Newspaper Coverage of People with Disabilities in Canada and Israel: An international comparison

Disability and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 709-731

  Gold, Nora ^a   Auslander, Gail ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0033478219     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599925858     Document Type: Review

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