Occupational therapy and people with intellectual disability from culturally diverse backgrounds

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 200-211

  Francisco, Irene ^a,b   Carlson, Glenys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WOLSTON PARK HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Intellectual disability; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SOCIETY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036904669     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1630.2002.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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