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A realist account of the ontology of impairment
- S Vehmas, Department of Special Education, PO Box 35, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland; simo.vehmas{at}edu.jyu.fi
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A realist account of the ontology of impairment
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- Received September 7, 2006
- Revised December 7, 2006
- Accepted December 8, 2006
- First published January 30, 2008.
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January 30, 2008
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2008 BMJ Publishing Group & Institute of Medical Ethics
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