Being the mother of a child with asperger's syndrome: Women's experiences of stigma

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 708-722

  Gill, Jessica ^a   Liamputtong, Pranee ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 79960501459     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.555830     Document Type: Article

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