Access for all: The rise of the Paralympic Games

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 133-141

  Gold, John R ^a   Gold, Margaret M ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Inclusiveness; Olympics; Paralympics; Stoke Mandeville

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DISABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; ITALY; JAPAN; PARAPLEGIA; SPORTING EVENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABLED PERSONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LONDON; PUBLIC POLICY; SPORTS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34247596968     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466424007077348     Document Type: Article

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