Rehabilitation of Women With Physical Disabilities in India: A Huge Gap

The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Halder, Santoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

higher education; socioeconomic status; vocational rehabilitation; woman with physical disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007984993     PISSN: 13238922     EISSN: 18386059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jrc.14.1.1     Document Type: Article

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