Independent living in the United States: extended review.
This review paper uses three recent publications from Independent Living Research Utilisation in Texas as an opportunity for examining social and cultural differences between USA and Great Britain in their responses to disablement. The paper suggests that there is much to admire in the voluntarism of political life in the USA, but that the social disadvantages experienced by many disabled people require a consistent public commitment to provide the resources necessary for living independently.
Williams
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ARC Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Manchester, UK.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D012924:Social Conditions; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States