Housing people with mental illnesses: The discursive construction of worthiness

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-312

  Schneider, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Categorization; Deserving undeserving; Discourse analysis; Mental illness; Supported housing

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 78449234203     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090903160059     Document Type: Article

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