Self, Identity, and the Naming Question: Reflections on the Language of Disability.

Autor: Zola, Irving Kenneth
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Zdroj: Social Medicine Reader; 1997, p77-86, 10p
Abstrakt: Considers the topic of identity and chronic illness to explore the concept of disability and provides an introduction to the dynamics of medical and social labeling. Issues associated with naming and identity in the U.S. in the mid-twentieth century; Factors which confound the struggle over labels by people with disabilities; Possible outcome of naming racial, ethnic and gender groups which have practical and political consequences.
Databáze: Supplemental Index