An ethnographic study of vocational rehabilitation for Puerto rican Americans with severe mental illness

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-72

  Alverson, Hoyt ^a   Vicente, Eduardo ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0002017245     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0095262     Document Type: Article

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