Suitable for people who are working or training in the field of blood transfusion, transplantation, or human genetics, but who are not specialising in the field of blood groups, this book contains full colour text together with schematic figures and tables.
Exploring the nuanced relationship between non-disabled and disabled individuals, this pioneering work by Dan Goodley challenges traditional boundaries and perspectives. It offers valuable insights for students, researchers, and activists in the field of disability studies, making it a crucial resource for policymakers and practitioners engaged with disabled communities. The text is designed to be accessible and informative, fostering a deeper understanding of disability across various disciplines.
For over a generation, conservative religion has seemed dominant in America. But there are signs of a strengthening liberal religious movement. For it to flourish, laypeople need a sense of their theological heritage. A House for Hope lays out, in lively and engaging language, the theological house that religious liberalism has inherited—and suggests how this heritage will need to be spiritually and theologically transformed. With chapters that suggest liberal religious commitment is based on common hopes and an expansive love for life, A House for Hope shows how religious liberals have countered fundamentalists for generations, and provides progressives with a theological and spiritual foundation for the years ahead.
This new edition of Dan Goodley's acclaimed introduction to disability studies serves as a critical, multidisciplinary resource for students and researchers in the social sciences. It offers an in-depth exploration of disability, emphasizing its complexities and societal implications, making it an essential text for understanding the intersection of disability with various social issues.
This crisis-ridden world is having disastrous effects on the climate, on our bodies and on our internal worlds, on how we feel and try to respond, on how we panic and on how we act collectively. Psychoanalysis can be part of this collective political response. Ian Parker shows how personal struggle can be linked to political struggle so we confr
Goodley draws on decades of research to argue that disability has much to offer when we contemplate what it means to be human in the 21st Century. He addresses questions such as 'who's allowed to be human?'; 'are human beings dependent?'; and 'what does it mean to be human in the digital age?'