'Oh, those therapists will become your best friends': Maternal satisfaction with clinics providing physical, occupational and speech therapy services to children with disabilities

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 798-828

  Green, Sara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Disability; Healthcare; Parents; Satisfaction; Stigma; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035498087     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00276     Document Type: Article

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