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Publication date: 1 July 1995

Terry Weiner and Felmon Davis

The most salient fact about the relationship between sociology and mental retardation is its lack of interest in the topic. Sociologists, as well as anthropologists, who study…

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The most salient fact about the relationship between sociology and mental retardation is its lack of interest in the topic. Sociologists, as well as anthropologists, who study medical care, health systems, the insane, deviant behaviour and social stratification have conspicuously avoided the examination of those individuals in society who are developmentally disabled. As the British sociologist Richard Jenkins (1991) asks regarding the study of the mentally retarded

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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 15 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-333X

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