MEDICAL

Disability and professional identity: Negotiated change for fitness to practice

 Introduction

Policy makers recognize that the employment challenges encountered by disabled people are due to a complex matrix of attitudes, hostile environments and disabling barriers (Barnes, 1992: Burchardt, 2005). Hence, established explanations for the challenges disabled people seem to experience in the labour market are no longer viewed as fitting by the same people and their organizations.    

Overview

This paper considers two issues; negotiated change for fitness to practice in the workplace and formation of professional identities for disabled people. This consideration … Continue Reading