New Definition of Mental Retardation for the American Association of Mental Retardation

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-56

  Fredericks, Debra W ^a   Williams, L Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOMENCLATURE; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABLED PERSONS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031637361     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1998.tb01236.x     Document Type: Article

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