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Prologue From Personal Experiences to Theory and Policy PART ONE: DISABILITY AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON The Transformation of Disability into a Commodity The Production and Distribution of Disability in Society The Social Meaning of Impairment and Interpretation of Disability PART TWO: SOCIAL RESPONSES TO DISABILITY The Law and Politics of Rehabilitation The Rehabilitation Industry Rehabilitation Professionals The Marketing of Rehabilitation Goods and Services The Rehabilitation Process PART THREE: FROM SOCIAL THEORY TO SOCIAL POLICY The Consumer Social Policies for the Disabled
Anderson et al. (1993) studied this question.