Facing ignorance: people with rare disorders and their experiences with public health and welfare services

Lisbet Grut; Marit H. Kvam

doi:10.1080/15017419.2011.645870

Facing ignorance: people with rare disorders and their experiences with public health and welfare services

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 15 (2013): Issue 1

By: Lisbet Grut and Marit H. Kvam

Open Access

|Feb 2013

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