Medical and social problems of the disabled

Book : Medical and social problems of the disabled

Language : English

Library : Social Phsician

Publish Place : Copenhagen

ISBN : 92 890 1239 0

Publish Date : 00 1982

Publisher : World Health Organization WHO

Book Type : Report

Book Number : 3588

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CONTENTS
Foreword
Concepts and definitions Disability process Prevention of disability Rehabilitation .....
Medical and social problems of disabled persons
Population data....................
Being disabled in the community..........
Prevention of disability...............
Rehabilitation of the disabled ...........
Aids, appliances and equipment..........
The severely handicapped
Priorities for research................
Specific problems related to disability and rehabilitation in the European Region...........................
Salient points of two United Nations meetings in Europe during the International Year of Disabled Persons ...........
Symposium of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Third Meeting of the United Nations Advisory Committee on the
International Year of Disabled Persons...............
Discussion and comments by national representatives.....
Summary ..................................
References .................................
Annex 1 A glossary relating to disease and its consequences
Annex 2 Resolution EUR/RC31/R13 adopted by the thirty-first session of the Regional Committee for Europe, Berlin, 15-19 September 1981 ................