Parents’ Strategies for Taking Care of Their Child with Disability: The Challenges of Being Parents of a Child with Cerebral Palsy in the Danish Social Welfare System
By: Louise Bøttcher and Jesper Dammeyer
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1154 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 14
Submitted on: May 15, 2024
Accepted on: Dec 6, 2024
Published on: Jan 9, 2025
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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