Visual indictment: A contextual analysis of the Kallikak Family photographs

Mental Retardation

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 268-280

  Elks, Martin A ^a  

^a Bucks Co Assoc Ind Support B   (United States)

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BOOK; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PEDIGREE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEDIGREE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEXTBOOKS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 24744443581     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2005)43[268:VIACAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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