Informal carers of adolescents and adults with learning difficulties from the South Asian communities: Family circumstances, service support and carer stress

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 821-837

  Hatton, Chris ^a   Azmi, Sabiha ^b   Caine, Amanda ^b   Emerson, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032218141     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011403     Document Type: Article

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