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
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318331 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Contributors | Cheng, Yeung Hung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Sociology. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, v, 347, [128] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong |
| Rights | Use 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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