Medical students' perspectives of blindness, deafness, and deafblindness

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 929-933

  Owoeye, J F A ^a   Ologe, F E ^a   Akande, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blindness; Deafblindness; Deafness; Medical students' perspectives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLINDNESS; DEAFNESS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34347214117     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701240565     Document Type: Article

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