Telecommunications and disabled people: A rural perspective

Health and Place

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-263

  Gant, Robert ^a   Walford, Nigel ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cotswolds; Disabled people; Elderly people; Rural environment; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; SERVICE PROVISION;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABLED PERSON; HOME; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

COTSWOLDS; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032169275     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(98)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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