'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

Authors
Citation
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
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH
ISSN journal
09642633 → ACNP
Volume
43
Year of publication
1999
Part
6
Pages
558 - 561
Database
ISI
SICI code
0964-2633(199912)43:<558:'WHIAH>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
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.