| Abstract: | Reviews the book, The psychological and social impact of physical disability (2nd ed.) by Robert P. Marinelli and Arthur E. Dell Orto (1984). This book of readings is a substantial revision of the volume by the same title published in 1977. The editors, who are professors of rehabilitation counseling at West Virginia University and Boston University, respectively, have selected 18 new articles for inclusion in the second edition. Their criteria for selecting the new articles, as well as for retaining 11 articles from the first edition, were "practicality and utility for service providers." The topics addressed in the selected readings include legal rights, independent living, adolescence, family dynamics, psychological adjustment, attitude modification, sexual adjustment, self-help groups, women, and various helping strategies. Most of the new articles were originally published between 1979 and 1982, and only three of the retained articles were published before 1972; hence, the volume primarily represents recent writings about psychosocial aspects of disablement. All but five of the selections are reprinted from major rehabilitation journals. Because it does assemble many important articles in one place, this book is a useful reference source for courses on psychological aspects of disability. It cannot serve as the primary textbook, however, because it does not provide anything approaching an integrated, comprehensive treatment of the subject. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
