Can it be a good thing to be deaf?

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 563-583

  Cooper, Rachel ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deaf; Deafness; Quality of life; Sign language; Well being

Indexed keywords

DOWN SYNDROME; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH;

ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; DEAFNESS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PREJUDICE;

EID: 36248946288     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310701680940     Document Type: Review

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