Participatory action research as a model for conducting family research

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 178-188

  Turnbull, Ann P ^a,d   Friesen, Barbara J ^b   Ramirez, Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 3111 Haworth Hall ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Disability; Family; Participatory action research; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346482179     PISSN: 07491425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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