Disability and Chronic Illness

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 205-210

  Wilton, R ^a   Evans, J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Accommodation; Biomedicine; Body; Chronic illness; Disability; Embodiment; Impairment; Medicalization; Oppression; Social model of disability; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069582959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00329-1     Document Type: Chapter

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