Discourses of prejudice in the professions: the case of sign languages

Tom Humphries; Poorna Kushalnagar; Gaurav Mathur; Donna Jo Napoli; Carol Padden; Christian Rathmann; Scott Smith

doi:10.1136/medethics-2015-103242

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Discourses of prejudice in the professions: the case of sign languages

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Tom Humphries Emeritus, Education Studies and Department of Communication, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Poorna Kushalnagar Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gaurav Mathur Department of Linguistics and Dean, Graduate School and Continuing Studies, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Donna Jo Napoli Department of Linguistics, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carol Padden Division of Social Sciences, Department of Communication and Dean, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christian Rathmann Section Deaf Studies and Sign Language Interpreting Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Scott Smith Office of the President, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Donna Jo Napoli, Department of Linguistics, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA; donnajonapoli{at}gmail.com

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Humphries T, Kushalnagar P, Mathur G, et al

Discourses of prejudice in the professions: the case of sign languages

Journal of Medical Ethics 2017;43:648-652.

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Received November 11, 2015
Revised September 15, 2016
Accepted February 13, 2017
First published March 9, 2017.

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December 21, 2017

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