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Carers – the sympathy and services stereotype
Author(s) -
Clements Luke
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1354-4187.2003.00268.x
Subject(s) - sympathy , stereotype (uml) , human rights , psychology , social psychology , political science , law
Summary In two recent cases the courts have declined to accord to carers any formal right to a private and family life with the person for whom they care. This paper briefly considers why it is that the courts still view carers as people merely in need of services and sympathy – rather than people entitled to such basic human rights.