Editorial Perspective: The use of person-first language in scholarly writing may accentuate stigma

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 859-861

  Gernsbacher, Morton Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONNEL; SOCIAL STIGMA; STANDARDS;

DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL STIGMA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 85020523388     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12706     Document Type: Editorial

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