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Community-based service delivery in rehabilitation: the promise and the paradox.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10950496     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: According to many researchers, rehabilitation is being prevented from developing as a distinct profession due to two major problems. First, it has been claimed that rehabilitation is in need of a professional identity and a sense of cohesion if it is to emerge as a discipline. Second, it has been recognized that there is a need for a rehabilitation framework to challenge the restorative approach that continues to dominate rehabilitation, linking it back to the medical model from which it has attempted to escape. The model of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) is offered as a model that can provide the impetus for an attitudinal shift from the restorative tradition and unite rehabilitation workers through a cohesive framework. METHOD: Unfortunately, the implementation of community-based rehabilitation in urban societies has been disappointing. The current paper is a conceptual discussion of community-based rehabilitation that explores some potential causes of this poor implementation. RESULTS: To some extent, the implementation failure of community-based rehabilitation can be attributed to the paradoxes that are inherent in its fundamental constructs-empowerment and community inclusion. These paradoxes occur at a conceptual level, a practical level and a contextual level. CONCLUSIONS: Some solutions are offered to enable the paradigm to be implemented more fully. In particular, it is suggested that there is a need to develop useful working definitions of these constructs, favourable attitudes among rehabilitation workers and a focus on community development.
Authors:
E Kendall; N Buys; J Larner
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Disability and rehabilitation     Volume:  22     ISSN:  0963-8288     ISO Abbreviation:  Disabil Rehabil     Publication Date:  2000 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-11-28     Completed Date:  2000-12-14     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9207179     Medline TA:  Disabil Rehabil     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  435-45     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Centre for Human Services, Griffith University, Australia. E.Kendall@mailbox.gu.edu.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Community Health Services / organization & administration*
Delivery of Health Care*
Humans
Models, Theoretical*
Patient Participation
Rehabilitation / organization & administration*
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Disabil Rehabil. 2001 Jan 15;23(1):16-7   [PMID:  11213317 ]
Disabil Rehabil. 2001 Jan 15;23(1):22-5   [PMID:  11213319 ]
Disabil Rehabil. 2001 Jan 15;23(1):18-21   [PMID:  11213318 ]
Disabil Rehabil. 2001 Jan 15;23(1):26-9   [PMID:  11213320 ]
Disabil Rehabil. 2001 Jan 15;23(1):30-5   [PMID:  11213321 ]

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