Living with paraplegia: Tensions and contradictions

Health and Social Work

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-218

  O'Connor, Deborah L ^a   Young, Jenny M ^b   Saul, Megan Johnston ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community care; Disability; Identity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 4544289608     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/29.3.207     Document Type: Article

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