A definition of disability emphasizing the interaction between individual and social aspects that existed among Scandinavian precursors of rehabilitation medicine as early as 1912

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-183

  Thyberg, Mikael ^a   Nelson, Marie C ^a   Thyberg, Ingrid ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DISABLED PERSON; HISTORY; HUMAN; NOTE; REHABILITATION; SCANDINAVIA;

DISABLED PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; REHABILITATION; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77449089064     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0485     Document Type: Letter

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