'Welcome to my life!' photovoice: Needs assessment of, and by, persons with physical disabilities in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana

Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-72

  Tijm, Mandy M ^a   Cornielje, Huib ^b   Edusei, Anthony Kwaku ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Participation; Person with disabilities; Photovoice; Policy makers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857568762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22115242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5463/DCID.v22i1.12     Document Type: Article

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