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The cultural adversity of physical disability
 — erosion of full adult personhood
Author(s)M Luborsky
Journal titleJournal of Aging Studies, vol 8, no 3, Fall 1994
Pagespp 239-253
KeywordsPhysical disabilities ; Self esteem ; Attitudes to the old of general public.
AnnotationExamines the erosion of personhood in people with disabilities, due to the cultural meaning for physical dependency, which convey images of childlike and incomplete persons.
Accession NumberCPA-941004007 A
ClassmarkBN: DPA: TOB

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