Understanding the complex interplay between tourism, disability and environmental contexts

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-292

  Packer, Tanya L ^a   Mckercher, Bob ^b   Yau, Matthew K ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accessible tourism; Disability; ICF; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TRIANGULATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ATTITUDE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABLED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 34147150201     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600756331     Document Type: Article

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