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I never expected to be a disabled person in another country: the stories of migrant workers with acquired disabilities in Korea

Kyung Mee Kim Department of Social Welfare, Soongsil University, Seoul, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 553-566 | Received 01 Aug 2010, Accepted 01 Jan 2011, Published online: 01 Aug 2011

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