Challenging the authority of the medical definition of disability: An analysis of the resistance to the social constructionist paradigm

Disability and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-208

  Donoghue, Christopher ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038182838     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968759032000052833     Document Type: Review

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