The use of focus groups in rehabilitation research

Work

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-269

  Agan, Joseph P ^a   Koch, Lynn C ^a   Rumrill Jr , Phillip D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISABILITY; DISABLED STUDENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; JOB FINDING; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLING; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; WORK CAPACITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FOCUS GROUPS; REHABILITATION;

EID: 54949122125     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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