Negotiating mothering against the odds: Gastrostomy tube feeding, stigma, governmentality and disabled children

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1115-1125

  Craig, Gillian M ^a   Scambler, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Feminist post structuralism; Gastrostomy feeding tubes; Governmentality; Mothering; Stigma

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIGMA; STOMACH TUBE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISABLED CHILDREN; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEGOTIATING; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 31144460099     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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