The role of the family: Disability and rehabilitation in rural Jamaica

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Volumn 354, Issue 9180, 1999, Pages 762-763

  Thorburn, Marigold J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; DISABILITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033612946     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)06072-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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