How people with disabilities communicatively manage assistance: Helping as instrumental social support

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-26

  Braithwaite, Dawn O ^a   Eckstein, Nancy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disability communication; Helping; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037325330     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880305374     Document Type: Review

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