Disability in an Eastern Religious Context: Historical perspectives

Disability & Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 49-70

  Miles, M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ASIA; DISABLED PERSON; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; RELIGION;

ASIA; BUDDHISM; DISABLED PERSONS; HINDUISM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, ANCIENT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MEDIEVAL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; HUMAN; ISLAM; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 0029198066     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599550023723     Document Type: Article

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