Rejecting the label: A social constructionist analysis

Mental Retardation

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-134

  Finlay, W M L ^a   Lyons, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 17144364686     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2005)43<120:RTLASC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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