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Cold Comfort : Mothers, Professionals, and Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder /

Mothers of children with Attention Deficit Disorder must inevitably make decisions regarding their children's diagnosis within a context of competing discourses about the nature of the disorder and the legitimacy of its treatment. They also make these decisions within an overriding climate of m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Malacrida, Claudia, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, why mothers?
  • Methodology
  • British and Canadian con(text)ual spaces
  • Mothers talk about the early years
  • Ideals and actualities in identification and assessment
  • Challenges and conflicts in treating AD(H)D
  • Resistance, risk, and the chimera of choice.