'Tell them who I was': the social construction of aphasia
By: Mackay, Robert.
Series: Disability & Society 18 (6) 2003: 811-826.Publisher: 2003Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): APHASIA | COMMUNICATION | IDEOLOGY | STROKE | THEORYSummary: Presents a theoretical formulation of aphasia based partly on research interviews with 18 people with stroke/aphasia. Suggests that talking (communication) is linked to both the medical ideology and the social ideology. Maintains that the medical ideology encourages dependency while the social ideology encourages people to engage in two-way communication.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Presents a theoretical formulation of aphasia based partly on research interviews with 18 people with stroke/aphasia. Suggests that talking (communication) is linked to both the medical ideology and the social ideology. Maintains that the medical ideology encourages dependency while the social ideology encourages people to engage in two-way communication.
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