Home is where their wheels are: Experiences of women wheelchair users

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 186-195

  Reid, Denise ^a   Angus, Jan ^a   McKeever, Pat ^a   Miller, Karen Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home environment; Lived space; Participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOME CARE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MOTHER; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; ONTARIO; PARENTING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0038127273     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.57.2.186     Document Type: Article

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