Community-Based Rehabilitation and stigma management by physically disabled people in Ghana

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 66-73

  Kassah, Alexander Kwesi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community Based Rehabilitation; Ghana; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GHANA; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; RURAL AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031931281     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289809166056     Document Type: Article

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