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Healthcare apartheid and quality of life for people with disabilities

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Baylor College of Medicine, 1475 West Gray, Suite 165, Houston, TX, 77019, USA

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Nosek, M.A. Healthcare apartheid and quality of life for people with disabilities. Qual Life Res 19, 609–610 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9607-7

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