Caring about independent lives

Disability and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-252

  Christensen, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carework; Careworker strategies; Cash for care; Independence; Personal assistants

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951070572     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590903537562     Document Type: Article

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