Empowering words, disempowering actions: An analysis of interactions between staff members and people with learning disabilities in residents' meetings

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 212-226

  Jingree, Treena ^a   Finlay, W M L ^a   Antaki, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Intellectual disability; Interaction; Power; Self advocacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP HOMES; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TAPE RECORDING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645920975     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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