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ELSEVIER Intellectual Disabilities Toward Inclusion With Access Code 7Ed (Pb 2022) by ATHERTON H.
This leading textbook (previously known as Learning Disabilities) aims to further the practice of professionals and agencies who support people with intellectual disabilities. It emphasizes the strengths rather than deficits of people with intellectual disabilities, highlights the crucial role of family and friends, and places individuals firmly at the heart of everything that impacts them. Intellectual Disabilities: Toward Inclusion centres on the concepts of respecting the personhood of people with intellectual disabilities, and their rights to holistic health and to live their best lives. Most of the 27 chapters are co-authored by respected international authors, and the content has been fully updated to reflect contemporary policy, legislation and service configuration.This unique text will challenge and reframe typically held views, and provides an international focus that recognizes we have much to learn from the experiences and perspectives of other nations around the world.Comprehensive overview of the field - relevant to contemporary practiceContent organized around three central themes: Who am I?; Maximizing my health; Living my best lifeWell-written and accessibleArtwork and perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities bring content to lifeAuthors from a range of professional backgrounds representing Australia, Austria, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, the UK, and the United States Activities, case studies, diagrams and useful web linksAdditional material in an online resource complements reader activities found throughout the text Section 1. Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Systems Section 2. Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems Section 3. Nervous System Section 4. Rheumatology and Immune System Section 5. Endocrine System Section 6. Haematology Ststem Section 7. Renal SystemIndex of cases1. Peptic ulcer 2. Malabsorption, coeliac disease 3. Colon cancer 4. Cirrhosis and portal hypertension 5. Inflammatory bowel disease 6. Hepatitis 7. Acute pancreatitis 8. Acute diarrhoea 9. Irritable bowl syndrome 10. Bronchial asthma 11. Pulmonary tuberculosis 12. Pneumonia 13. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 14. Pulmonary embolism 15. Myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis 16. Congestive heart failure and mitral stenosis 17. Aortic stenosis and syncope 18. Heart block and syncope 19. Lung cancer 20. Parkinson's disease 21. Stroke 22. Disc prolapse 23. Meningitis 24. Myasthenia gravis 25. Heat stroke 26. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo 27. Diabetic polyneuropathy 28. Rheumatoid arthritis 29. Osteoarthritis 30. Osteoporosis 31. Systemic lupus erythematosus 32. Reactive arthritis 33. Gout 34. Anaphylaxis 35. Acromegaly 36. Hyperthyroidism 37. Adrenal tumour 38. Metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type 2 39. Diabetes mellitus, type 1 40. Addison's disease 41. Iron deficiency anaemia 42. Multiple myeloma 43. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura 44. Chronic myeloid leukaemia. 45. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency-Haemolysis 46. Fever- Malaria 47. Acute renal failure 48. Nephrotic syndrome 49. Chronic renal failure 50. Urinary tract infection