Disability identity and attitudes toward cure in a sample of disabled activists

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 453-464

  Hahn, Harlan D ^a,c   Belt, Todd L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c Departement of Political Science

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 18944364354     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650404500407     Document Type: Article

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