The unfinished body: The medical and social reshaping of disabled young bodies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-84

  McLaughlin, Janice ^a   Coleman Fountain, Edmund ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Disability; Medical intervention; United Kingdom; Young people

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

CHILD CARE; DISABILITY; KNOWLEDGE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BONE WIRE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRUTCH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; LEG MALFORMATION; LOWER LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; ORTHOPEDIC CALIPER; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPLINT; STRETCHING EXERCISE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; DISABLED CHILDREN; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907069762     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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