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This edition bring up-to-date the author's seminal study of mental retardation. Focusing on the role of stigma and the efforts of the mentally handicapped to pass normal lives, the text explores such areas as social competence, independence and quality of life.

Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOR THE REVISED EDITION
INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED EDITION
FOREWORD
PREFACE
1 The Study and Its Background
2 Detailed Portraits of Selected Persons
3 Some Central Concerns of "Life on the Outs"
4 Passing and Denial: The Problem of Seeming To Be Normal
5 The Benevolent Conspiracy: The Role of the Benefactor
6 Stigma and the Cloak of Competence
7 The Follow-up Studies
8 Conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

The Cloak of Competence Revised and Updated

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 16 October 1993
      ISBN-13 9780520082267
      978-0520082267
      ISBN-10 0520082265
      Also in:
      Mental health services Therapy and therapeutics Disability: social aspects

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This edition bring up-to-date the author's seminal study of mental retardation. Focusing on the role of stigma and the efforts of the mentally handicapped to pass normal lives, the text explores such areas as social competence, independence and quality of life.

      Table of Contents
      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      FOR THE REVISED EDITION
      INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED EDITION
      FOREWORD
      PREFACE
      1 The Study and Its Background
      2 Detailed Portraits of Selected Persons
      3 Some Central Concerns of "Life on the Outs"
      4 Passing and Denial: The Problem of Seeming To Be Normal
      5 The Benevolent Conspiracy: The Role of the Benefactor
      6 Stigma and the Cloak of Competence
      7 The Follow-up Studies
      8 Conclusion
      BIBLIOGRAPHY
      INDEX

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