TY - JOUR
AU - Zavirek, Darja
AB - British Journal of Social Work (2009) 39, 1393–1405 doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp083 Advance Access publication June 5, 2008 Critical Commentary Social Work with Adults with Disabilities: An International Perspective Darja Zavirsˇek Darja Zavirsˇek is professor for social work and disability studies and chair of Indosow- International Doctoral Studies in Social Work and the president of the Eastern European Sub-Regional Association of the Schools of Social Work. She works at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Work, Ljubljana. Correspondence to Prof. Darja Zavirsˇek, Fakulteta za socialno delo, Univerza v Ljubljani, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia/Slovenija. E-mail: darja.zavirsek@fsd.uni-lj.si Introduction The longer life expectancy of the populations of developed countries, on the one hand, and poverty, poor working conditions, modern slavery and wars faced by people from poorer and rural countries, on the other, are conditions that dictate that the majority of the world’s population will experience some kind of disability at some time in their lives. At the same time, the involve- ment of social work in rebuilding and recovery following the Tsunami cata- strophes in different parts of the world and the recent earthquake in China have placed issues of disability at the very centre of social work. Now, more than ever, social work 
TI - Social Work with Adults with Disabilities: An International Perspective
JF - The British Journal of Social Work
DO - 10.1093/bjsw/bcp083
DA - 2009-10-05
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SP - 1393
EP - 1405
VL - 39
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