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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
    Publication Date: 16/10/1993
    ISBN13: 9780520082267, 978-0520082267
    ISBN10: 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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