Questioning the answer: Questioning style, choice and self-determination in interactions with young people with intellectual disabilities

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 415-436

  Pilnick, Alison ^a   Clegg, Jennifer ^a   Murphy, Elizabeth ^b   Almack, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Conversation analysis; Intellectual disability; Self determination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77954721950     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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