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Disability and Rehabilitation: An Ethnography of the “Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed” in Bangladesh

by Farjina Malek

Health and Society in South Asia Series, no. 8 edited by William Sax, Gabriele Alex and Constanze Weigl
ISSN 2190-4294

Disability and Rehabilitation: An Ethnography of the ‘Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed’ in Bangladesh.

Master Thesis in partial fulfillment for the award of a Master of Arts degree in Health and Society in South Asia at Heidelberg University 26th February, 2010

Submitted by Farjina Malek

Supervisors: Dr. Gabriele Alex Prof. Dr. William S. Sax

Name, first name - Malek, Farjina

DECLARATION

For submission to the Examination Committee

Regarding my Master’s Thesis with the title:

Disability and Rehabilitation: An Ethnography of the ‘Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed’ in Bangladesh.

I declare that 1) it is the result of independent investigation 2) it has not been currently nor previously submitted for any other degree, 3) I haven’t used other sources as the ones mentioned in the bibliography. Where my work is indebted to the work of others, I have made acknowledgement.

Heidelberg, 26.02.10

(Candidate’s signature)

Acknowledgment
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all those who helped me to complete this thesis. I am deeply obliged to my supervisors Prof. Dr. William S. Sax and Dr. Gabriele Alex for their assistance and valuable suggestions. Also I would like to thank Constanze Weigl for helping me from the beginning to the end of my thesis. I want to thank all


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