Knowledge of, beliefs about and attitudes to disability: Implications for health professionals

South African Family Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 40-44

  Masasa, T ^a,c   Irwin Carruthers, S ^b   Faure, M ^b  

^a Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Maseru   (Lesotho)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (Lesotho)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Culture; Disability; Knowledge; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 27244433865     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2005.10873260     Document Type: Article

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