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  • Finding your own way around - final accepted version May 2015

    Rights statement: The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, British Journal of Visual Impairment, 33 (3), 2015, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2015 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the British Journal of Visual Impairment page: http://jvi.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/

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Finding your own way around: experiences of health and social care provision for people with a visual impairment in the United Kingdom

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Finding your own way around: experiences of health and social care provision for people with a visual impairment in the United Kingdom. / Hodge, Suzanne; Thetford, Clare; Knox, Paul et al.
In: British Journal of Visual Impairment, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2015, p. 200-211.

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Hodge, S, Thetford, C, Knox, P & Robinson, J 2015, 'Finding your own way around: experiences of health and social care provision for people with a visual impairment in the United Kingdom', British Journal of Visual Impairment, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 200-211. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264619615596198

APA

Hodge, S., Thetford, C., Knox, P., & Robinson, J. (2015). Finding your own way around: experiences of health and social care provision for people with a visual impairment in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 33(3), 200-211. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264619615596198

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Hodge S, Thetford C, Knox P, Robinson J. Finding your own way around: experiences of health and social care provision for people with a visual impairment in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Visual Impairment. 2015;33(3):200-211. doi: 10.1177/0264619615596198

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Hodge, Suzanne ; Thetford, Clare ; Knox, Paul et al. / Finding your own way around : experiences of health and social care provision for people with a visual impairment in the United Kingdom. In: British Journal of Visual Impairment. 2015 ; Vol. 33, No. 3. pp. 200-211.

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