Working Bodies: Chronic Illness in the Canadian Workplace 9780773591813

An informative look at the experience of navigating the Canadian workplace while living with chronic illness.

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Working Bodies: Chronic Illness in the Canadian Workplace
9780773591813

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Sharon-Dale Stone
Valorie A. Crooks

Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
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Introduction: Chronic Illness in the Canadian Workplace
PART ONE: CONFRONTING AND NEGOTIATING ATTITUDES
Narrative Preface: Adam’s Story
1 Portrayals of Fibromyalgia and Paid Work: Too Sick to Work?
2 Including and Accommodating Youth with Chronic Illness and Childhood Onset Disability in the Canadian Workplace
3 Navigating Chronic Injuries in the Workplace: Five Workers’ Experiences with Systems and Relationships
PART TWO: PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOMMODATING CHRONIC ILLNESS
Narrative Preface: Julie’s Story
4 Employers’ Perspectives on Workplace Accommodation of Chronic Health Conditions
5 Supervisors’ Perspectives on Work Accommodation for Chronically Ill Employees
6 Accommodation in the Context of Complex Chronic Illness
PART THREE: EXPERIENCING CHRONIC ILLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE
Narrative Preface: Corinne’s Story
7 Chronic Illness among Immigrant Workers in Canada: An Overview of Existing Knowledge
8 On Being a Princess and a Problem: Negotiating Attitudinal Barriers to Chronic Illness in Canadian Universities
9 Chronic Illness and the Canadian Knowledge Worker: The Role of the Body and Embodiment in Shaping the Production of Academic Work
PART FOUR: EPILOGUE
Narrative Preface: Andrea’s Story
10 Epilogue
Contributors
Index
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