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

Published Montréal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 232 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: Chronic Illness in the Canadian Workplace / Sharon-Dale Stone, Valorie A. Crooks, and Michelle Owen -- Part one : Confronting and Negotiating Attitudes. Narrative Preface: Adam's Story / Adam Gilgoff -- Portrayals of Fibromyalgia and Paid Work: Too Sick to Work? / Margaret Oldfield -- Including and Accommodating Youth with Chronic Illness and Childhood Onset Disability in the Canadian Workplace / Joan J. Versnel and Nancy L. Hutchinson -- Navigating Chronic Injuries in the Workplace: Five Workers' Experiences with Systems and Relationships / Theresa Aversa and Nicolette Carlan Part two : Perspectives on Accommodating Chronic Illness. Narrative Preface: Julie's Story / Julie Devaney -- Employers' Perspectives on Workplace Accommodation of Chronic Health Conditions / Rosemary Lysaght and Terry Krupa -- Supervisors' Perspectives on Work Accommodation for Chronically Ill Employees / Vicki L. Kristman, William S. Shaw, and Kelly Williams-Whitt -- Accommodation in the Context of Complex Chronic Illness / Melissa Popiel, Wendy Porch, and Le-Ann Dolan Part three : Experiencing Chronic Illness in the Workplace. Narrative Preface: Corinne's Story / Corinne Stevens -- illness in the Chronic Illness among Immigrant Workers in Canada: An Overview of Existing Knowledge / Iffath U.B. Syed -- On Being a Princess and a Problem: Negotiating Attitudinal Barriers to Chronic Illness in Canadian Universities / Keri Cameron and Vera Chouinard -- Chronic Illness and the Canadian Knowledge Worker: The Role of the Body and Embodiment in Shaping the Production of Academic Work / Valorie A. Crooks, Michelle Owen, and Sharon-Dale Stone Part four : Epilogue. Narrative Preface: Andrea's Story / Andrea Black -- Epilogue / Sharon-Dale Stone, Valorie A. Crooks, and Michelle Owen Summary While significant research has been produced in the field of disability studies, little attention has been paid to experiences of chronic illness. This book 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Chronically ill -- Employment -- Canada Chronically ill -- Canada -- Economic conditions Chronically ill -- Canada -- Social conditions Work environment -- Canada Chronic diseases. Social history. People with disabilities. Chronic Disease Social Conditions Disabled Persons Occupational Health Workplace -- standards social history. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Social history People with disabilities Chronic diseases Work environment Chronically ill -- Economic conditions Chronically ill -- Employment Chronically ill -- Social conditions SUBJECT Canada https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002170 Subject Canada Form Electronic book Author Stone, Sharon Dale, 1955- Crooks, Valorie A., 1976- Owen, Michelle K LC no. 2016364893 ISBN 9780773543775 0773543775 9780773543782 0773543783 0773591818 9780773591813

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