Never second best?: A narrative perspective on the shaping and reconstruction of identity in twenty polio survivors

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-110

  Schanke, Anne Kristine ^a  

^a SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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EID: 85006530185     PISSN: 15017419     EISSN: 17453011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15017410409512644     Document Type: Article

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