Download or read book Exploring Theories and Expanding Methodologies written by Sharon N. Barnartt and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses attention on the dual themes of theory and methodology that must form a basis for studies of impairment and disability. This work addresses issues that include: critiques of current concepts of disability; the fit between sociological role theory and the concept of disability; and, the operationalization of many definitions of disability.