Coping with the care of a severely disabled child

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-40

  Beresford, Bryony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Families with disabled children

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030553373     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1996.tb00045.x     Document Type: Article

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