MOST certainly
Some of it comes from New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, Semple
et-al, but this research is contradictory, it uses qualitative and
qunatitative methods and the two sets of findings are different
Many have written from within the health professions and Disabled
people.
A very important subject, aims often to experience disability, very
objectionable. I list a few below.
As a nurse teacher I believe If aims are carefully considered there
is some place BUT I would generally not support what often happens.
Its place may be in teaching nurses skills, in guiding or
wheelchair manoeuvrability, Never with the aim of seeing what its
like to be disabled.
Scullion PA 1999 Conceptualizing disability in nursing: some evidence
from students and their teachers. Journal of Advanced Nursing 29 (3)
648-657
Swain J, Lawrence P 1994 Learning about disability; changing attitudes
or challenging understanding? In: French S (ed) On equal terms.
Working with disabled people. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
Scullion P A (1996) 'Quasidisability' experiences using
simulation. British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. 3;9,
pp498-502.
Philip Scullion
Senior Lecturer
Nursing and Midwifery
School of Health and Social Sciences
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry, CV1 5FB
Tel 024 76887969 Direct
or 024 76887928 Reception
FAX 024 76887910
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