Imposed identities and limited opportunities: Advocacy agency staff perspectives on the construction of their clients with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 282-299

  Dorozenko, Kate P ^a   Roberts, Lynne D ^a   Bishop, Brian J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advocacy agency; Dehumanisation; Intellectual disability; Social construction; Victim blaming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; AUSTRALIA; DOWN SYNDROME; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STAFF; STEREOTYPY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84948745873     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629515574210     Document Type: Article

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