Deaf sign language users, health inequities, and public health: Opportunity for social justice

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Barnett, Steven ^a,b,c,d   McKee, Michael ^b,c,d   Smith, Scott R ^b,d   Pearson, Thomas A ^b,d  

^a Family Medicine Research Programs   (United States)

^b National Center for Deaf Health Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PATIENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958694921     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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