Making 'care' accessible: Personal assistance for disabled people and the politics of language

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 562-582

  Kelly, Christine ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

attendant; disability; ethics of care; independent living; personal support

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISABILITY; ETHICS; LANGUAGE;

EID: 80053493009     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018311410529     Document Type: Article

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