Issues related to disability in India: A focus group study

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 237-241

  Pal, Hem Raj ^a   Saxena, S ^a   Chandrashekhar, K ^b   Sudha, S J ^b   Murthy, R S ^b   Thara, R ^c   Srinivasan, T N ^c   Gupta, D ^a   Singh, U ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FOCUS GROUPS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PREJUDICE;

EID: 0034279542     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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