Disability, health care, and public policy

Authors
Citation
J. Walkup, Disability, health care, and public policy, REHAB PSYCH, 45(4), 2000, pp. 409-422
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation
Journal title
REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN journal
00905550 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
409 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-5550(200011)45:4<409:DHCAPP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Efforts to persuade policymakers to rely on data to plan health care servic es for people with a disability or a chronic illness must confront the fact that many competing definitions of disability are currently used. it is im portant to recognize that pressures for standardization as well as disputes over disability definitions take place in a broader social and political c ontext. Despite the practical difficulties facing researchers and the highl y charged atmosphere in which disagreements over definitions must be manage d, researchers have made progress in developing policy-relevant data that u nderline the importance of the health needs of people with a disability.