Disability rites: The cultural shift following impairment

Family and Community Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-93

  Harrison, Tracie C ^a   Kahn, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Culture; Disability; Liminality; Rites of passage

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REVIEW; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 1342330246     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200401000-00009     Document Type: Review

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