Abuse of disabled children in Ghana

Disability and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 689-701

  Kassah, Alexander Kwesi ^a   Kassah, Bente Lilljan Lind ^a   Agbota, Tete Kobla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

capital abuse; disabled children; emotional abuse; labelling theory; physical abuse; social abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864020119     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2012.673079     Document Type: Article

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