Engaging ethnically diverse individuals with disabilities in the Vocational Rehabilitation system: Themes of empowerment and oppression

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-14

  Taylor Ritzler, Tina ^a   Balcazar, Fabricio E ^a   Suarez Balcazar, Yolanda ^a   Kilbury, Robert ^b   Alvarado, Francisco ^b   James, Madelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Division of Rehabilitation Services   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer empowerment; employment; engagement; ethnic minorities; rehabilitation outcomes; Vocational Rehabilitation counselors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 77954972221     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-2010-0511     Document Type: Article

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