"That's who I choose to be": The mother identity for women with intellectual disabilities

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-120

  Mayes, Rachel ^a   Llewellyn, Gwynnyth ^a   McConnell, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; MATERNAL CARE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 79953050379     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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