Preparing young adults with disability for employment

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-101

  Taylor, Brian J ^a   McGilloway, Sinéad ^b   Donnelly, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Disability; Employment; VOTE; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 3042852411     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0966-0410.2004.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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