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Living with physical disability: the experience of patients suffering hand injuries at work.

by Yeung Hung Cheng. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [89-128, 3rd gp.]). / Abstract / Dedication / Declaration / Acknowledgements / Table of Contents --- p.i / List of Illustrations --- p.v / Chapter 1.1 --- The Global Change --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Occupational Injuries and Disability --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Prevalence of Hand Injuries --- p.10 / Chapter 1.4 --- The Importance of the Hand --- p.13 / Chapter 1.5 --- Socio-Cultural Considerations --- p.16 / Chapter 1.6 --- Focus of the Thesis --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter2 --- Physical Disability and Rehabilitation: A Literature Review --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- Disability: From Bio-Medical to Social Definition --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3 --- "Disabled Role: A Long Term Version of the 'Sick Role," --- p.36 / Chapter 2.4 --- Disability as a Loss and Biographical Disruption --- p.39 / Chapter 2.5 --- Disability as Social Deviance --- p.45 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- To what extent is the life of persons with disabilities negatively affected by the label? --- p.46 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- What are the effects of stigmatisation on the stigmatised? --- p.48 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- To what extent does the disability affect the interaction between persons with and without disabilities? --- p.53 / Chapter 2.5.4 --- Can disabled persons be seen as a minority? --- p.57 / Chapter 2.6 --- Disability in the Family Context --- p.60 / Chapter 2.7 --- Coming Back --- p.67 / Chapter 2.8 --- Rehabilitation: An Integrative Process --- p.74 / Chapter 2.9 --- Disability in a Chinese Cultural Context --- p.82 / Chapter 2.10 --- Summary --- p.88 / Chapter Chapter3 --- Method of Inquiry --- p.93 / Chapter 3.1 --- Outlining the Chapter --- p.93 / Chapter 3.2 --- Paradigms of Social Inquiry --- p.95 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Interactionist Approach and Its Significance in Studying Illness and Disability --- p.93 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Social interaction and meaning construction --- p.100 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Illness and disability: A 'career' perspective --- p.102 / Chapter 3.4 --- Objectives of the Study --- p.104 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Overall objective --- p.104 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Specific objectives --- p.105 / Chapter 3.5 --- Sampling --- p.105 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Sampling procedure and field work --- p.107 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Basic characteristics of the subjects --- p.109 / Chapter 3.6 --- The Interview --- p.112 / Chapter 3.7 --- Methodological Issues --- p.113 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- Contact with subjects --- p.114 / Chapter 3.7.2 --- Conducting the interview --- p.116 / Chapter 3.7.3 --- Tape transcribing --- p.118 / Chapter 3.7.4 --- Limitations --- p.119 / Chapter 3.8 --- Summary --- p.122 / Chapter Chapter4 --- Research Findings --- p.124 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.124 / Chapter 4.2 --- Particulars of Respondents --- p.125 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Injury: A Disabled Worker's Reconstruction --- p.128 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Perceived causes of injury --- p.128 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Views on workmen's compensation --- p.137 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Action taken against the employer --- p.140 / Chapter 4.4 --- Meaning of Disability --- p.144 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Perception of loss and disruption in the life course --- p.145 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Effect of being labelled as disabled --- p.151 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- ´بNormalisation´ة --- p.163 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Effect of disability on social activities --- p.174 / Chapter 4.4.5 --- Transcendence --- p.179 / Chapter 4.5 --- Returning to the World of Work --- p.182 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Strugglers --- p.183 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Survivors --- p.188 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Achievers --- p.194 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Job-leavers --- p.199 / Chapter 4.5.5 --- Summary --- p.202 / Chapter 4.6 --- Disablement and Coming Back: Responses and Support of Family and Others --- p.204 / Chapter 4.6.1 --- Role changes in family --- p.205 / Chapter 4.6.2 --- Family break-up --- p.207 / Chapter 4.6.3 --- Support from expressive primary networks --- p.208 / Chapter 4.6.4 --- Support from instrumental primary networks --- p.212 / Chapter 4.6.5 --- Marriage as a source of support --- p.214 / Chapter 4.6.6 --- Reciprocity in support giving --- p.216 / Chapter 4.6.7 --- Conflict due to giving or withdrawing support --- p.216 / Chapter 4.6.8 --- Support from the work place --- p.219 / Chapter 4.6.9 --- Formal support --- p.222 / Chapter Chapter5 --- Discussion --- p.230 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Injury: A Disabled Worker's Reconstruction --- p.230 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Perceived causes of injury --- p.231 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Workmen's compensation --- p.239 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Action taken against the employer --- p.242 / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Conclusion --- p.244 / Chapter 5.2 --- Meaning of Disability --- p.247 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Loss and disruption in the life course --- p.248 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Effect of being labelled as disabled --- p.254 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Normalisation' --- p.264 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Effect of disability on social activities --- p.269 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Transcendence --- p.271 / Chapter 5.2.6 --- Conclusion --- p.274 / Chapter 5.3 --- Returning to the World of Work --- p.279 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Overt discrimination in looking for jobs --- p.288 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Donkey jobs --- p.290 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Hard-working-no-complaint' syndrome --- p.291 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.292 / Chapter 5.4 --- Disablement and Coming Back: Responses and Support of Family and Others --- p.294 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Role changes and family break-up --- p.294 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Social support and network systems: Its role and limitations --- p.299 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Emotional expressiveness and Chineseness --- p.305 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Support from the work place --- p.308 / Chapter 5.4.5 --- Formal support seeking --- p.310 / Chapter 5.4.6 --- Conclusion --- p.318 / Chapter Chapter6 --- Conclusion / Chapter 6.1 --- Stages in the Disabled Career of Hand-Injured-Workers and Factors Modifying the Career Process --- p.323 / Chapter 6.2 --- Understanding Rehabilitation in Social Context --- p.334 / Chapter 6.3 --- A Social Agenda for Workmen's Compensation and Disablement in Society --- p.337 / Chapter 6.4 --- Limitations and Generalisability of the Study --- p.341 / Chapter 6.5 --- Research Direction --- p.344 / Appendices / References / References in Chinese

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318331
Date January 1995
ContributorsCheng, Yeung Hung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Sociology.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, v, 347, [128] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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