Negotiating the dependency/nurturance tightrope: dilemmas of motherhood and disability

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 469-493

  Malacrida, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 39449124308     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2007.tb01353.x     Document Type: Article

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