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  • The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot

    by Agatha Christie ...
    This collection of 25 Hercule Poirot adventures by Agatha Christie are compiled from short stories written for The Sketch magazine from March to December 1923. Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish his professional reputation was always going to be a ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Disability as Diversity in India

    Theory, Practice, and Lived Experience

    Edited by Sandhya Limaye, Christopher Johnstone, Misa Kayama ...
    This book critically analyses diverse experiences related to disability in India. Drawing upon intersectionality theory, it explores a range of issues regarding everyday experiences of disability in relation to gender, religion, social experiences, and India’s neoliberal economy and its built environment. From theoretical to deeply personal, this book discusses themes like invisible disability and ... Read more

    56,00 €

  • Disability Alliances and Allies

    Opportunities and Challenges

    Edited by Allison C. Carey, Joan M. Ostrove, Tara Fannon ...
    Series Book 12 - Research in Social Science and Disability
    In Disability Alliances and Allies: Opportunities and Challenges, Allison Carey, Joan Ostrove and Tara Fannon have gathered an interdisciplinary team of leading experts, to offer nuanced analyses of the meaning and practice of being an ally and of building effective alliances that account for the structural, individual, and interpersonal challenges involved in amplifying disabled voices and ... Read more

    91,26 €

  • Mental Health Law in China

    A Socio-legal Analysis

    by Bo Chen ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Health Law
    This book provides an important critique of mental health law and practice in China, with a focus on involuntary detention and treatment. The work explores China’s mental health law reform regarding treatment decision-making in the new era of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It adopts a socio-legal approach, not only by undertaking a comprehensive desk-based ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • L'imputabilità del minorenne

    by Graziana Aiello ...
    Dall'autrice di dequo.it - il tuo avvocato online, un lavoro orientato verso un'analisi del tema dell'imputabilità minorile per raggiungere principalmente l'obiettivo di capire cosa la legge intenda quando richiede la capacità di intendere e di volere perché un minorenne possa ritenersi imputabile. Il nostro legislatore ha indicato, infatti, come fondamento dell’imputabilità sia del soggetto ... Read more

    3,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • La atención integral y centrada en la persona

    Fundamentos y aplicaciones en el modelo de apoyos y cuidados

    by Pilar Rodríguez Rodríguez, Pilar Rodríguez Rodríguez, Antoni Vilà Mancebo, Antoni Vilà Mancebo, Clarisa Ramos-Feijóo, Clarisa Ramos-Feijóo, Lourdes Bermejo García, Anna Bonafont Castillo, José Augusto García Navarro, Marije Goikoetchea Iturregui, Berta González Antón0, Ángeles López Fraguas1, Belén Martínez Fernández2, Teresa Martínez Rodríguez3, Miguel Ángel Mira Illana4, Javier del Monte Diego5, Ester Ortega Collado6, Carolina Pinazo-Clapés7, Sacramento Pinazo-Hernandis8, Gregorio Rodríguez Cabrero9, Cristina Rodríguez-Porrero Miret0, Alicia Sales-Galán1, Amalia San Román2, Javier Tamarit Cuadrado3, Ángela Tormo Bartual4, Miguel Ángel Verdugo Alonso5, Joseba Zalakain6, Vanessa Zorrilla Muñoz7, Xavier Garcia-Milà Lloveras8 ...
    Series series Ventana Abierta
    En esta novedad, elaborada por reconocidos expertos en la materia, se han reunido los contenidos esenciales para difundir los elementos teóricos y aplicados del modelo AICP. Con su distribución se pretende facilitar que universitarios y profesionales obtengan los conocimientos y habilidades precisos para diseñar, intervenir, gestionar o investigar en programas o recursos dirigidos a personas en ... Read more

    28,49 €

  • Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty

    Current Issues and Controversies

    by Marc J. Tassé Ph.D., John H. Blume JD, MAR ...
    Written by two nationally recognized experts, this book provides a comprehensive review of the legal and clinical aspects of the death penalty as it relates to intellectual disability. First, the facts: people with intellectual disability may falsely confess to a crime because they want to please the authorities, and they are often less able than others to work with lawyers to prepare a defense. ... Read more

    29,03 €

  • Combatting Ableism: Roles and Actions of Institutions and Organizations

    by Alan S. Gutterman ...
    Ableism—the systemic devaluation and exclusion of people with disabilities—remains a persistent barrier to full social, economic, and political inclusion. People with disabilities face barriers not because of inherent limitations, but because of the environment and systems around them. Combatting ageism and ableism requires more than just policy pronouncements or isolated programs. It demands a ... Read more

    8,49 €

  • GenX What's Your Damage? A Medical Mystery Within a Broken System

    by Autumn Mist ...
    What else could I do? I defeated my first monster by age eleven. I did what it took to get safe, buried that trauma and I kept going. I did not know that the terror I'd escaped, planted a bomb in my nervous system. How could I know?This is the true story of how I found myself trapped in a medical mystery, with the answers to my fate buried in my own mind. It's the true story of how I went to the ... Read more

    5,49 €

  • Disability

    A Reference Handbook

    by Michael Rembis ...
    Series series Contemporary World Issues
    This volume offers a rare mix of interpretive chapters and primary sources that will be of value to anyone interested in learning about important disability-related issues and exploring the perspectives of disabled people.Disability has become a human rights and social justice issue that should concern all Americans. Access to safe, affordable, and effective health care, access to safe and ... Read more

    48,54 €

  • Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite

    Partie réglementaire - Décrets en Conseil d'Etat. - Livre III : Dispositions relatives au paiement des pensions (droit français)

    by Various ...
    Découvrez le Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, Partie réglementaire - Décrets en Conseil d'État, Livre III : Dispositions relatives au paiement des pensions. Cet ouvrage incontournable s'adresse aux professionnels du droit, offrant une compilation exhaustive des textes officiels et des dispositions réglementaires qui régissent le paiement des pensions. Grâce à une présentation ... Read more

    19,99 €

  • Combatting Disability Harassment at Work

    Human Rights in Practice

    by Lucy-Ann Buckley ...
    Persons with disabilities report high levels of harassment worldwide, often based on intersectional characteristics such as race, gender and age. However, while #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter have highlighted ongoing experiences of sexual and racial harassment, disability harassment has received little attention.This book focuses on legal measures to combat disability harassment at work. It sets ... Read more

    20,77 €

  • Dismantling Barriers and Advancing the Right of Persons with Disabilities to Participate in Cultural Life

    A Socio-Legal Analysis

    by Delia Ferri, Ann Leahy ...
    Series series Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
    The right to participate in cultural life is profoundly rooted in international human rights law, and, with regard to persons with disabilities, it is enunciated in Article 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD or the Convention). This provision requires States Parties to the Convention to ensure accessibility of cultural materials, services and activities, and ... Read more

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  • Betreuungsrecht

    Edited by Hoffmann ...
    Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) Einführungsgesetz zum Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (GVG) Gesetz über die Vergütung von Vormündern und Betreuern (Vormünder- und Betreuervergütungsgesetz - VBVG) Gesetz über die Wahrnehmung behördlicher Aufgaben bei der Betreuung Volljähriger (Betreuungsbehördengesetz - BtBG) Gesetz über Finanzhilfen ... Read more

    1,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rethinking Disability, Care, and Motherhood

    Lived Experiences of Disabled Mothers in India

    by Priyasha Choudhary, Shubha Ranganathan ...
    Series series Critical and Qualitative Approaches to Mental Health Experiences among Vulnerable Groups
    This book focuses on the lived realities of disabled mothers to examine how they navigate their multiple competing responsibilities and identities. It reimagines normative constructions of motherhood, dependency, and care while rethinking advocacy and resistance, in the context of disability, gender, and mental health. It essentially argues that disabled women negotiate a delicate balancing act: ... Read more

    56,00 €

  • Autism and the Police

    Practical Advice for Officers and Other First Responders

    by Andrew Buchan ...
    This is a practical guide for police officers and other first responders written by an autistic retired policeman, designed to demystify autistic behaviours and improve the treatment of autistic people caught up in the criminal justice system. Police officers and other emergency services are the first to arrive at the scene of an incident and it is vital they can recognise autistic behaviours and ... Read more

    20,02 €

  • Individual and Occupational Determinants

    Work Ability in People with Health Problems

    Edited by Joanna Bugajska, Teresa Makowiec-Dąbrowska, Tomasz Kostka ...
    Series series Occupational Safety, Health, and Ergonomics
    There are individual and professional factors that have the greatest impact on the preservation of work ability for people of advanced age, and people with chronic health issues and disabilities. This text examines the demographic trends in the population and shows that proper functioning in their lives is only possible if people are provided with appropriate psychosocial and physical working ... Read more

    49,91 €

  • Access to Justice for Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities

    A Comparative Analysis of Participation in the Kenyan Criminal Justice System

    by Paul Ochieng Juma ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure
    Taking Kenya as a case study, this book examines the application of criminal procedure in the context of persons with psychosocial disabilities. It discusses how the right to participation of persons with psychosocial disabilities who have been declared unfit can be best protected during and after the criminal process in Africa and at the international level. In doing so, it hypothesises that the ... Read more

    56,00 €

  • Pour aider les aidants

    Osons l’Aidance !

    by Valérie Bergua, Jean Bouisson, Olivier Frézet, Nancy Guberman, ...
    Series series Ouvertures Psy
    L’aidance désigne, aussi bien, celui qui apporte son aide que celui qui la reçoit. A l’heure du vieillissement de la population, de l’augmentation des dépendances, l’aidance est au cœur des enjeux de notre société.L’ Aidance couvre un large périmètre de sens : celui qui aide, celui qui est aidé, le lien qui les unit. Elle englobe aussi la forme et les moyens de l’aide, les différents acteurs qu ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • 100 idées pour promouvoir l'autodétermination et la pair-aidance

    Pouvoir décider, dire et agir pour soi. Se soutenir entre pairs, transmettre et partager son expérience.

    by Julia Boivin, Marc Blin ...
    Series series 100 Idées pour
    De nombreux termes sont employés et valorisés lorsque l’on évoque l’accompagnement des personnes dites fragilisées : autodétermination, empowerment, autonomie, pouvoir de dire et d’agir, choisir, décider pour soi, savoirs expérientiels, pair-aidance, participation...Derrière ce riche vocabulaire, de véritables changements dans les pratiques d’accompagnement et la prise en considération de ces ... Read more

    11,99 €

  • Schwerbehindert

    Meine Rechte: Wohnen, Arbeiten, Steuern, Mobilität

    by Jürgen Greß ...
    Series series Beck kompakt
    Rund 7,8 Millionen Menschen mit einer amtlich anerkannten Schwerbehinderung leben in Deutschland. Der Autor als erfahrener Rechtsanwalt auf diesem Gebiet erläutert anhand vieler Beispielsfälle alles Wissenswerte zum Thema „Schwerbehinderung“. Er stellt die „Nachteilsausgleiche“ und Fördermittel dar, die Betroffene beanspruchen können, und benennt wichtige Anlaufstellen und Ansprechpartner, damit ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • International Disability Law

    A Practical Approach to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    by Coomara Pyaneandee ...
    This book provides a concise guide to international disability law. It analyses the case law of the CRPD Committee and other international human rights treaty bodies, and provides commentaries on more than 50 leading cases. The author elaborates on the obligations of States Parties under the CRPD and other international treaties, while also spelling out the rights of persons with disabilities, and ... Read more

    51,13 €

  • Ethics, Law, and Policy

    by Jerome E. Bickenbach ...
    Series series The SAGE Reference Series on Disability: Key Issues and Future Directions
    This volume in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores ethical, legal, and policy issues of people with disabilities, and is one of eight volumes in the cross-disciplinary and issues-based series, which examines topics central to the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. With a balance of history, theory, research, and application, specialists set out the findings and ... Read more

    65,07 €

  • Quick Guide to Community Care Practice and the Law

    by Michael Mandelstam ...
    Series series Quick Guides Social & Health Care Law & Practice
    This short guide cuts through the confusing mass of legislation to provide a concise and jargon-free explanation of current community care practice and the law.In clear and simple language, it explains the legislation directly relevant to practitioners, including: rules about how people in need get an assessment from local authorities; the assessment of need itself; eligibility for actually ... Read more

    20,02 €