Sharing the experience of mobility-disabled consumers: Building understanding through the use of ethnographic research methods

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 430-464

  Kaufman Scarborough, Carol ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035619945     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124101030004004     Document Type: Article

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