Perceptions of disability among south Asian immigrant mothers of children with disabilities in Canada: Implications for rehabilitation service delivery

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 511-521

  Daudji, Anisa ^a   Eby, Sarah ^a   Foo, Tina ^a   Ladak, Fahreen ^a   Sinclair, Cameal ^a   Landry, Michel D ^a   Moody, Kim ^a   Gibson, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Caregivers; children; disability; immigrants; qualitative method

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; ONTARIO; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 79551697009     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.498549     Document Type: Article

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