crafting policy, proactive messaging, improving climate, adhering to accreditation standards, addressing licensing and board exams, responding to student failure, all while remaining compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and applicable Federal regulations. This text provides educators with the perspectives and skills they need to bring disability inclusion to the forefront of health education.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Lisa M. Meeks, PhD, MA
Department of Family Medicine
The University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
meeksli@med.umich.edu
Leslie Neal-Boylan, PhD, APRN, CRRN, FAAN
Solomont School of Nursing
University of Massachusetts
Lowell, MA, USA
leslie_nealboylan@uml.edu
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Disability as Diversity
Book Subtitle: A Guidebook for Inclusion in Medicine, Nursing, and the Health Professions
Editors: Lisa M. Meeks, Leslie Neal-Boylan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46187-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46186-7Published: 18 June 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46187-4Published: 17 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 318
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Internal Medicine, Business and Management, general, Nursing