Jessica Scheer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3928560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Scheer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Scheer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHEER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 122 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Access Barriers for Persons with Disabilities
Individuals with disabilities constitute a marginalized group in health services research, and their experiences within the health-care system are not well understood. This article examines the access barriers to primary, specialist, and rehabilitative care, and their consequences for individuals' health, functioning, well-being, and health services utilization. The findings are based on an in-depth analysis of 30 qualitative interviews. Access p…
Health Plan Selection Criteria by People With Impaired Mobility
BACKGROUND: Many decision-support tools for consumers selecting a health plan include a module measuring peer-group satisfaction with service and quality of care. The most widely used tools are sufficient for most people, but fail to report measures that are important to many individuals with disabilities. OBJECTIVES: To elicit health plan selection and assessment criteria by groups of people with one type of functional impairment arising from di…
Murphy's contributions to disability studies
Impairment as a Human Constant
The social science literature on physical disabilities suffers a curious omission in the relative lack of attention paid to a cross‐cultural or historical perspective. We argue that disability is a human constant—that is, all human societies have and have always had disabled members. While the presence of such individuals is a constant, culturally shared responses to them vary greatly across time and social context
Physical disability and social liminality
Physical disability and social liminality
Impairment as a Human Constant
The social science literature on physical disabilities suffers a curious omission in the relative lack of attention paid to a cross‐cultural or historical perspective. We argue that disability is a human constant—that is, all human societies have and have always had disabled members. While the presence of such individuals is a constant, culturally shared responses to them vary greatly across time and social context
Access Barriers for Persons with Disabilities
Individuals with disabilities constitute a marginalized group in health services research, and their experiences within the health-care system are not well understood. This article examines the access barriers to primary, specialist, and rehabilitative care, and their consequences for individuals' health, functioning, well-being, and health services utilization. The findings are based on an in-depth analysis of 30 qualitative interviews. Access p…
Impairment as a Human Constant
The social science literature on physical disabilities suffers a curious omission in the relative lack of attention paid to a cross‐cultural or historical perspective. We argue that disability is a human constant—that is, all human societies have and have always had disabled members. While the presence of such individuals is a constant, culturally shared responses to them vary greatly across time and social context
Physical disability and social liminality
Murphy's contributions to disability studies
Health Plan Selection Criteria by People With Impaired Mobility
BACKGROUND: Many decision-support tools for consumers selecting a health plan include a module measuring peer-group satisfaction with service and quality of care. The most widely used tools are sufficient for most people, but fail to report measures that are important to many individuals with disabilities. OBJECTIVES: To elicit health plan selection and assessment criteria by groups of people with one type of functional impairment arising from di…
Access Barriers for Persons with Disabilities
Individuals with disabilities constitute a marginalized group in health services research, and their experiences within the health-care system are not well understood. This article examines the access barriers to primary, specialist, and rehabilitative care, and their consequences for individuals' health, functioning, well-being, and health services utilization. The findings are based on an in-depth analysis of 30 qualitative interviews. Access p…
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)