Developmental recapitulation in adaptation to vision loss among middle-age and older adults

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-63

  Brennan, Mark ^a   MacMillan, Thalia ^a  

^a Lighthouse International   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chronic illness; Life stress; Psychosocial development; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746841366     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J198v05n01_03     Document Type: Article

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