Discrimination against children with disability in China

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-308

  Shang, Xiaoyuan ^a   Fisher, Karen R ^a   Xie, Jiawen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Child welfare; China; Disability; Families with children with disabilities; Human rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957998832     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2009.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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