The fuzzy buzz word: Conceptualisations of disability in disability research classics

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 750-766

  Grönvik, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conceptualisation; Definition; Disability; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; LITERATURE; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; LITERATURE; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 34547874271     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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