'A woman's heaven is at her husband's feet'? The dilemmas for a community learning disability team posed by the arranged marriage of a Bangladeshi client with intellectual disability
F. Hepper, 'A woman's heaven is at her husband's feet'? The dilemmas for a community learning disability team posed by the arranged marriage of a Bangladeshi client with intellectual disability, J INTEL DIS, 43, 1999, pp. 558-561
The present Ease report describes the arranged marriage of a Bangladeshi wo
man with moderate intellectual disability. It explores some of the social a
nd cultural factors influencing the decision to arrange her marriage, and t
he dilemmas this presents in terms of bridging cultural differences between
professional and lay concerns.