Enabled or disabled? Working parents of disabled children and the provision of child-care

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 369-381

  Kagan, Carolyn ^a   Lewis, Suzan ^a   Heaton, Patricia ^a   Cranshaw, Maureen ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Child care; Disabled children; Disabling barriers; Employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033181441     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1298(199909/10)9:5<369::AID-CASP527>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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