On "Labeling" in Actual Interaction: Delivering and Receiving Diagnoses of Developmental Disabilities
- 1 February 1995
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Problems
- Vol. 42 (1) , 11-37
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3097003
Abstract
In order to deepen the understanding of labeling as a social activity, we propose that more attention be devoted to the actual activities of those inKeywords
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