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‘A woman’s heaven is at her husband’s feet’ 1 ? The dilemmas for a community learning disability team posed by the arranged marriage of a Bangladeshi client with intellectual disability
Author(s) -
Hepper F.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2788.1999.00226.x
Subject(s) - heaven , intellectual disability , psychology , sociology , gender studies , developmental psychology , psychiatry , history , archaeology
The present case report describes the arranged marriage of a Bangladeshi woman with moderate intellectual disability. It explores some of the social and cultural factors influencing the decision to arrange her marriage, and the dilemmas this presents in terms of bridging cultural differences between professional and lay concerns.