Medicalization, ambivalence and social control: Mothers' descriptions of educators and ADD/ADHD

Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-80

  Malacrida, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder; Disabilities; Education; Medicalization; Special needs

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CANADA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL CONTROL; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACULTY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NARRATION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0842333921     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459304038795     Document Type: Article

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