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    Working bodies : chronic illness in the Canadian workplace / edited by Sharon-Dale Stone, Valorie A. Crooks, Michelle Owen.

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    • Title:Working bodies : chronic illness in the Canadian workplace / edited by Sharon-Dale Stone, Valorie A. Crooks, Michelle Owen.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Stone, Sharon Dale, 1955- editor.
      Owen, Michelle K., editor.
      Crooks, Valorie A., 1976- editor.
    • Published/Created:Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Chronically ill--Employment--Canada.
      Chronically ill--Canada--Economic conditions.
      Chronically ill--Canada--Social conditions.
    • Medical Subjects: Chronic Disease
      Social Conditions
      Disabled Persons
      Workplace--standards
      Occupational Health
      Canada
    • Description:vi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
    • Summary:"While significant research has been produced in the field of disability studies, little attention has been paid to experiences of chronic illness. Working Bodies emphasizes the workplace as an important site for understanding such experiences, as employment status has an enormous impact on social and economic standing in Canadian society. The essays in this collection examine the perspectives of both workers and employers, painting a disturbing picture of the challenges that people with chronic illness face in an already demanding labour market. The focus on the Canadian workplace allows for an in-depth understanding of this context and for meaningful comparisons between populations and across workplace environments. Contributors include scholars and practitioners in disability studies, health sciences, geography, occupational therapy, sociology, and labour relations, their expert knowledge ranging from the imperatives of employers, to lived experiences of chronic illness, to the application of workplace policy. By combining research-based chapters with personal reflections on work and chronic illness, Working Bodies grounds itself in existing scholarship while opening up new avenues of discussion."--Publisher's website.
    • Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780773543775 (bound)
      0773543775 (bound)
      9780773543782 (pbk.)
      0773543783 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE CONFRONTING AND NEGOTIATING ATTITUDES
      Narrative Preface: Adam's Story / Adam Gilgoff
      1. Portrayals of Fibromyalgia and Paid Work: Too Sick to Work? / Margaret Oldfield
      2. Including and Accommodating Youth with Chronic Illness and Childhood Onset Disability in the Canadian Workplace / Nancy L. Hutchinson
      3. Navigating Chronic Injuries in the Workplace: Five Workers' Experiences with Systems and Relationships / Nicolette Carlan
      pt. TWO PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOMMODATING CHRONIC ILLNESS
      Narrative Preface: Julie's Story / Julie Devaney
      4. Employers' Perspectives on Workplace Accommodation of Chronic Health Conditions / Terry Krupa
      5. Supervisors' Perspectives on Work Accommodation for Chronically III Employees / Kelly Williams-Whitt
      6. Accommodation in the Context of Complex Chronic Illness / He-Ann Dolan
      pt. THREE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC ILLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE
      Narrative Preface: Corinne's Story / Corinne Stevens
      7. Chronic Illness among Immigrant Workers in Canada: An Overview of Existing Knowledge / Iffath U.B. Syed
      8. On Being a Princess and a Problem: Negotiating Attitudinal Barriers to Chronic Illness in Canadian Universities / Vera Chouinard
      9. Chronic Illness and the Canadian Knowledge Worker: The Role of the Body and Embodiment in Shaping the Production of Academic Work / Sharon-Dale Stone
      pt. FOUR EPILOGUE
      Narrative Preface: Andrea's Story / Andrea Black
      10. Epilogue / Michelle Owen.
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