Exposing the Limitations of Disability Theory: The Case of Juvenile Batten Disease

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-164

  Scambler, Sasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disability theory; juvenile Batten disease; social constuctionism; the new genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247669667     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700045     Document Type: Article

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