Medicalising disability? Regulation and practice around fitness assessment of disabled students and professionals in nursing, social work and teaching professions in Great Britain

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1520-1528

  Sin, Chih Hoong ^a  

^a Office for Public Management   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability equality duty; Disability Rights Commission; Fitness requirements; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; DISABLED STUDENT; FITNESS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

CIVIL RIGHTS; DISABLED PERSONS; FACULTY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SOCIAL WORK; STUDENTS, NURSING; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 70849119418     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280903031572     Document Type: Note

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