Disability, childhood studies and the construction of medical discourses: Questioning attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A theoretical perspective

Critical New Perspectives on ADHD

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 45-65

  Davis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203008010     Document Type: Chapter

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