Once a Defective, always a Defective: Public Sector Residential Care 1900-1965

Publication Resource Details

In
Under blue skies : the social construction of intellectual disability in Western Australia
Author
Gillgren, Christina
Secondary Author
Errol Cocks
Publication Date
1996
Publisher
Centre for Disability Research and Development, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Edith Cowan University
Place Published
Perth
Page Numbers
53-91
URL
https://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8115&context=ecuworks

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