Interviewing persons with a learning disability: How setting lower standards may inflate well-being scores

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-454

  Antaki, Charles ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001717479     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973299129121983     Document Type: Article

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