Mothers of children with down syndrome: Constructing the sociocultural meaning of disability

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 436-445

  Lalvani, Priya ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60249100295     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/2008.46:436-445     Document Type: Article

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