Alma: Coping with Culture, Poverty, and Disability

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-276

  Blanche, Erna Imperatore ^a,b  

^a Los Angeles Priv Pract Pediat C   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture (anthropology); Family; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DISABLED PERSON; EL SALVADOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DISABLED PERSONS; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030118303     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.50.4.265     Document Type: Article

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