Measuring the attitudes of human service professionals toward deafness

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-389

  Cooper, Alexandra ^a   Rose, John ^b   Mason, Oliver ^c  

^a Sure Start   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EXPERIENCE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2342624648     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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