Sociocultural studies of families of children with intellectual disabilities

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 302-312

  Skinner, Debra ^a   Weisner, Thomas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural context; Family ecology; Family studies; Meaning; Mixed methods; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; POLITICS; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36249018415     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20170     Document Type: Review

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