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Maladjusted to injustice? Political agency, medicalization, and the user/survivor movement. / Degerman, Dan.
In: Citizenship Studies, Vol. 24, No. 8, 16.11.2020, p. 1010-1029.

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Degerman, D 2020, 'Maladjusted to injustice? Political agency, medicalization, and the user/survivor movement', Citizenship Studies, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 1010-1029. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2020.1745151

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Degerman, D. (2020). Maladjusted to injustice? Political agency, medicalization, and the user/survivor movement. Citizenship Studies, 24(8), 1010-1029. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2020.1745151

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Degerman D. Maladjusted to injustice? Political agency, medicalization, and the user/survivor movement. Citizenship Studies. 2020 Nov 16;24(8):1010-1029. Epub 2020 Apr 29. doi: 10.1080/13621025.2020.1745151

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Degerman, Dan. / Maladjusted to injustice? Political agency, medicalization, and the user/survivor movement. In: Citizenship Studies. 2020 ; Vol. 24, No. 8. pp. 1010-1029.

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