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Extraordinary Bodies
by Rosemarie Garland Thomson

Provides complex answers to the puzzle of American images of disabilities from the nineteenth century to the present. This is a solid, useful book which all readers interested in the relationship between society and culture must read.

Rosemarie Garland Thomson has written a book that is groundbreaking and essential reading for anyone interested in the fields of disability theory, disability studies, and literary criticism. She has skillfully examined how the figure of the disabled body has been used in literature in different periods as a marker or boundary line for defining what the "normal" body is or should be. The disabled figure operates to displace anxiety from more "normal" folks, and in the process shows how what we consider to be normal functioning changes across historical periods and cultures. Thomson also compares the disabled figure to the cyborg, as both are figures that are not seen as "natural," and both are places/signifiers where we can then interrogate what the natural is, has been thought to be, and what it could include. This is an excellent book, and should not be missed.

Paperback: 248 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.54 x 9.01 x 5.98
Publisher: Columbia University Press; ; 0 edition (October 15, 1996)

The Disability Studies Reader
by Lennard J. Davis (Editor)

The most priceless part of this book-- is the material he adds to the story of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's polio disability & his closetry about it. Like "Washington became a ramped city...." Like reporting that any press photographers who took pix of FDR being carried (suchas- to get into his car) had their film "confiscated" and destroyed by the Secret Service. Someday some innovative historian will note that as a person with a disability-- FDR was himself within the scope of the groups that the Nazis scapegoated & killed. (In the mid 1930's, they killed every disabled person in every custodial institution in Germany.) Thus, FDR was the hero in fighting a war that was-- in part-- a defense of his own kind.And he felt he had to hide that fact, I'm looking forward to the upcoming "From Charity To Confrontation: A History Of The Modern Disabled Rights Movement" by Fleisher (sp?) & Zames, from Temple Univ. Press. Freida Zames has been a disabled activist for decades. Her book should blow away the few similar titles.

Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.97 x 9.04 x 6.02
Publisher: Routledge; ; (June 1997)

The New Disability History: American Perspectives (History of Disability)
by Paul K. Longmore (Editor), Lauri Umansky (Editor)

In The New Disability History: American Perspectives, editors Paul K. Longmore (The Invention of George Washington), professor of history and director of the Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University, and Lauri Umansky (Motherhood Reconceived), associate professor of history at Suffolk University, bring together the contributions of 14 academics from a variety of disciplines. With the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, the editors write, awareness of the disabled reached an all-time, if controversial, high. As one of the contributors notes, however, the disabled have always been a part of America's history, even if they have been missing from the histories we've written. With this work, Longmore and Umansky offer historians, sociologists and other readers intrigued by this area of scholarship an opportunity to understand disabilities as broader and more complex than a single, generic and primarily medical category.

Paperback: 432 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.80 x 8.92 x 6.08
Publisher: New York University Press; ; (March 2001)

The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation
by Doris Zames Fleischer, Frieda Zames

Fleischer (humanities and social sciences, New Jersey Inst. of Technology) and disability rights activist Zames (emeritus, mathematics, New Jersey Inst. of Technology) conducted close to 100 interviews to compile the research for this study on the disability rights movement in the United States. The book takes a historical look at the social context of the rights of the vast number of Americans who are disabled and the ever-evolving attitude toward them, from the time of Franklin Roosevelt to today. Also addressed are the multiple aspects of disability, with updated information about the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and a detailed chronology dating back to 1817. This work is geared toward the research needs of college students and would be a useful addition to academic libraries wanting an overall study on the subject.

Based on interviews with almost a hundred activists, this book provides a detailed history of the struggle for disability rights in the United States. It is a complex story of shifts in consciousness and shifts in policy, of changing focuses on particular disabilities such as blindness, deafness, polio, quadriplegia, psychiatric and developmental disabilities, chronic conditions (for example, cancer and heart disease), AIDS, and of activism and policymaking across disabilities.

Paperback: 336 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.76 x 10.02 x 7.05
Publisher: Temple Univ Press; ; (March 2001)

The Body and Physical Difference: Discourses of Disability in the Humanities (The Body, in Theory - Histories of Cultural Materialism)
by David T. Mitchell (Editor), Sharon Snyder (Editor)


	, Paperback: 284 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.01 x 9.15 x 6.06 Publisher: University of Michigan Press; ; (October 1997)

Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body
by Lennard J. Davis

This book, seven strong chapters and a brief, personal Preface, ably discusses and deconstructs historic notions of disability ("the missing term in the race, class gender triad")and fully describes the harrowingly destructive - because so socially, culturally, and psychically damaging - concept of 'the norm,' historic uses (and abuse) of the body, and with it: the body politic.

Dr Davis supplies the reader with a bit of context. He grew up as the hearing child of Deaf parents in New York's South Bronx, where his parents, he reports, "were as good as any other person in the South Bronx, which is to say they were pretty badly off."

Chapter Four, "Nationalism and Deafness: The Nineteenth Century" offers historic perspectives on deafness, including the fact that by the beginning of the nineteenth century, sign language had become a transnational language. Anyone fluent in sign language could communicate with any other signer - worldwide. This is no small thing. The Deaf "became a subgroup within each state throughout Europe." Some additional topics are: oralism and sign language, disability, class, nationalism, eugenics, politics, poverty, industrialization, and health. The bigger concepts of inclusion and exclusion are touched upon, too.

"Deafness and Insight" is a challenging and complex chapter in which Davis explores "deafness as a critical modality." A main assertion throughout this book is that the concept of the "normal" body informs cultural assumptions about art, literature, and the totality, in fact, of culture.

Other chapters with much to offer and challenge the reader are "Universalizing Marginality," in which Davis explores the reasons behind the intense cultural and philosophical interest during the European eighteenth century of deafness. Health and 'fitness,' images of the 'normal' and the not-normal body, and the fact that disability is most often an acquired thing (you get hurt or get old - and wind up with a 'disability.') are investigated. Art, literature, and media are cited with success.

This is a book that is thought-provoking, remarkably informative, and completely worth the effort it requires. Dr. Davis'world view is clearly presented and wholly graspable. His methods of analysis are consistently intellectually muscular, Occasionally he ventures into academic methodologies that are a bit out of the range of the common reader. Tough stuff, and worth the effort. Many pages of endnotes, a (long) list of works cited, and a very good index.

Paperback: 224 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.66 x 9.20 x 6.04
Publisher: Verso Books; ; (December 1995)

Emergencies in Spinal Cord Injured Patients
by Ibrahim M., Md Eltorai, James K., MD Schmitt

Written primarily for practitioners caring for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) as well as for caregivers less familiar with the subject, this volume aims to develop guidelines for managing emergencies in patients with chronic SCI. The 26 contributions, written by experts in their fields, address many aspects of practical emergency management of SCI patients with such conditions as autonomic dysreflexia; urologic emergencies; infections; fever; and psychiatric emergencies, among others. Distributed by Demos Medical Publishing.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Paperback: 302 pages
Publisher: Demos Medical Pub; 3rd edition (June 2002)

The Spinal Cord Injured Patient: Comprehensive Management, 2nd Edition
by Bok Y. Lee (Editor), Lee E. Ostrander (Editor)

New York Medical College, Valhalla. Updates and describes refinements in diagnosis and in acute and chronic care as well as advances in medical-surgical management and rehabilitation. Includes diagnostic and evaluation methods, spinal cord injury pathophysiology, and other related issues. Previous edition is not cited. Softcover.

New edition of a text that provides time-tested methods for dealing with spinal cord injury. Lee (surgery, New York Medical College) and Ostrander (biomedical engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) present 26 contributions that discuss diagnostic and evaluation methods, pathophysiology, medical-surgical management and rehabilitation, and issues of specialized care. Topics include acute management of the spinal cord injured patient; medical management with long-term injury including cardiac, pulmonary, urologic, and endocrine aspects; surgical management in the acute phase and later operative management; the latest data on the use of electric stimulation for exercise, standing, and walking, including FDA approved devices; new approaches to upper limb reconstruction; and current studies on experimental models and prevention for spinal cord ischemic injury.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Paperback: 432 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 10.00 x 7.00
Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing; 2nd edition (December 2001)

Choices: A Guide to Sex Counseling With Physically Disabled Adults
by Maureen E. Neistadt, Maureen Freda


	Hardcover: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 9.50 x 6.25 Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company; ; (May 1987)

Endless Struggle: Spinal Cord Injury
by Alvin A. Freehafer


	Paperback: 96 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 9.00 x 6.00 Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co, Inc; ; 1st edition (April 1997),

Female Sexuality Following Spinal Cord Injury
by Elle F. Becker


	Paperback Publisher: Accent on Living; ; (June 1978)

The Illustrated Manual Of Sex Therapy
by Helen Singer Kaplan, David Passalacqua (Illustrator)


	, Paperback: 200 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x 10.89 x 8.52 Publisher: Brunner/Mazel Trade; ; 2 edition (October 1, 1988)

Building for a Lifetime: The Design and Construction of Fully Accessible Homes
by Margaret Wylde, Adrian Baron-Robbins, Sam Clark (Contributor), Adrian Baron-Robins (Contributor)


	Hardcover: 304 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.94 x 10.33 x 8.25 Publisher: Taunton Pr; ; (January 1994)

Nursing Spinal Cord Injuries
by Nalzina M. Woll

This useful reference, composed of articles written by trained spinal cord injury nurse practitioners, offers valuable insights and practical information on the rehabilitation period and its critical aspects. The contributors address such issues as the prevention and treatment of pressure areas, the spasticity of limbs, and medical conditions such as metabolic upsets, respiratory and urinary disorders, sexual dysfunctions, and disturbances of the autonomic nervous system, complications commonly associated with spinal cord injuries. The book deals with the incidence, epidemiology, etiology, and pathophysiology of each problem discussed. Therapeutic plans, management regimens, and educational programs are discussed in detail with specific attention paid to psychosocial ramifications. Also provided is information on the common conditions that threaten the rapid, successful recovery of the average spinal cord-injured patient. As both reference and teaching tool, this volume will prove indispensable to victims and their families as well as to medical professionals.

Textbook Binding: 176 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 9.25 x 6.25
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing; ; (June 28, 1986)

The Management of Persons With Spinal Cord Injuries
by Mark N. Ozer


	Paperback: 120 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 9.00 x 6.25 Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing; ; (December 1988)

Pharmacological Approaches to the Treatment of Brain and Spinal Cord Injury
by Donald G. Stein, Bernhard A. Sabel (Editor)


	Hardcover Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp; ; (June 1988)

Diagnosis and Management of Disorders of the Spinal Cord
by Robert R. Young (Editor), Robert M. Woolsey (Contributor)


	University of California, Irvine. Review of current clinical literature for neurologists of spinal cord disorders. Most of the material previously appeared in the issue on disorders of the spinal cord in Neurologic Clinics, Volume 9, Number 3, 1991. 46 contributors, 42 U.S.. Hardcover: 485 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 10.75 x 7.50 Publisher: W B Saunders Co; ; (August 1995)

Outcome After Head, Neck and Spinal Trauma: A Medicolegal Guide
by Robert, Md. Macfarlane (Editor), David G. Hardy (Editor)

Covers principles and clinical assessment of cranio-spinal trauma, for physicians called upon to provide medical reports for accident victims or to act as expert witnesses on the outcome and prognosis of injuries. Contains sections on head injury; ophthalmology; ear, nose, and throat; maxillofacial trauma; spinal trauma; and peripheral nerve injury, with many b&w diagrams. For clinicians and other involved in assessing and compensating victims of cranial or spinal trauma, as well as lawyers in accident litigation.

Hardcover: 439 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x 10.25 x 7.75
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Medical; ; 1st edition (January 15, 1997)

Spinal Cord Injury: Medical Management and Rehabilitation
by Gary M. Yarkony (Editor)

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Manual for the physicians, nurses, and physical or occupational therapists on the spinal cord injury team on maximizing the outcome potential of the spinal cord injury patient.

A reference that presents the information needed by the spinal cord injury team that works to maximize the outcome potential of the individual with spinal cord injury. Medical, psychological, allied health, social, vocational, and recreational aspects of the impact of spinal cord injury are presented. Although the text sets forth the management of the spinal cord injured person as carried out at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, it provides a complete state-of- the-art review of the management of the spinal cord injured individual.

Hardcover: 236 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 11.50 x 9.00
Publisher: Aspen Publishers, Inc.; ; 1st edition (January 15, 1994)

Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Outcomes From the Model Systems
by Joel A. Delisa, Gale G. Whiteneck, Samuel L. Stover

Provides some of the data from the Model Systems Uniform Database, believed to be the largest longitudinal dataset on spinal cord injuries in the world, covering from June 1973 to June 1993. For each topic includes an introduction, data from the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, data from collaborative studies, an interpretation of the data, and a selected literature review. Among the topics are epidemiology, emergency and acute management, pressure ulcers, consumer involvement in research, economic impact, the effects of age, and causes of death.

Hardcover: 355 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 9.50 x 6.50
Publisher: Aspen Publishers, Inc.; ; 1st edition (January 15, 1995)uuuu

Neurological Rehabilitation
by Darcy Ann Umphred (Editor)


	Hardcover: 1106 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.83 x 11.29 x 8.76 Publisher: Mosby, Inc.; ; 4th edition (May 18, 2001)

The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Spinal Cord Injury: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to spinal cord injury, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on spinal cord injury. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Spinal Cord Injury: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Spinal Cord Injury; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Spinal Cord Injury; Chapter 5. Patents on Spinal Cord Injury; Chapter 6. Books on Spinal Cord Injury; Chapter 7. Multimedia on Spinal Cord Injury; Chapter 8. Periodicals and News on Spinal Cord Injury; Chapter 9. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 10. Dissertations on Spinal Cord Injury; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; SPINAL CORD INJURY GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Cervical fracture, dislocation, Compression of spinal cord, Spinal cord compression, Spinal cord injury.

Paperback: 308 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 11.00 x 0.63 x 8.25
Publisher: Unknown; ; (October 2002)

Practical Guide to Health Promotion After Spinal Cord Injury
by Indira S. Lanig (Editor), Theresa Chase, Lester M. Butt, Kathy L. Hulse, Kelly M. M. Johnson

University of Colorado, Denver. Interdisciplinary guide to general wellness and health promotion after spinal cord injury, for rehabilitation professionals, physical and occupational therapists. Discusses both psychosocial and physical aspects of health. Wire spiral binding.

Spiral-bound: 312 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 11.25 x 9.00
Publisher: Pro Ed; ; 1st edition (January 15, 1996)

Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide for Patient and Family/No 1689
by Lynn Phillips, Mark N. Ozer, Peter Axelson, Juan Fonseca

Co-authored by physicians, lay experts, and a rehabilitation engineer who himself sustained a spinal cord injury, this practical guide addresses in layperson's terms the many medical, social, and psychological issues that face spinal cord-injured patients and their families. The authors describe what happens to the body after spinal cord injury, discuss the physical implications of such injuries, and explain how injured persons can minimize problems with urinary function, bowel function, skin care, pain, spasticity, and autonomic dysreflexia. Practical suggestions are offered to help patients handle difficulties with mobility, sex and intimacy, sports and recreation, and travel and transportation.

Hardcover: ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x 9.75 x 6.75
Publisher: Raven Press; ; (June 1987)

Yes, You Can!: A Guide to Self-care for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
by Marget C. Hammond (Editor), Brenda Matteson (Editor), Robert L. Umlauf (Editor)


	Spiral-bound: 164 pages Publisher: Paralyzed Veterans of America; ; Revised edition (December 1993)

Spinal Cord Injury Pain: Assessment, Mechanisms, Management (Progress in Pain Research and Management, V. 23)
by International Association for the Study of Pain Research Symposium 200, Robert P. Yezierski (Editor), Kim Burchiel (Editor)

Contributors in neurological surgery, nuclear medicine, anesthesiology, radiology, and pain studies offer insight into understanding the underlying mechanisms of spinal cord injury (SCI) pain as well as its treatment. They examine the clinical characteristics, central mechanisms, and treatment strategies of the most common SCI pain states, and recommend future directions of clinical and basic research. Experimental studies and imaging are also considered. Specific topics include the pharmacology of chronic pain after SCI, human brain imaging studies and theories of neuropathic pain, and the use of gabapentin in treating SCI pain. Yezierski directs the Comprehensive Center for Pain Research at the University of Florida. Burchiel is professor and chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University.

Hardcover: 443 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 9.75 x 6.50
Publisher: Intl Assoc for the Study of Pain; ; (April 2002)

The Economic Consequences of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
by Monroe Berkowitz (Editor), Carol Harvey, Carolyn G. Greene, Sven E. Wilson


	Hardcover: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 9.75 x 7.00 Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing; ; (August 1992)

Contemporary Management of Spinal Cord Injury (Neurosurgical Topics)
by Edward C. Benzel (Editor), Charles H. Tator (Editor)


	Hardcover: 307 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 10.75 x 7.75 Publisher: American Association of Neurological Surgeons; ; (June 1995)

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